Born in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Ellis
and Zilpha (Hammond) Ellis
Sister of
Elizabeth (Ellis) Prior, Marcey (Ellis) Chaffee, Sarah (Ellis) Barker, Rowland Ellis, Rachel (Ellis) Ingram, Samuel Ellis and Lemuel Ellis
Wife of
Christopher Tiffany
— married
24 Mar 1784 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Betsey (Tiffany) Terrill, Louisa Laura (Tiffany) Bellows, Susan (Tiffany) Phillips, Sarah (Tiffany) Call, Mary Tiffany, Samuel Tiffany, Erastus Tiffany, Phebe Tiffany and Rebecca Tiffany
Died
at age 49
in Cambridge, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jan 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Rebecca was born in 1755. She is the daughter of Samuel Ellis and Zilpha Hammond. She passed away in 1805. [1]
Birth
- 10 Dec 1755
- Place: Tolland, United States, Connecticut, , Hebron
- Source: #S239
- Page: GSF 1452, pt 26
Marriage
- Husband: Christopher Tiffany
- Wife: Rebecca (Rebeckah) Ellis
- Marriage:
- Date: 24 Mar 1784
- Place: Bennington, United States, Vermont, , Bennington
- Source: #S237
- Page: Rebecca marriage to Christopher Tiffany
- Reference: GSF 6615 pt 1, p 195
- Text: "Christopher Tiffiner took Rebeckah Ellis to be his wedded wife and likewise Rebeckah Ellis took the said Christopher Tiffiner to her wedded husband. Nathen Clarke, Justice of peace."
- Child: Betsey Tiffany
- Child: Lovisa Tiffany
- Child: Susan (or Sussanna) Tiffany
- Child: Sally (or Sarah) Tiffany
- Child: Polly Tiffany
- Child: Samuel Tiffany
- Child: Erastus Tiffany
- Child: Phebe Tiffany
- Child: Rebecca Tiffany
Note
- Note: @NI1615@
- @NI1615@ NOTE!SOURCE: Bennington Town & Vital Records, Film 6615, pt 1, p 195. (Rebecca marriage to Christopyher Tiffany); Cambridge Vital Records, Film 6691, Book A, p 10 (births of Tiffany children);
- Film 6691 (Cambridge), pp 4, 47, 64, 292 (marriages of Ellis brothers and
- sisters); Hebron, Conn film 1452, pt 26 (birth of Rebecca).
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Janice Hardin, Nov 6, 2011
- Source S235
- Abbreviation: The Vermont historical gazetteer
- Title: The Vermont historical gazetteer : a magazine embracing a history of each town, civil, ecclesiastical, biographical and military, 6 Volumes
- Author: Abby Maria Hemenway
- Publication: Burlington, Vermont: n.p., n.d.
- Source S237
- Abbreviation: Vital Records: Bennington Vermont
- Title: Vital Record: Bennington Vermont
- Source S239
- Media: Vital
- Abbreviation: Vital Records: Hebron Connecticut
- Title: Vital Record: Hebron Connecticut
Acknowledgements
- This person was created through the import of 7 Generation GEDCOM Call.ged on 30 January 2011.
- Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge.
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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%
Charles Suggs
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member csuggs46
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Norman Carnahan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A467107 [compare], Ancestry member burgca
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Carole (Carnahan) Burgess :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A790637 [compare], Ancestry member burgca
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~0.78%
Patricia Kendall :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Cheryl Ellis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CherylLynnEllis1858
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Steve Wigginton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A808073 [compare], Ancestry member swigginton83
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~0.78%
Elizabeth (Willey) Head :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Richard Rollins :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Hatch Hatch :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #359983
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~0.39%
Julie Fackrell :
23andMe, GEDmatch AR3586404 [compare], yourDNAportal JULfa202738
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TD6614948 [compare], yourDNAportal JULfa202738, Ancestry member juliefackrell
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HA1256139 [compare], yourDNAportal JULfa202738
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~0.39%
David Stewart :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DAVIDSTEWART93003
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~0.39%
Brandon Ogden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A319667 [compare], Ancestry member wolfpackof6
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Randy Henderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A164022 [compare], Ancestry member RH
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