Rachel (--?--)

Abt 1750 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Rachel (--?--)
  Birth	Abt 1750	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Will - Husbands	23 Nov 1771	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as wife Rachel in the will of Washburn Tunnel.
  Will - Husbands	2 Jan 1782	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	She was shown as wife Rachel Thornton in the will of Edward Thornton. She was named Extr. and given whole estate during her widowhood.
  Census with son	1800	Accomack Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	She may have been the female over age 45 in the household headed by her son Henry Thornton of Edw'd, who was age 16-26.
  Marr Name	Rachel Thornton
  Marr Name	Rachel Tunnell
  Reference Identifier	#
  Record ID	50412
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Person ID	I50412	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Washbourne 'Washpan' Tunnell,   b. Abt 1732, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Apr 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 40 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1770  [1]
  Children	1. Scarburgh Tunnell,   b. Bef 28 Apr 1772, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F15567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Edward Thornton, (IV),   b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1795 (Age 40 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Mary Feddeman,   b. Abt 1762, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1795  (Age 33 years)  m. Abt 1784
  Marriage	Abt 1775  [2, 4]
  	In describing the ownership of tract A173 (between Wattsville and Atlantic), Whitelaw states that in 1757 Scarburgh Tunnell (wife Elizabeth) left land to his son Washpan (Washburn), and in 1772 he (wife Rachel) left to his brother Charles. Rachel then married Edward Thornton and 6 years later they released her dower interest to Charles, who in 1816 left his land to a son Samuel S. Tunnell. According to Mary Frances Carey, Rachel's maiden name was Warrington.
  Children	+ 1. Henry (of Edw'd) Thornton,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1816 (Age 41 years) ╚═ Euphama Townsend  m. 16 Mar 1798 + 2. John Thornton,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Feb 1831 (Age 51 years) ╚═ Grace Trader  m. 6 Oct 1807;    ╚═ Elizabeth Hudson  m. 30 Oct 1809
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F15558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1750 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Husbands - 23 Nov 1771 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Husbands - 2 Jan 1782 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 261 (will of Washburn Tunnel), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 421 (will of Edward Thornton), 570. [S578] Jody Powell, 1800, 1810 & 1820 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (Roanoke, TX: Jody Powell, 1991), 578. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 1329 (tract A173), 572.