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Husband:   Jesse Rector

Born: 22-Dec-1759
Died: 22-Jan-1843
Father: Jacob  Rector
Mother: Mary Hitt
Other Spouses: Margaret Winford
Other Children: Levi Rector, Rhoda Rector, Alexander Rector, Rebecca Rector, Isaac Rector, Chloe Rector, Johnathan Rector


Born in Fauquier Co., Va., died Jan. 22, 1843 in Lawrence Co., Indiana. Dr. Levi Salmans wrote a lengthy book concerning this branch of the family. It is in the Library of Congress. Jesse's family moved from Fauquier Co., VA about 1786 to Rowan County in North Carolina, along with the father, Jacob, and a brother Bennett and their families. Jessey (as it was spelled) was listed in the first census (1790) of Rowan Co., N.C. Before this time, Jesse fought in the War of the Revolution with the Virginia Militia as a footsoldier at the battle of Little York (Yorktown) and stood with soldiers on the surrender field when Cornwallis capitulated to George Washington the 19th day of October, 1771. He was refused a pension because he served on ly 3 1/2 months before the war as over, and 6 months service was necessary to quality for a pension. All of the above information comes from his file at the War Department, given by him in his old age in his application for a pension. From Rowan County, N.C. he moved his family to Grayson County, VA, just above the N. Carolina Line. This was after a few years in Rowan County. He remained in Grayson County for a number of years, and is shown in the census for 1820, which is the first one for that county. He moved in 1821. In that year he sold out his land and he and his youngest son, Joseph, moved their families to Lawrence County, Indiana. (Youngest son by his first wife). He married a second time to Margaret Winford on Feb 2, 1802. He had eight children by his first wife and seven by his second.

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Male  Child 1:   Samuel  Rector

Born: 10-Aug-1780
Died: 21-Mar-1862
Spouse: Ruth Simpson
Children: Polly  Rector, Jesse Rector, Sarah Rector, Elizabeth Rector, Rueben Simpson Rector, James Rector, Joseph William Rector, Samuel Rector, Isaac D. Rector


Born in Fauquier Co., Va., August 10, 1780 and died March 21, 1862. He moved to Rowan County with his father when he was a small boy. Then moved with family to Grayson County and left Grayson Co., between 1804 and 1807. Dr. Salmans shows Samuel in Grayson Co. with one "tithable" in 1804. The records of Wayne Co., Ky shows that on Feb. 14, 1807 Samuel Rector posted a 50L bond for the marriage of himself and Ruth Simpson. Permission for the marriage was signed by her father Reuben Simpson. So he married shortly after the above posted date Ruth Simpson, born on Jan. 8, 1790 in South Carolina. They lived out the rest of their lives in a high rolling valley in Kentucky surrounded by the low hills of the Cumberland Mountains. They both lived to a ripe old age. He died at 82, and she died years later at age 88. According to census records they had 9 children.

Most of these folk are buried in a little cemetery near Rector's Flat Baptist Church south of Monticello, KY. Rueben Simpson is buried with his wife in Tranquilla in the Bethesda cemetery. Joseph William migrated to Arkansas, then to Texas. The cemetery was reported to be in good condition in 1973.

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Female  Child 3:   Mary Rector

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Female  Child 4:   Leona  Rector

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Female  Child 5:   Susannah Rector

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Female  Child 6:   Elizabeth Rector

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Female  Child 7:   Margaret Rector

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Male  Child 8:   Joseph Rector

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