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- Rebecca (Rebeckah) KENNEDY. Born about 1773 in Frederick County, Maryland. Rebecca (Rebeckah) died in Kentucky on September 24, 1855; she was 82. [7] Buried in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
On July 25, 1793 when Rebecca (Rebeckah) was 20, she married Josiah ASHURST, son of ASHURST, in Bedford County, Virginia. [8] Born about 1768 in Savannah, Georgia. Josiah died in Clintonville, Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1820; he was 52. [9]
They moved to Kentucky November, 1794, and settled near Clintonville. [10]
They had the following children:
20 i. Martha "Patsy" (1794-1863)
21 ii. Nancy (~1788-)
iii. Mary Ann "Polly". Born about 1790 in North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Mary Ann "Polly" married Sanford Buford GORHAM Jr.. Born in 1803.
iv. Robert. Born about 1785 in Baughman's Creek, Fayette, Kentucky. [11]
On June 24, 1822 when Robert was 37, he married Nancy B. JONES, daughter of James JONES (1758-1839) & Salathial "Sally" SCHOOLER (1760-1850), in Bourbon County, Kentucky. [11] Born on December 10, 1789 in Baughman's Creek, Fayette County, Kentucky. Nancy B. died in Georgetown, Kentucky on November 11, 1881; she was 91.
22 v. John Kennedy (~1787-)
vi. Paulina. Born about 1798 in Baughman's Creek, Fayette, Kentucky. [11]
about 1821 when Paulina was 23, she first married John JONES, son of James JONES (1758-1839) & Salathial "Sally" SCHOOLER (1760-1850), in Baughman's Creek, Fayette, Kentucky. [11] Born on April 10, 1794 in Baughman's Creek, Fayette County, Kentucky. John died on October 17, 1819; he was 25.
On October 4, 1827 when Paulina was 29, she second married Preston GRIFFING, in North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky.
23 vii. William (1800-)
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Rebecah was also married in Virginia by Josiah Ashurst, a very industrious farmer and mechanic - a brickmason. He also migrated to Kentucky and settled on his wifes land when after raising a family of sons and domicile where her husband died.
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