When Rachel Davis was born on 25 January 1769, in Marbletown, Ulster, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Davis, was 62 and her mother, Elsje Robbertsz Roberse, Robbertson, was 43. She married John Clearwater on 28 May 1785. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 9 December 1845, in Marbletown, Marbletown, Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Glen, Glen, Montgomery, New York, United States.