Born in Queen Ann Parish, Montgomery, Province of Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Ashford Dowden
and Mary Jane (Gore) Dowden
Sister of
Mary (Dowden) Lamb, Nathaniel Dowden, Anna (Dowden) Hardy, Fielder (Dowden) Hardy, Michael Ashford Dowden, Esther Dowden and Thomas Posey Dowden
Wife of
Jeremiah Jacobs Jr.
— married
1770 in Frederick, Maryland
Descendants 
Mother of
Jeremiah Jacobs, Mary (Jacobs) Patrick, Martha (Jacobs) Prather, Thomas Jacobs and Solomon Jacobs
Died
at age 64
in Utica, Clark, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2010
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Biography
This profile is part of the Dowding Name Study.
Rebecca Dowden was born on 19 Sep 1748 in Queen Ann Parish, Montgomery, Province of Maryland, daughter of John Ashford Dowden (1705 - 1772) and Mary Jane (Gore) Dowden (1705 - 1794).
Her siblings were:
- Mary (Dowden) Lamb (1728 - )
- Nathaniel Dowden (1730 - 1800)
- Anna (Dowden) Hardy (1733 - )
- Fielder (Dowden) Hardy (1735 - 1773)
- Michael Ashford Dowden (1737 - ~1797)
- Esther Dowden (1739 - )
- Thomas Posey Dowden (1743 - 1783)
Rebecca married Jeremiah Jacobs (1745 - 1824) in 1770 in Frederick, Maryland.
Rebecca died on 18 Jul 1813 in Utica, Clark, Indiana, United States aged 64.
Rebecca was mentioned on a memorial in New Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Watson, Clark County, Indiana, United States with a death date of 18 Jul 1813.[1]
She is listed with The Society of Indiana Pioneers:[2]
- Rebecca Dowden Jacobs
- Born 1748 in Maryland
- Arrived in Clark Co. from N. Carolina by 1801
Her family is mentioned in a memory at FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LWJ4-QTY
Rachel was born in 1748. She passed away in 1813.
Sources
- ↑
Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #8115643 (accessed 7 September 2022)
Memorial page for Rebecca Dowden Jacobs (19 Sep 1748-18 Jul 1813), citing New Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Watson, Clark County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Judy Erickson (contributor 46519802). - ↑ https://www.indianapioneers.com/ancestorlisting.php
Search for last name Jacobs
See also:
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWJ4-QTY
- https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/pt/PersonMatch.aspx?tid=90351185&pid=370098387854&src=m
- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-69851301/rebecca-jacobs-born-dowden-in-geni-world-family-tree
- Find A Grave: Memorial #8115643
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
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~1.56%
Monte Bowen
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Kenneth Croy :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Callie Archibald :
23andMe, GEDmatch UF9702671 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UF9702671 [compare], Ancestry member CallieZ90
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UF9702671 [compare], FTDNA kit #B152727
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~0.78%
Melissa (Dowden) Dyniec :
23andMe, GEDmatch M920171 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member melissa_21114
-
~0.78%
John Strizak :
23andMe, GEDmatch M009021 [compare]
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~0.78%
Joseph Rossell :
23andMe, GEDmatch LW7535565 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Lynn (Williams) Winter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A760507 [compare], Ancestry member ucdxpixie1
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~0.78%
James Williams :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal JAM96a8f1cb, Ancestry member buddha1965
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~0.39%
Jeffery Cartwright :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A642104 [compare], Ancestry member JefferyCartwright
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~0.39%
Shelley Maynard :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal SHEea350dd8, Ancestry member me_shelleylee
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Rejected matches › Rebekah Unknown (abt.1750-abt.1811)
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