Born in Patrick, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph H Edwards
and Martha (Hancock) Edwards
Sister of
Allen T Edwards [half], Floyd Webb Edwards [half], Susan Elizabeth (Edwards) Arrington [half], Larkin Edwards [half], Martha Jane Edwards, John Franklin Edwards, Louisa Ellen (Edwards) Hall, Joseph Albert Edwards, Brice Whitewell Edwards, Lewis Edwards, Nancy Allice Edwards and Josephine C. Edwards
Wife of
Jefferson T. Lawson
— married
29 Sep 1868 in Patrick Co., VA
Wife of
John Preston Williams
— married
15 May 1878 in Patrick Co., VA
Descendants 
Mother of
Princess Martha Ann (Lawson) Scott, William J. A. Lawson, Unknown Lawson, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Unknown Williams and John F. Williams
Died
at age 29
in Patrick, Virginia
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Biography
Rosabell was born in 1852. She was the daughter of Joseph Edwards and Martha Hancock. She passed away in 1882. Rosabelle Edwards married John Preston Williams May, 15, 1878 she had four children with Mr. Edwards and then she married Capt. Jefferson Thompson Lawson at a later date she had two children with Mr.Lawson.
Sources
- http://edwards-family.us/brice_edwards_jane_rakes.html
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42708867/princess-martha-scott
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53613877/rosabelle-florence-williams
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53613318/john-preston-williams
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFG1-LM5 : 12 April 2016), Rosabella F Lausen in household of Jeffon T Lausen, Virginia, United States; citing p. 73, family 583, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,169.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rosabella 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 Rosabella:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rosabella 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 Rosabella:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Nichole Richardson 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch JF7505001 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A084154 [compare], Ancestry member Nrichardsson895
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~3.12%
Tiffany Winkelman :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Raymond Nichols :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A393554 [compare], Ancestry member grandsonofsam
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Patricia (Turner) Harshman :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Ray Cassell :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Chad Counts :
23andMe, GEDmatch SS6886931 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Michael Butzgy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MZ3924960 [compare], Ancestry member miketheid
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Christopher Butzgy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A344480 [compare], Ancestry member Butzgych2
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Jerry Compton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YE5896343 [compare], FTDNA kit #Mk47076
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Steph Creamer
Edwards-20666 and Lawson-3220 appear to represent the same person because: These are exact duplicates. Her maiden name is Edwards, Lawson was a married name
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by Steph Creamer
Nichole Richardson
Edwards-20666 and Edwards-5001 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles are both the same woman Rosabelle FLorence Edwards-Williams-Lawson she was married twice once to John Preston Williams which she had four children with and then later Capt Jefferson Thompson Lawson which she had two children with I have the sources for both marriages and children....
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by Nichole Richardson
Rejected matches › Rose (Williams) Roehm (1852-1883)
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