Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Clemson III
and Margaret (Heard) Clemson
Sister of
Jane (Clemson) Skiles, James Clemson, John Clemson, Sarah Clemson, Margaret (Clemson) Watson, Elizabeth Clemson, Mary Clemson and Rebekah Clemson
Wife of
David Charles Whitehill Sr.
— married
8 Apr 1770 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
Descendants 
Mother of
James Clemson Whitehill, John Whitehill, Joseph Whitehill, David Whitehill Jr, Benjamin Whitehill, Clemson W Whitehill, Cresswell Whitehill, Sarah (Whitehill) Rankin, Robert Andrew Whitehill and George Adams Whitehill
Died about
at about age 72
in Lemont, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2010
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Contents |
Biography
Rachel was born Feb.17, 1753, the second child of James Clemson and Margaret (Heard) Clemson. Her parents were active and prominent in their community.
Burial
- Burial:
- Place: Slab Cabin G.Y., Centre, PA
From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
David, born May 24, 1743, married, April 8, 1770, Rachel Clemson
Sources
- Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 49-54)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #176577834
Acknowledgments
WikiTree profile Clemson-71 created through the import of kerr2012.ged on Nov 4, 2012 by Bob Kerr. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel 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 Rachel:
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~3.12%
Jane (Merkle) Mullings
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A113334 [compare], Ancestry member waynejanemullings
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~1.56%
Lisa Mullings :
23andMe, GEDmatch M974965 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PM974965M [compare], Ancestry member Lisa_Mullings
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #552607
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~1.56%
Robert Cox :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Courtnea (Whitehill) Stark :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Kenneth Heitzenrater :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member heitz244
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~0.39%
Dan Herr :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Dawn (Blacksten) Schick :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dawnblacksten
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Barbara (Williams) Ryan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PM8462891 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jessica Sandefur :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jeccachele
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Mike Collar :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T882636 [compare], FTDNA kit #754061
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~0.39%
Tracy (Disel) Bruce :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
+
MyHeritage DNA
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