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Rebecca Sims (Petty)

Also Known As: "REBECCA ELIZABETH PETTY", "Symes/ Simms/ Sims", "Rebcca Petty"
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Birthplace: Richmond County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Death: April 11, 1784 (80-81)
Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Petty; Catherine “Katherine” Petty and Catherine Petty
Wife of Thomas Sims and Thomas Simms, Sr.
Mother of William Sims; Rebecca Sims; Thomas Sims; William Sims, Sr.; James Simms and 6 others
Sister of John Petty; Thomas Charles Petty, Jr; Christopher Petty; William Charles Petty, I; Mary Knight and 6 others

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About Rebecca Sims

7. THOMAS SIM(M)S, 94 b. c. 1702 95 possibly at Richmond Co., VA.96

He m. before 30 Nov. 1725,97 probably at Richmond Co., VA, Rebecca Petty/Patty/Paty.98

He and Rebecca moved c. 1733 to a tract on the south side of the Rapidan River then in St. Mark's parish, Spotsylvania Co. VA (part of the Spotswood tract." 99 That tract became part of Orange Co., VA, when Orange Co. was formed from the western part of Spotsylvania Co. in 1734.100 In 1748 the land became part of Brumfield Parish in the newly created Culpeper County.101

He d. between 21 Apr. 1784 and 18 July 1785 102 probably 103 at Culpeper Co., VA.

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Rebecca Sims's Timeline

1703
April 1703
Richmond County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1720
1720
Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, United States
1721
1721
Age 17
United States
1726
1726
Richmond County, Virginia
1728
1728
1728
Richmond County, Province of Virginia
1728
Richmond Co, Virginia, United States
1732
1732
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
1734
1734
Prince William,Bromfield Parish, Culpeper, Virginia, United States of America