Rachel Allston Flagg

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Rachel Allston Flagg (Moore)

Also Known As: "Flagg"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death: December 27, 1839
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
Place of Burial: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Moore and Elizabeth Moore
Wife of William Allston and Henry Collins Flagg
Mother of Washington Allston; Mayor Henry Collins Flagg, II; Ebenezer Flagg; Rachel Moore Flagg and Elizabeth Moore Wigfall

DAR: Ancestor #: A009724. Nat'l #: 912238
Managed by: Sally Pamelia Dobson
Last Updated:

About Rachel Allston Flagg

https://b-womeninamericanhistory18.blogspot.com/search/label/Artist...

Rachel is cited in Wikipedia notes as mother of Washington Allston:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Allston

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31273414/_

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK4-YHWK : 20 May 2020), Rachel Moore Flagg, 1839; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

From Find a Grave:

First husband was William Allston, Jr. From this marriage Washington Allston the famous artist was born.

She was the great grandmother of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, grandson to Cornelius Vanderbilt. See reference to the relation..https://books.google.com/books?id=ppcUPJs2_oUC&pg=PA253&dq=henry+co...

From Profile Manager: Note her second husband was Henry Collins Flagg, a wealthy Rhode Island merchant. She had the following children with Henry Flagg:

  • Henry Collins Flagg II
  • Ebenezer Flagg
  • Rachel Moore Flagg
  • Elizabeth Moore Wigfall

Two other Allston children are noted on Find a Grave besides two deceased infants and Washington Allston:

  • Mary Allston Alston
  • William Moore Allston

Dates are consistent with the timeline, but more research is needed to confirm. SFG.

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Rachel Allston Flagg's Timeline

1779
November 5, 1779
Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States
1792
January 5, 1792
St. Thomas, South Carolina, United States
1795
1795
1839
December 27, 1839
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
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South Carolina
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St. Thomas Cemetery, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States