Born [location unknown]
Daughter of Samuel Brewster
and Sarah (Upshaw) Brewster
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Peter Portway
— married
31 Oct 1750 in Holy Cross Church, Felsted, Essex, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Portway) Linsell and Mary (Portway) Bowtell
Died before
before age 79
in Bocking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2015
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Biography
Rebekah was born in 1728. She passed away in 1807.
Sources
- Marriage: "Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
Essex Record Office; Chelmsford, Essex, England; Essex Church of England Parish Registers
Ancestry uk Record 61698 #94743689 (accessed 24 May 2022)
Rebecca Bruister marriage to Peter Portway on 31 Oct 1750 in Felsted, Holy Cross, Essex, England.
- Burial: "England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936"
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 1501
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2972 #579615 (accessed 24 May 2022)
Rebekah Portway burial (died in 1807) on 16 Jun 1807 in Bocking, Essex, England.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebekah 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 Rebekah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebekah 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 Rebekah:
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~0.39%
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