Rebecca (Slack) Brown (abt. 1693 - bef. 1762)

Born about 1693 in Quarnford, Staffordshire, England

Died before 14 Nov 1762 before about age 69 in Quarnford, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

Rebecca was born about 1693, estimated from marriage.

She married James Brown on 9 November 1714 at Prestbury, Cheshire. The township is given as Wildboarclough.^[1]

She is mentioned in her father's will 1745 under her married name "Rebeckah Browne the wife of James Browne".^[2]

Rebecca died in 1762 and was buried at Quarnford on 14 November 1762 "Rebecca Brown of Knarr, widow, was buried".^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3FZ-8ZZ : 7 December 2017), James Brown and Rebecca Slack, 09 Nov 1714, Marriage; citing item 3 p 138, , Prestbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,093,600.
2. ↑ Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 Place Alstonfield, Staffordshire, England First name(s) Abraham Last name Slacke, Year 1748 Will year 1745 Probate year 1748 Inventory year 1747, Parish Alstonfield, County Staffordshire. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS/STAFF/WILLS/420271
3. ↑ "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7J-XMRD : 11 December 2017), Rebecca Brown, 14 Nov 1762; citing Burial, Quarnford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 101,021,129.