Rebecca (Raburn) Stroud (abt. 1742 - abt. 1789)

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Died about 1789 at about age 47 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Rebecca (Raburn) Stroud was a North Carolina colonist.

Rebecca Raburn was born by 1743 and married Peter Stroud, Sr., by 1759. Although her full name had been handed down for decades, there was no documentary evidence of her first name until Peter and Rebecca Stroud sold land in 1789 in Burke County, NC. There was no documentary evidence for her maiden name until an 1827 affidavit by Hodge Raburn (one of the administrators of Peter Stroud’s Will) stated that Peter Stroud was his brother-in-law.

The Strouds were among the first families to settle in Orange County, NC, where six adult Stroud men (who had previously lived in Brunswick County, VA) were named on the 1755 Orange County Tax List. Peter Stroud was not among those listed, so family historians assume he was probably born ca. 1735, and thus still a minor and without property in 1755. However, Peter Stroud was an adult in 1761 when he was the chain carrier in a survey for John King who had 640 acres surveyed. (See "Orange County Records, Vol. I, Granville Proprietary Land Office: Abstracts of Loose Papers", page 45, found by cousin Marty Grant. Marty found later land records showing that Peter Stroud, Sr., lived on the border of the Orange/Chatham county line near Terrell’s Mountain). The 1755 Census of Orange County,NC, shows the following men in this order:

Robt. Pindergrass John Hogood & son James Thomas Loyd & 2 Negroes John Stroud & son Joshua Sometime in the mid-1780’s Peter and Rebecca moved from Orange County to Burke County, NC. On 11 December 1789 Peter Stroud signed, and his wife Rebecca made her mark, on the abovementioned deed of sale when they sold 800 acres in Burke County, NC, to Peter Willis of Brunswick County, VA. (Information courtesy of Marty Grant). In 1789 Rebecca Stroud also witnessed the Oath of Payment in the case of James Wood vs. James Williams in Burke County.

Peter Stroud, Sr., continued to have children for at least 42 years. His oldest child was Jesse R. Stroud, born 1759-60, and his youngest known child was Nancy Stroud, born 1 June 1802, who married Thomas S. Hardin. Peter Stroud’s last proven wife was named Elizabeth, who appears to have been the mother of at least the youngest four of his 16 children.

Some Stroud researchers believed that Peter Stroud, Sr., had a wife before Rebecca named Naomi Raburn, with whom he had his first four children before her early death. However, this theory lacks support in the names chosen by Peter’s first four children for their own children (see below), and it is assumed that the name Naomi might have been confused with Naoma Kelsey who was married to Peter Stroud’s oldest son, Jesse R. Stroud, born ca. 1759-60.^[1]

Research Notes

Some Stroud researchers believed that Peter Stroud, Sr., had a wife before Rebecca named Naomi Raburn, with whom he had his first four children before her early death. However, this theory lacks support in the names chosen by Peter’s first four children for their own children (see below), and it is assumed that the name Naomi might have been confused with Naoma Kelsey who was married to Peter Stroud’s oldest son, Jesse R. Stroud, born ca. 1759-60.^[2]

Other DNA Notes

George's descendents have DNA tested and match descendents of Mary Matilda from both of her marriages.

This seems to indicate Mary's family and Georges's family should intersect at some point.

George's photo was passed down to the descendents of Mary Matilda and on the back was written cousin George.

George's daughter Lena wrote letters to Mary Matilda's daughter calling her cousin.

All three groups match the illegitimate daughter of Maude Reveal and Lawrence William Brown.

mtDNA descendents of Mary Matilda are an exact mtDNA match to Rebecca Raburn Stroud who has been researched extensively by the administrator of the test for the illegitimate daughter.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.maryfern.com/raburn-mt.htm
2. ↑ http://www.maryfern.com/raburn-mt.htm

• http://www.maryfern.com/raburn-mt.htm

• Orange Co, NC Deed Book 4, Page 299 where Peter and Rebecca deed land, Confirming the first name of Peter Stroud's wife https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DH-F7SB?i=479&cat=302251

• Peter Stroud Estate Papers from Haywood Co, NC confirm the brother in law of Peter Stroud to be Hodge Raburn, confirming Rebecca Stroud's maiden name of Raburn.

= There have been no sources for this woman named Naomi. Her maiden name, unknown, is often Raburn. This profile is being used to catch all the wives of Peterr named Naomi.