Rachel Winn

Brief Life History of Rachel

When Rachel Winn was born in 1744, in Caroline, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Jesse Winn, was 44 and her mother, Rachel Ann Tavenor, was 34. She married Lt Thomas Easton Fortson Jr in 1761, in Caroline, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died before 24 January 1824, in Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lt Thomas Easton Fortson Jr
1742–1824
Rachel Winn
1744–1824
Marriage: 1761
Benjamin H. Fortson
1765–1823
Elizabeth Fortson
1767–1828
William George Fortson
1774–1846
Mildred Fortson
1775–1827
Richard Fortson
1778–1836
Jesse Marion Fortson
1783–1827

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    1776

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

    1780

    Historical Boundaries: 1780: Wilkes, Georgia, United States 1790: Elbert, Georgia, United States

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    English (northern) and Welsh: variant of Wynn .

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

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