Rachel Seaton

From ancestry.com:

"Rachel is the last known child of John and Mary Smith Chenoweth. She was probably born in Frederick County, Virginia and married in that area, at the age of about 18, to Kenner Seaton. Kenner, a son of James Seaton II and Elizabeth Kenner, both native Virginians, saw service in the Revolutionary War . Six of their eight children were probably all born in Virginia. In the late 1770's Rachel and James lived in Monongalia Co., VA as did Kenner's parents and many of his siblings. Here Kenner was left with land by his father's will of 1779. In 1786, Kenner and Rachel moved to what is now Jefferson County, KY. Here last two children were born and seven of their 8 children would grow to marry. One of these marriages between their daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Seaton, and Levi Grafton Whitaker, founded a long line of Whitakers that would relocate to Morgan Co., IN."

Chenoweth History: 3rd Generation

The Families of John Chenoweth & Mary Calvert

http://www.chenowethsite.com/ch1j0dr1.htm

Rachel is the last known child of John and Mary Smith Chenoweth. She was probably born in Frederick County, Virginia and married in that area, at the age of about 18, to Kenner Seaton. Kenner, a son of James Seaton II and Elizabeth Kenner, both native Virginians, saw service in the Revolutionary War . Six of their eight children were probably all born in Virginia. In the late 1770's Rachel and James lived in Monongalia Co., VA as did Kenner's parents and many of his siblings. Here Kenner was left with land by his father's will of 1779. In 1786, Kenner and Rachel moved to what is now Jefferson County, KY. Here last two children were born and seven of their 8 children would grow to marry. One of these marriages between their daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Seaton, and Levi Grafton Whitaker, founded a long line of Whitakers that would relocate to Morgan Co., IN.

There were a number of Chenoweths in this part of Kentucky. Rachel's brother Richard had arrived first and helped to found Louisville. Rachel and Richard's nephew, William, had followed. About 1784, her brother, Arthur, and sister, Elizabeth Chenoweth Stuart, came to live. Later two other nephews, Absolum and Jonathan (a brother to William) would also come to Kentucky. Kenner Seaton also had several Seaton siblings that settled here as well. Rachel died in Jefferson Co. at the age of 53. James Kenner remarried to Jane, the widow of John Mundel, and lived another 22 years. Kenner and Rachel's youngest son, Richard, would marry Elizabeth Mundel, a daughter of his step mother's first marriage. Rachel and Kenner are buried in the Chenoweth Run cemetery, 4 miles SE of Jeffersontown, Jefferson Co., KY.

CENSUS: 1800 (tax rolls) KY: Jefferson Co, 1810 KY: Jefferson Co: page 17, 1820 KY: Jefferson Co: page 49

LOCATIONS: Frederick and Monongalia Cos., VA and Jefferson Co., KY

BOOKS: Harris page 238, Hiatt page 77

OTHER SOURCES: , Genealogy Work of Clona Cleveland Whitaker, Willis Arnold Finchum, Jr., Rose Family Association, Study: Seaton Compliation by Scott Montgomery Seaton submitted and extended by Jacob A. Seaton, Carolyn Wilcoxen, Robert Douglas Rose, William Hawley McCown, Mary Altman Smith, Willis Arnold Finchum, Jr., submittal of Donald L Smyth, Internet contacts: Bob Brewer, Harold W. Clark, Census Work 1850, 1860, 1880 & 1900, WFT Vol 1 # 4105

OTHER COUSIN CONTACTS: Alex Seaton Dunbar

Children of RACHEL CHENOWETH and KENNER SEATON are:

Elizabeth b. February 14, 1773, area of Frederick Co., VA; d. 1848, Jefferson Co., KY; m. JOHN ROSE, August 24, 1789, Jefferson Co., KY; b. Abt. January 1759, East Jersey on Rockaway River, (believed to be now Morris Co., NJ); d. Bet. 1843 - 1850, Jefferson Co., KY.

Mary b. April 04, 1775, Virginia; d. February 15, 1776.

Margaret Elizabeth b. May 23, 1777, Virginia; d. June 12, 1835, Owen Co., IN; m. LEVI GRAFTON WHITAKER, November 05, 1796, Jefferson Co., KY; b. April 13, 1773, Western Pennsylvania (then part of VA); d. November 27, 1849, Owen Co., IN.

Rebecca b. June 30, 1779, Monongalia Co., VA (now WV); d. September 1836, Jefferson Co., KY; m. JOHN PATTERSON, August 08, 1799, Jeffersontown, Jefferson Co., KY; b. Bet. 1764 - 1784; d. Unknown.

George b. April 23, 1781, Monongalia Co., VA (now WV); d. July 06, 1835, Seatonville, Jefferson Co., KY; m. SARAH DRAKE, February 03, 1803, Jefferson Co., KY; b. February 20, 1783, Kentucky; d. December 14, 1863, Jefferson Co., KY.

James Kenner b. March 06, 1783, Monongalia Co., VA (now WV); d. September 02, 1826, Jefferson Co., KY; m. MARGARET 'PEGGY' SCOTT, November 24, 1807, Jefferson Co., KY; b. August 10, 1779, Virginia; d. November 27, 1863.

Sarah b. October 27, 1787, Jefferson Co., KY; d. 1836; m. (1) JOSEPH J. FREDERICK, April 21, 1806, Jefferson Co., KY; b. Bet. 1772 - 1792; m. (2) JEFFERSON HEZEKIAH WOODSON, December 31, 1818, Jefferson Co., KY; b. Abt. 1784, Virginia; d. Aft. 1850.

Richard b. January 10, 1790, Kentucky; d. April 21, 1873, Camp Point, Adams Co., IL; m. ELEANOR 'NELLIE' MUNDEL, May 11, 1817, Jefferson Co., KY; b. July 26, 1795; d. August 01, 1865, Adams Co., IL.

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 19 2020, 0:56:05 UTC