Born in Lawrence, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Erwin
and Lydia (Lewis) Erwin
Sister of
Teril Erwin, Eli Erwin, William Erwin III, Jarrett Lewis Erwin, John Erwin, Jane (Erwin) Moore, Sarah (Erwin) Dodd, Crawford Erwin and David Erwin
Wife of
William Asbury McKnight
— married
24 Nov 1824 in Lawrence Township, Marion, Indiana, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Lydia Ann McKnight, Adaline McKnight, Cameron McKnight, Sarah Jane McKnight, Unknown McKnight, Asbury McKnight, Caroline McKnight, Asa McKnight and David McKnight
Died
at age 41
in Clay, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 May 2011
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Biography
Rebecca was born in 1804. She died in 1845 at the age of 41.
Parents: William Erwin 1777 - 1837 and Lydia (Lewis) Erwin 1780 - 1854.
Spouse: William A. McKnight 1800 - 1862. Findagrave #30322319
Sources
- Rebecca is buried at the Hoosier Prairie Cemetery in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois, USA. Her page lists and has links to her parents, siblings, spouse, 8 children. There is a picture of her headstone. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30322306/rebecca-ann-mcknight
- Rebecca: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4HJ-Y4Y Lists her parents, 8 siblings, spouse, 9 children, 5 sources/notes.
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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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~3.12%
Cheryl (Jones) Eggers
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M060761 [compare]
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~3.12%
Marlin Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tbug144
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~1.56%
Myron Tomasi :
23andMe, GEDmatch M311591 [compare]
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~1.56%
Dawn (Robuck) Uribe :
23andMe, GEDmatch M464387 [compare]
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~0.78%
Riley Brannian :
23andMe, GEDmatch SP4369532 [compare]
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~0.78%
Melissa (Erwin) Anderson :
MyHeritage DNA
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