When Rebecca Witt was born in 1787, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Edmund Witt Sr., was 51 and her mother, Anna Thompson, was 30. She married Richard Branham on 8 July 1817, in Roane, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Charlestown, Charlestown Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Union Township, Clark, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died in April 1881, in Clark, Indiana, United States, at the age of 94.
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On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
Historical Boundaries: 1801: Clark, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Clark, Indiana, United States
Indiana is the 19th state.
North German: nickname for someone with white hair or a remarkably pale complexion, from Middle Low German witte ‘white’.
South German: from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Wittigo. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
English (Hampshire and Wiltshire): variant of White .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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