Samuel Rea and Rebecca Nelson

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Husband Samuel Rea ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1734 - New Jersey 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Sep 1813 1
         Buried:  - Great Bethel Cemetery

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         Father: Alexander Rea (Abt 1700-      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 10 Dec 1782 1

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   Other Spouse: Ann McCracken (Abt 1736-1781) 1 2 3 - 22 Sep 1761 1

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Wife Rebecca Nelson ¹

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Rea

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He was born soon after the arrival of his parents from Ireland. It was his boast that he was begotten in Ireland, bred on the ocean and born in America. At an early age he settled on Martin's creek; in Lower Mount Bethel township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and owned a tract of land lying between Martin's creek and the Great Bethel Church (Presbyterian).
He was a colonel in the Revolutionary war.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 491.

2 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 15.

3 Alvin D. White, The Lyles of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Burgettstown, PA: The Enterprise Press, 1963), Pg 91.