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Rebecca ASHCRAFT

Rebecca ASHCRAFT

Female 1801 - 1876  (75 years)

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  • Name Rebecca ASHCRAFT 
    Born 29 Jan 1801  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1 Jun 1876  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I37200  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2013 

    Father Ezekiel ASHCRAFT,   b. 21 Apr 1799, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1880, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F38237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Uriah THOMPSON 
    Married 15 Dec 1819  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Hannah THOMPSON,   b. CA 1820,   d. Sep 1892, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
    Family ID F38236  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Robert Ezekiel BOYCE,   b. 7 Jul 1806,   d. 2 Jul 1888  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Mar 1831  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 5 1850:
      Robert Boyce, 45, farmer; Rebecca, 42; Ezekiel, 18; John, 16; Christian, 14; Robert, 12; David, 10; Nancy, 8; Cynthia, 6.
      (Note: Rebecca's stated age of 42 would put her birth in about 1808, which would have made her only 11 at the time of her first marriage, in 1819. More likely is the 1801 birth date derived from her age 75 at the time of her 1876 death. It is noted, however, that her stated age of 75 in the 1870 Census would put her birth in about 1795, which is considered unlikely.)

      1860 Census - Not found for this family.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 10 1870:
      Robert Boyce, 69, farmer; Rebecca, 75; Christena, 20; Jasper, 19.

      1880, Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 21 1880:
      Robert Boice, 79, farmer, widowed; dau Christena Boice, 37, single; grandson Wm. Quinn, 21, single; granddau Minerva Quinn, 21, single.
      (Note: Christena's age 37 was circled on the census form, significance of which is not known. At Childers Cemetery, near the graves of Robert & Rebecca, is a marker for Christina Boyce, dau of R. B. & Rebecca, b. Dec 14 1839, d. May 3 1896.) [7, 8]
    Children 
    +1. Anna C. BOYCE,   b. 6 Feb 1832, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     2. Ezekiel BOYCE,   b. CA 1833
    +3. John Flowers BOYCE,   b. 27 Mar 1835,   d. 19 Mar 1914, Esty, Greenbrier Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Christian BOYCE,   b. CA 1836
    +5. Robert H. BOYCE,   b. CA 1838, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1926, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
     6. David BOYCE,   b. CA 1840
     7. Cynthia BOYCE,   b. CA 1844
    +8. Nancy BOYCE,   b. Mar 1845, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jan 1934  (Age ~ 88 years)
    Family ID F14752  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 26 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5050854&Type=Death.
      Identified as Rebecca Boyce, white female, born in Doddridge Co, dau of (blank) Ashcraft; died Jun 1 1876 in Doddridge Co, age 75y 4m 3d, cause of death dropsy. Informant: Robert Boyce, husband.

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    5. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
      Identified as Uriah Thompson and Rebecca Ashcraft, dau of Ezekiel Ashcraft. Married Dec 15 1819 in Harrison County.

    6. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
      Identified as Robert Boice and Rebecca Thompson. Married Mar 26 1831 in Harrison County.

    7. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    8. [S1604] Death record of son.