According to DAR records, Henry was a Revolutionary War patriot, who donated foodstuffs to the American Army. [6] He was deeded land as early as 1743 in Prince William County, Virginia. Land records of Prince William and Fauquier Counties contain many entries pertaining to Henry. The account of his estate, dated 20 October 1804 went to his living children and grandchildren.[citation needed]
RECTOR, Henry
8 Jan. 1799. June 1799.
Son, Elijah, to have 35 pounds curr. Daughter, Caty, 12 pounds curr.; her dau. Polly to have personal property. Son Spencer and his children - Edward, John, Henry, Mary Ann, Pencey (or Percey). Wit: Joseph Lloyd, Hezekiah Glascock, William Finch. (p. 182)
Note: Please see the Henry Rector Probate page for additional details regarding his will and probate.
Discrepancies
Marriage
Henry Rector married Nancy Ann Robinson, daughter of William Robinson.[1][14]
Ann Spencer did not exist. For an explanation of the discrepency and supporting documentation, see Wives of Henry Rector
Research Notes
The land records of Prince William and Fauquier Counties, Virginia contain many entries pertaining to subject Henry Rector.[citation needed]
↑ 1.01.11.21.3 Stella Cotrill and Don Norman, "Descendants of Hans Rector." (http://hackerscreek.com/norman/RECTOR.htm : accessed 25 February 2016); the information on this personal genealogy page is derived from: Rector, Clifford, "The Rector Family 1714- 1972” and Cotrill Stella, “Descendants of Hans Rector”
↑ 2.02.1 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 September 2018), memorial page for Henry Rector (1715–1799), citing Find A Grave: Memorial #63281528, Rectortown Cemetery, Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by civilwarbuff (contributor 47049540).
↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Name: Henry Rector, State: VA, County: Fauquier County, Township: Rent Rolls, Year: 1770, Record Type: Rent Role, Database: VA Early Census Index.
↑Ancestry Record 3578 #32863012 (A paid site) TEXT: Name: Henry Rector, State: VA, County: Fauguier County, Township: Rental Rolls, Year: 1777, Database: VA Early Census Index.
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Dec 2022), "Record of Henry Rector", Ancestor # A094029.
↑ "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files." Fold3 (Fold3.com (a paid site) : accessed 6 Apr 2019), entry for Henry Rector in a file for Peter Urton; citing The National Archives, talog Title:
Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900.
↑ 8.08.1 Carolyn Whitaker. "My Paternal Ancestors - Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Elsewhere." 15 May 2011. Available at Rootsweb.Ancestry.com
↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia Ancestors and Adventurers. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Hamlin, Charles Hughes. Virginia Ancestors and Adventurers. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
↑ Charles Hughes Hamlin. "Virginia Ancestors and Adventurers, Volumes 1-3." 1975. Copy available on Google books.
↑Ancestry Record 49014 #4593 "Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia," Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: King, Junie Estelle Stewart. Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Marriages of Fauquier County, Virginia, 1759-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2001.
↑Ancestry Record 49009 #3620 "Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800" Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Gott, John K. Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield, 1999.
↑Ancestry Record 49009 #3937 "Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800," Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Gott, John K. Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills Inventories and Accounts 1759-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield, 1999.
↑ Ohio Genealogical Society [611 State Route 97 West, Bellville, Ohio 44813-8813]. "Family Group Sheets Collection". (http://www.ogs.org/ogs_library/fgs_file4.php). [Site incorrectly lists Nancy as a Spencer.]
See Also:
Ancestry Record 5769 #3694703Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. TEXT: Name: Henry Rector, Father: Hans Jacob Richter, Mother: Anna Els Fischback, Birth Date: 1715, City: Germanna, County: Fauquier, State: VA NOTE: Millions of individual records were created from birth, marriage and death records; obituaries; probate records; books of remembrance; family histories; genealogies; family group sheets; pedigree charts; and other sources. It is a tool to use and not a valid source.
Ancestry Record 5769 #3694701 (See Edmond Comp regarding Data Collections.) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Name: Henry Rector, Father: John Jacob Rector, Mother: Elizabeth Fishbach, Birth Date: 1715, City: Fauquier Cty, State: VA
Ancestry Record 4725 #4631794 (See Edmond Comp regarding Family Data Collections) TEXT: Name: Henry Rector, Spouse: Anne Spencer, Parents: John Jacob Rector, Elizabeth Fishbach, Birth Place: Fauquier Cty, VA, Birth Date: 1715, Death Place: Fauquier Cty, VA, Death Date: 1799.
Ancestry Record 7249 #10504751 (See Edmond Comp regarding Family Data Collections) Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File TEXT: Name: Henry Rechtor, Gender: Male, Birth Date: 1715, Birth Place: Prince William, Virginia, USA, Death Date: Jun 1799, Death Place: Fauquier, Virginia, USA, Father: Johann Jakob Richter, Mother: Elizabeth Fischbach, Spouse: Nancy, Children: Dinah Rechter.
Ancestry Record 5771 #2151966 (See Edmond Comp regarding Family Data Collections) Original data: Family Data Collection - Deaths TEXT: Name: Henry Richter Rector, Death Date: 1799, County: Fauquier, State: VA, Country: USA.
Ancestry Record 5771 #2151957 (See Edmond Comp regarding Family Data Collections) Original data: Family Data Collection - Deaths TEXT: Name: Henry Rector, Death Date: 24 Jun 1799, City: Rectortown, County: Fauquier, State: VA, Country: USA.
Source number: 2737.060; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. Yates Publishing.
Ancestry Record 7836 #1000908 (See Edmond Comp regarding Family group sheets) TEXT: Name: Henry Rector, Gender: Male, Birth Place: VA, Birth Year: 1717, Spouse Name: Nancy Ann Spencer, Spouse Birth Place: VA, Spouse Birth Year: 1722, Marriage Year: 1740.
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 6 April 2019), Henry Rector in entry for Joseph Goddard and ... Rector, 19 Oct 1779; citing Fauquier County, Virginia, reference 88; FHL microfilm 31,633.
Thank you William Drake for contributing research regarding the supposed wife Ann: "Robinson not Ann Spencer," 6 September 2011. Copy available at Ancestry.com (Membership required) Note: Bad link
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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