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Rebecca HARRISON

Rebecca HARRISON[1]

Female 1699 - 1770  (71 years)


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  • Name Rebecca HARRISON 
    Alt. Birth Between 1690 and 1694  Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Alt. Birth 
    Birth 1699  Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    LifeSketch   [3
    LifeSketch 
    _FSFTID LR21-SRD 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR21-SRD 
    _UID 9A7780CFDEA34E3894AFFAE0A98C51F0FA08 
    Death 16 Mar 1770  Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I16303  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2025 

    Father Anthony HARRISON,   b. 1662, Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1699, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Rebecca BERNARD,   b. 18 Jul 1660, De Soto County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1710, Bedford, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 1690  Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F536728202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John BUNCH, III,   b. 1690, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonal America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1742, Louisa, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage Between 1713 and 1714  New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • REFN16563
    Alt. Marriage Between 1713 and 1715  New Kent, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alt. Marriage 
    Alt. Marriage 1715 
    Alt. Marriage 
    Children 
     1. Nancy BUNCH,   b. 1714, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1777, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     2. John BUNCH, IV,   b. 1715, New Kent, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1777, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     3. William BUNCH,   b. 1718, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1794, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Henry BUNCH,   b. 1720, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1775, Bedford, Virginia, British Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     5. David BUNCH,   b. 22 Jun 1722, Hanover, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1776, Trinity Parish, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     6. James BUNCH,   b. 1724, Hanover, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Sep 1802, Bedford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     7. Lucretia "Lucresea" BUNCH,   b. 1726, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1774 (Age 47 years)
     8. Samuel BUNCH,   b. 1726, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1782, Louisa, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     9. Lucresea BUNCH,   b. 1728   d. 1774 (Age 46 years)
     10. Rebecca BUNCH,   b. 1730, Louisa County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F8108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 

  • Notes 
    • Rebecca was wife of John Bunch III, a mulatto, who descended from an African slave. She was not the wife of John Bunch, Jr. After John died Rebecca owned and sold land in Louisa County, Virginia in her own right. She died in 1770.

      See attached research. This family is very well documented. A team of accredited genealogists researched this family when Barack Obama became president.

  • Sources 
    1. [S629] Tami Bunch, Tami Bunch.

    2. [S630] 1POPS.FTW.

    3. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Dec 2022), entry for Rebecca HARRISON, person ID LR21-SRD. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 26 Nov 2024), entry for Rebecca BERNARD, person ID L197-T5V. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S86] MJS, GEDCOM File : sovelenko.ged.

    6. [S88] GEDCOM File : ~AT4142.ged.