Rachel (Wilder) Simons (abt. 1794 - aft. 1840)

Born about 1794 in Chowan Co., North Carolina

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Biography

Rachel Wilder was born about 1794, in Chowan Co., North Carolina. This tentative year of birth is based on Rachel being 21 years of age when she married in 1816, in Chowan Co., North Carolina. Rachel is the daughter of John Wilder and Sarah Bond.

Rachel is mentioned in the will and estate records of her father, John Wilder, who died in Chowan Co., North Carolina in 1807.

Rachel married William Simons on the 16 January, 1816, in Chowan Co., North Carolina.

Rachel was a widow by 1840, as she is listed in the 1840 Federal Census in Chowan Co., North Carolina as the head of household.

Sources

• Birth based on year of marriage of parents John Wilder and Sarah Bond: North Carolina County Marriages 1762-1979: Family Search: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT5-GD6 . Also based on being 21 years of age when she married in 1816.

• Will of John Wilder, filed Will Book B, pages 292 - 294, Chowan Co., North Carolina. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, database on-line Ancestry.com. Original data: North Carolina County, district and Probate Courts.

• John Wilder's estate records inaddition to his wil are found in: North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Family Search: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX9F-KDS.

• Rachel Wilder and William Simons, Marriage bond, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, at Family Search: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT5-231

• 1840 Federal Census, Chowan Co., North Carolina. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, Roll 357 page 215.