Rachel Maria (Broom) Grant (1788 - 1864)

Born 1788 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Rachel Maria Broom was born in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States on 20 Jul 1788 to Jacob Broom (signer of Constitution) and Rachel Pierce. ^[1]

Around 1810, Rachel Maria Broom married Joseph Pierce Grant, born in September 1786, in Boston, Massachusetts. They became the parents of four children, before he died in 1858, in Baltimore Mayland. Children include: ^[2]

• Edward Barton Grant 1829-1906

• James B. Grant, born 1832

• Josephine M. Grant 1836-1881

• Ella/Ellen Grant, born circa 1836

Researchers Notes

Ancestry.com indicates that Rachel passed away on 1864 in Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America.

Other genealogists indicate that she married Samuel Henry and is found on the US Census 1880:

Samuel Henry 84

Rachal Henry 65

Sally M. Henry 35

George Henry 31

Maggie Henry 28

Alexander Henry 40

Mary Hill 65

Disambiguation: comparing the names of the children and the ages of Samuel and Rachel, this appears to be Samuel Henry Henry-8679 born 1797 and Rachel Ann Roberts, his wife, born 1810

Sources

1. ↑ https://mixedgenes.eu/descendants-jacob-broom/
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/rachel-maria-broom-24-2k3z0n

• Source Citation: Source number: 510.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LDF. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
• Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1181; Family History Film: 1255181; Page: 488A; Enumeration District: 454; Image: 0609. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Broom Descendants