Rebekkah Mary Harrelson

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Rebekkah Mary Harrelson (Chambers)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Virginia, Colonial US
Death: 1754 (55-56)
Albemarle County, Virginia, Colonial US
Place of Burial: Putneys Mill, New Kent County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Edward Chambers, Sr. and Elizabeth Payne Chambers
Wife of Peter Harrelson
Mother of Burgess Harrelson; John Harrelson, ...; Paul Haralson; Nathaniel Harrelson; Elizabeth Harrelson and 2 others
Sister of William A Chambers, I and Edward Chambers, Jr.
Half sister of Susannah Ann Payne; Barnett Payne, II; Susannah C. Payne; John Payne, Sr.; Mary Franklin and 5 others

Managed by: Bryan Wayne Barber
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About Rebekkah Mary Harrelson

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Chambers-1286

Biography
Her parents are unknown. The only source for parents are unsourced trees. According to her Find-a-Grave memorial, she was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Harrison) Chambers[1] The only reference to the surname Chambers is a Sons of the American Revolution application which shows her as "Miss Chambers of Hanover County, Virginia."[2]

According to a genealogy query in 'Heart's Sunday American' of 20 Sep 1931 by Mrs. Hugh A. Haralson (seeking Mary Chamber's parents' names), Mary and Peter had children John, Burgess, Paul, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Agnes, and Sarah. This states that they married circa 1715 in Hanover, Virginia and Peter died in 1732.

Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155723040/rebekka-mary-harrelson
↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, Vol. 104, Natl. #20694, State #80 of 1915
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From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155723040/rebekka-mary-harrelson

Rebekka Mary Chambers was born about 1635 in New Kent County, England, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Harrison) Chambers. Ancestry.com family tree titled Rehfeldt Family Tree-(2) follows Rebekka's line back to the 10th century. She married Peter Harrelson in 1664 in St. Peters, New Kent County, Virginia. Peter was born about 1633 in Denmark. They had the following known children:

1. Paul Peter Harrelson

Rebekka's husband Peter was a Captain of the Danish Army. Rebekka died about 1664 in New Kent County, Virginia. Peter died about 1715 in New Kent County, Virginia. They were both buried in St. Peters Parish cemetery in Putney's Mill, New Kent County, Virginia.

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Rebekkah Mary Harrelson's Timeline

1698
1698
Virginia, Colonial US
1718
1718
Hanover County, Virginia, Colonial US
1720
1720
New Kent, Hanover County, Virginia, United States
1730
1730
Hanover County, Virginia
1733
1733
Hanover, Virginia, United States
1733
Hanover, Virginia, United States
1734
1734
Hanover, Virginia, United States
1740
1740
1754
1754
Age 56
Albemarle County, Virginia, Colonial US