Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Nelson Sr
and Hannah Jack
Sister of
Rachel (Nelson) Anderson, Joseph Nelson, Elizabeth (Nelson) Dunn, Jane (Nelson) Harrell, Margaret (Nelson) Maiken and Louisa J (Nelson) Slinker
Wife of
William J Anderson
— married
before 1829 in Kentucky
Wife of
Thomas Cuppy
— married
25 May 1845 in De Witt, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 87
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Aug 2016
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Biography
Rebecca was born in 1809 in Kentucky. She was the daughter of James Nelson and Hannah Jack.
She married William Anderson before 1829 in Kentucky.
They were early settlers of De Witt county, Illinois. They were the parents of Rezin Anderson, William D. Anderson, and an unnamed female.
William passed away in or before 1845. She married Thomas Cuppy on 25 May 1845 in De Witt county, Illinois.[1] Thomas had five children from a previous marriage to Jemima Ward. Thomas and Rebecca had two additional children, Charles and Mary Cuppy.
They were living in De Witt county, Illinois in 1850.[2] Her son William D. Anderson was listed as William Cuppy on this census.
They moved to Chariton in Appanoose county, Iowa. They were listed on the 1860 census there.[3]
Rebecca passed away in 1896.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GL-KPD : 29 December 2014), Thanas Cuppy and Rebecca Anderson, 25 May 1845; citing De Witt,Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,312,955.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85L-23X : 9 November 2014), Rebecca Cuppy in household of Thomas Cuppy, De Witt county, part of, De Witt, Illinois, United States; citing family 143, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82G-3GN : 30 December 2015), Rebecca Cuppy in entry for Thomas Cuppy, 1860.
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
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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%
Steven Kensil
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A884726 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
J Remick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A437532 [compare], Ancestry member hremick55
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~1.56%
~3.12%
JF (Remick) Holt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A744715 [compare], Ancestry member jeanetteholt
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