Rachel _____1

#17788, (say 1734 - )

Family

Aaron Burlison b. s 1735, d. c 1782
Children 1.James Burlison4 (s 1755 - )
 2.Aaron Burlison+1 (s 1757 - 1785)
 3.Elizabeth Burlison4 (s 1759 - )
 4.Sarah Burlison4 (s 1761 - )
 5.Thomas Burlison4 (s 1763 - )
 6.Rachel Burlison4 (s 1765 - )
 7.Nancy Burlison4 (s 1767 - )
 8.John Burlison4 (s 1769 - )
 9.Abigail Burlison4 (s 1771 - )
 10.Jonathan Burlison4 (s 1773 - )
 11.Mary Burlison4 (s 1775 - )
 12.Joseph Burlison4 (s 1777 - )
 13.Rhoda Burlison4 (s 1779 - )
Surname not proven but has been given as Hogan or Jones. Also unknown is if this Rachel was the only wife of Aaron Burlison.2 
Rachel _____ was also known as Jones.3 
Rachel _____ was also known as Hogan suggested in several genalogical sources.2 
Her married name was Burlison.1 
The birth year and order of the children of Aaron and Rachel is not known. James, who was to have his father's property after the death or remarriage of his mother, and Aaron, named by his father as Executor, were probably among the oldest. Aaron was to receive one shilling, so perhaps we can assume that the others who also were bequeathed one shilling were also among the older children. John, Jonathan and Joseph were to receive each a mare and a rifle when they came of age, so they were likely among the younger children, which would lead us to believe that the daughters who were to receive a cow were also in the age group of these three. Note that none of the daughters is referred to by a married name.2 
Birth*say 1734She was born say 1734.1 
Marriage*circa 1754She married Aaron Burlison circa 1754.1 
16 November 1781In Aaron Burlison's will dated 16 November 1781, Rachel _____ was named as principal heir and executrix.4 

Citations

  1. [S1617] Maude A McFadin, The John Stephen McFadin Family of North Carolina, Kentucky, Indiana, and Kansas (North Newton, Kansas: Mennonite Press, 1971), Chapter 7. "After Aaron's death Volley and her mother-in-law Rachel Burlison were two widows with many children who went back to North Carolina. Rachel's husband Aaron II had been killed by Indians only a few years earlier." Source given as Mrs. B. O. Hanby, historian at Mount Vernon [Posey Co., IN].
  2. [S520] VWH.
  3. [S1621] John Hoyle Burleson, "The Life and Travels of Aaron Burleson", Burleson Family Research Group (2012): Citing Jones v Jones, Richmond Court of Appeals, 1793. "I am sure that Aaron Burleson of the Washington Co NC Will had a Jones wife in Lunenburg Co VA, but I am not ready to say that Rachel Burleson['s] maiden name was Jones. . . . She may have been a second wife.", online www.bfrg.info/bfrg.
  4. [S1620] Tennessee, Washingon Co. Wills, 1779-1889, online Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Roll 26, img. 507/966. State of North Carolina, Sullivan County [now Tennessee].
    I, Aaron Burleson being in perfect mind and memory considering the uncertainty of life and being desirous of settling my affairs in a regular manner before I depart this life, I do hereby give and bequeath all my possessions as followeth viz first I commit my Soul to God that gave it my body I commit to the dust from whence it came and my worldly estate real and personal I give and bequeath as followeth.
    First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife all my real and personal estate during her life except three mares which I give one to my son John one to my son Jonathon and one to my son Joseph and each of said sons a good rifal gun which my widdow is to give out of the estate to the three sons when they come of ___ age and further I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elebeth [Elizabeth] one sheling sterling and to my son Thomas one sheling sterling and to my daughter Sarah one sheling sterling and to my son Aaron one sheling sterling and to my daughter Rachel one sheling sterling and to my daughter Nancy one shilling sterling and to my daughters Abigail and Mary and Roday [Rhoda] each one cow the whole to be paid by my widdow out of my estate and to the remainder of all my estate real and personal I give to my son James at the death of my beloved wife or at her next marriage. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth of November 1781. I do hereby before sealing of the above last will and testament constitute and appoint my beloved wife executrix and my son Aaron Burleson executor to the above will.
    Aaron Burleson (seal)
    Witness
    Thomas Williams
    Patrick Sheles [Shields] (his mark)
    Henry Clark.