Born in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Smith
and Sarah (Gray) Smith
Sister of
Phebe (Freeman) Mayo [half], Hannah (Smith) Husted, Sarah (Smith) Redfield, Joseph Smith, Betty (Smith) Downs and Benjamin Smith Jr.
Wife of
Ezra Williams
— married
17 Apr 1760 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
[children unknown]
Died
at age 37
in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2021
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Biography
Rachel was born in 1738. She was the daughter of Benjamin Smith and Sarah Gray. She passed away in 1775.
Sources
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 2, Page 884.
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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:
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:
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~0.78%
John (Karbginsky) Browning
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~0.78%
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