Rebecca Johnson, (1w/o Southy Northam)

Abt 1740 - Bef 1768  (< 28 years)

• Name	Rebecca Johnson  [1]
  Suffix	(1w/o Southy Northam)
  Birth	Abt 1740	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Biography	Based on the wills of both Solomon Jr. (1802) and Zadock Johnson (1833), Rebecca is either a sister of their father Solomon Johnson Sr. or of their mother Rachel Bird of Nathaniel, as they both named some of her children as their cousins. Since the sisters of Rachel Bird seem to have been identified, she was evidently a sister of Solomon Johnson Sr.
  Land sold	25 Jun 1759	tract A133, between Hallwood & Bloxom, Accomack Co, Virginia   [1, 2]
  	Southy Northam and Rebecca his wife of Accomack County sold to William Northam, the son of William dec'd of the same County, for 30 pounds currant money of Virginia a certain parcel of land in the County aforesaid being part of that tract of Land that William Bravans and Andrew Gilchrist and John Northam holds in the Swamp the same part that was conveyed to Southy Northam by Abbot Warrington containing 60 acres and Southy Northam has a good and indefisable Estate in fee simple and hath lawfull authority to convey the same to the said William Northam. The said Southy Northam and Rebecca Northam his wife have here unto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Both Southy & Rebecca Northam signed with their marks. The said Rebecca being first privately examined as the Law discharged.
  Witness paid to be	26 Jun 1759	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3]
  	Solomon Bird posted £10 for his Negro man slave Derry’s behavior and appearance at the November court. Witness against Derry posted £5: John Sandford, Warrington Stayton and Southy Northam’s wife Rebecca.
  Land sold	25 May 1762	Accomack Co, Virginia   [4]
  	Southy Northam and wife Rebecca acknowledged a deed to Solomon Glading.
  Marr Name	Rebecca Northam
  Record ID	33524
  Death	Bef 29 Mar 1768  [5]
  Person ID	I33524	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	George Johnson, (III),   b. Abt 1700, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Jan 1765 (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Ann Tatham,   b. Abt 1712, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Accomack Co, Virginia   [6]
  Family ID	F21910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Southy (of Thos) Northam, Senr.,   b. Abt 1725, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1801, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1758	Northampton Co, Virginia
  Children	1. Elitha 'Talitha' (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1758, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Sep 1840, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 82 years) + 2. William (of Southy) Northam, Senr.,   b. Abt 1760, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1831, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 71 years)   3. Rachel (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1762, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1835, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 73 years) + 4. Jacob (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 29 Jul 1839, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 74 years) + 5. Major (of Southy) Northam,   b. Abt 1767, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 1802, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F10568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S631] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 003, 1757-1770, p. 89, 631. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1212 (tract A133), 572. [S2224] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1753-1763, Volume 19, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2012), p. 255 (26 Jun 1759 Court), 2224. [S2224] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1753-1763, Volume 19, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2012), p. 381 (25 May 1762 Court), 2224. [S2314] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1765-1769, Volumes 21, 22, 23, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2012), p. 194 (29 Mar 1768 Court), 2314. [S978] JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack Co, VA, Court Order Abstracts, 1737-1744, Volume 17, (Heritage Books, Westminster, MD 2007), p. 298, 978.