Born in Chester Co., Pennsylvania Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Carter
and Ann (Whipple) Carter
Sister of
Mary (Carter) Kersey, Nicholas Carter, Elizabeth (Carter) Madden, Jean Carter, Anna Carter, John Carter, Samuel Carter, Hannah Carter, Jane Carter, Nathaniel Carter, George Carter and Enoch Carter
Wife of
Thomas Kersey
— married
10 Apr 1782 in Orange Co., North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Kersey) Millikan, John Kersey, Elizabeth Kersey, Ann Kersey, Thomas Kersey, Rebekah Kersey and Carter Kersey
Died
at age 90
in Clinton Co., Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2018
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Biography
Rebecca was born in 1759 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, the daughter of John Carter and Ann Whipple. She married Thomas Kersey Sr. She passed away in 1850 and is buried with her husband at Lytle Creek Cemetery, Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio.
Sources
- Hand-written note in the Millikan-Kersey bible: Rebekah Kersey Daughter of John Carter and Ann was born the 11 day of the 7th month 1759. Bible in possession of A. Millikan, 2018. See prenticenet.com.
- Descendants of Nathaniel Carter, Generation No. 3, #10. on genealogy.com.
- North Carolina Alamance - Cane Creek monthly meeting. Image found on findagrave.com.
- Rebecca Carter Kersey on findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
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%
~1.56%
Mary (Gill) Dykes 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Melissa (Pagan) Romano :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Lyrae (Bryant) Pinkston :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lyraelepinkston
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