Born about in New Kent, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Paul Harrelson Sr
and Rebekah (Unknown) Harrelson
Sister of
Paul Harrelson Jr, Peter (Harellson) Harralson, Judith (Harrelson) Chambers and Anna Glover (Harrelson) Chiles
Wife of
Thomas William Sims III
— married
[date unknown] in Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Rebecca (Sims) Petty
Died
at about age 88
in Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jan 2012
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Biography
Rebecca married Thomas Sims (1680-1785) in Virginia. Thomas was the son of Thomas Sims (1649-1706).
Thomas and Rebecca Harrelson Sims were the parents of the following known children: William I Simms, Rebecca Sims who married John P. Petty, James Sims, Amy Sims, Jeremiah Simms, Sarah Simms and Richard Simms.[1]
Sources
See also:
- Halifax County Marriage Records in "Marriages of Some Virginia Residents" Vol 3, "Rebekkah married Thomas Simms, and Ann Harrelson married Henry Chiles."
- Virginia Land, Marriage and Probate Records, 23 Oct 1734, Spotsylvania, Virginia, Rebecca Sims.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 April 2020), memorial page for Rebecca Harrelson Sims (1696–21 Apr 1784), Find A Grave: Memorial #105474412, Maintained by Stella (contributor 47848948) Unknown.
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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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~0.78%
~0.78%
Bennie Bailey 
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
P Roots :
23andMe, GEDmatch M165944 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M165944 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M165944 [compare]
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~0.39%
Christine (Higgs) Stoll :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Betsy (Coffey) Berry :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A419214 [compare], Ancestry member bberry168
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A419214 [compare], FTDNA kit #796299
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~0.39%
Ronald Higgs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A006583 [compare]
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~0.39%
James Higgs :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
A. Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A706630 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T394993 [compare]
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~0.39%
Pat Hull :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Melanie Kipp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #764254
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Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Mary (Spradley) Morken
Robin Lee
Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Harrelson-799 and Harrelson-47 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicates; please merge.
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by Darlene (Athey) Athey-Hill
Mary (Spradley) Morken
Petty-2591 and Harrelson-799 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicates, birth name Rebecca Harrelson (not Petty)
posted
on Harrelson-799 (merged)
by Mary (Spradley) Morken
Robin Lee
Harralson-10 and Harrelson-799 appear to represent the same person because: same parents, similar dates and places, same husband and child
posted
on Harrelson-799 (merged)
by Robin Lee
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