Nancy Rew

Abt 1772 - 1836  (64 years)

• Name	Nancy Rew  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1772	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Fathers will	24 Apr 1794	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	She was shown as daughter Nancy Rew in the will of Absalom Rew, wife Sarah Horsey Rew.
  Land - they inherited land	1795	tract A109, Guilford-Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Absalom Rew (wife Sarah Horsey) left his part of this tract to a son John; but the will also mentioned a son Charles and a daughter Nancy. John Rew many have died before 1809 as in that year, Charles and Jean Rew and Horsey and Nancy Somers united in a deed to Richard Somers for 62 acres, which wers east fo the Wonney Rew land.
  Will - Named in Nephews will	13 Jan 1805	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as my aunt Nancy Somers in the will of James Ewell Jr.
  Land - they deeded land to someone	1809	tract A109, Guilford-Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	In 1795 Absalom Rew (wife Sarah Horsey) left his part of this tract to a son John; but the will also mentioned a son Charles and a daughter Nancy. John Rew many have died before 1809 as in that year, Charles and Jean Rew and Horsey and Nancy Somers united in a deed to Richard Somers for 62 acres, which wers east fo the Wonney Rew land.
  Marr Name	Nancy Somers
  Record ID	14246
  Death	10 Mar 1836	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
  	Her tombstone shows her as Nancy Rew Somers, the wife of Horsey Somers, who died 1836. No birth date was given. The Horsey Somers Family Bible shows 10 Mar 1836.
  Burial	Parksley Cemetery, Parksley, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Rew, (A'rew),   b. Abt 1640   d. Bef 18 Mar 1689, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 49 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Sarah 'Horsey' Roach,   b. Abt 1737, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. Charles Rew, Sr.,   b. Bef 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1823, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age > 68 years) ▻ Comfort Hickman,  m. 23 Oct 1790 ;   Jane 'Jinney' Somers,  m. Abt 1800 + 2. Elizabeth Rew,   b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Solomon Ewell,  m. Abt 1775 + 3. Mary 'Polly' Rew,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Laban (534) Powell,  m. 23 Aug 1792 ;   John West,  m. 27 Dec 1802 + 4. Nancy Rew,   b. Abt 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Mar 1836, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 64 years) ▻ Horsey (of Isaac) Somers, I,  m. Abt 1795 + 5. John Rew, Sr.,   b. Abt 1778, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 27 Jun 1864, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 86 years) ▻ Elizabeth Chesser, (Cheshire),  m. 26 Mar 1810 ;   Mary 'Polly' Sturgis, Sprungs?,  m. 7 Apr 1836
  Person ID	I14246	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Absalom Rew,   b. Abt 1728, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Jun 1795, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 67 years)
  Mother	Sarah 'Horsey' Roach,   b. Abt 1737, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1755	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Family ID	F12626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Horsey (of Isaac) Somers, I,   b. 1762, Annamessex, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 26 Feb 1852, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1795  [1, 4]
  Children	1. Mary Rew 'Polly' Somers,   b. 6 Nov 1795, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 5 Apr 1870, Metompkin District, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)   2. Isaac Somers,   b. 15 Feb 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 3. John Somers,   b. 12 Jan 1799, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1856, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years) ╚═ Elizabeth 'Betsy' Wessells  (Age 83 years)  m. 8 Mar 1821   4. Horsey Somers, II,   b. 14 Oct 1802, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Sally Lawson  m. 10 Mar 1829 + 5. Elizabeth 'Betsy' (of Horsey) Somers,   b. 18 May 1804, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Sep 1878, Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years) ╚═ John S. S. Johnson  m. 24 Feb 1839   6. Sarah H. Somers,   b. 7 Oct 1807, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. William Somers, Sr.,   b. 14 Feb 1810, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 30 Aug 1883 (Age 73 years) ╚═ Sally (--?--)  m. Abt 1845   8. Salley Somers,   b. 29 Jan 1813, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1772 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 24 Apr 1794 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Nephews will - 13 Jan 1805 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - 10 Mar 1836 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Parksley Cemetery, Parksley, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 197 (will of James Ewell Jr.), 688. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 427 (will of Absalom Rew, wife Sarah Horsey Rew), 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1105 (tract A109), 572. [S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1987), 502. [S1032] Finney W. Somers, Somers, Finney to Hiram Somers Letter, 01/09/1956, (Horsey Somers Family Bible in the hands of Mrs. Jno. L. Byrd of Mearsville, VA), 1032. [S2658] Lewis, Mark - Rew Family Files, (Eastern Shore Public Library, Accomac, VA), Rew Family Chart, 2658.