Thomas and Mary (Fawcett) Worth were the parents of Rebecca, who was born 23 Apr 1723.[1]
Rebecca married Jonathan Vernon Sr in Pennsylvania circa 1742.[1][2][3] She was about 19 years old.
They lived for a while in Virginia,[1] including Lunenburg County.[4] Then they owned land and lived in Cornwell Parish in Charlotte County, Virginia, before moving to Surry, North Carolina,[3] between 1773 and 1779.[4] Nevertheless, Rebecca's probate appears to have been proved 18 Jun 1783 from her will written 2 Feb 1768.[5]
Jonathan's 18 Oct 1803 will named Rebecca and their five children.[6] Thus, the discrepancy between her provisional death date and the will date of her husband is a curiosity, or else the Rebecca Worth Vernon, whose will was proven in 1783 is a remarkably odd false positive.
Research Notes
Additional citation credited for marriage: Launey, John Pitts. First families of Chester County, PA. 1999, p. 154/2000. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books/Heritage Books: 19th, 3rd mo, 1743, Chester, Pennsylvania marriage to Jonathan Vernon; daughter of Thomas Worth.
FamilySearch researchers list her death (unsourced) as 1804 in Stokes, North Carolina, and burial Jun 1805, Stokes. Perhaps the husband's death location was assumed to coincide with the wife's: notably after Jun 1805 is indicated for her husband's Stokes, North Carolina death.[3]
↑ Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881: Miss Rebecca Worth, Spouse: Jonathan Farnon (sic) Ancestry Record 7830 #176892.
↑ 3.03.13.2DAR Ancestor A131213 Vernon, Jonathan. Names spouse Rebecca Worth, residence in Surry, North Carolina, death in Stokes, North Carolina among other service facts. Citing Haun, Weynette Parks. North Carolina Revolutionary Army accounts: Secretary of State, Treasurer's & Comptroller's papers. Vol I, Part II. 1990, p. 198. Durham, North Carolina: W P Haun.
↑ 4.04.1 Woodard, John R for stokes County Historical Society. The Heritage of Stokes County, North Carolina, 1981: Article 992: Tuttle, Alfred: Jonathan Vernon Sr. 1981. North Carolina: Hunter Publishing Company.
↑ Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825: Rebecca Worth Vernon, Civil: 2 Feb 1768, Prove date: 18 Jun 1783 Ancestry Record 4895 #36409.
↑ Stokes County, North Carolina Will Book #2, p. 62-3, dated 18 Oct 1803 and probated Jun 1805.
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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.
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