Rachel Friedrich was born on 9 Mar 1759 in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Abraham Frederick and Anna Freithardt. Rachel was born the same day as her brother Jacob, who died the day of his birth. They would have been twins.
Sources
"Church Book of the Moravian Congregation in Mount Joy Township (alias Donegal) Lancaster County, from 1743." Baptisms, Page 24: Jacob-Rachel, Twin children of Abraham and Elisabeth Friedrich, born 9 March, 1759, were baptized 11 March; the little son by Br. Mathaeus Hehl and the little daughter by Br. Jacob Till. Gottfried and Maria Anna Rosler were sponsors. (from Margaret Wilder, researcher for the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, PA)
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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 ancestors' 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: