Rebecca Nunn

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Nunn was born in 1774, in Georgia, United States, her father, John Nunn, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Eliza Pratt, was 24. She married John Wheeler about 1797, in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Baldwin, Georgia, United States in 1820.

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Family Time Line

John Wheeler
1775–1820
Rebecca Nunn
1774–
Marriage: about 1797
Eli Wheeler
1798–1880
Samuel E Wheeler
1811–1843
Elizabeth Lydia Wheeler
1806–1895
John Wheeler Jr.
1806–1879
Rebecca Wheeler
1810–1838

Sources (1)

  • Rebecca Wheeler, "United States Census, 1820"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1803

Historical Boundaries: 1803: Hancock, Georgia, United States

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a pious or demure man from Middle English nunne, nonne, occasionally none, noune, and nowne ‘nun’.

German: from an Old High German personal name Nunno, said to be a nursery word.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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