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Rea FamilyJohn Rea (ca. 1734-1767) m. Martha Tomblin (1737-1811) of Lancaster Co. PA. After his death she married someone named Farmer. Some family histories put the birth of their oldest son, David, in Delaware, and youngest, Andrew, in North Carolina. However, Robert Rea, the only one of the four sons to make it to the 1850 census, gives his birthplace as Pennsylvania.
First GenerationChildren of John Rea and Martha TomblinDavid Rea (1757-1839) Robert Rea (1762-1852) lived in Jefferson Co. IN John Rea (1764-1843) m. Nancy Secrest (1772-1867), d/o Jacob Secrest and Barbara Simms Andrew Rea (1767-1801)
Second GenerationChild of John Rea and Nancy SecrestJohn Morgan Rea (ca. 1793-1859?) m. Mary (Polly) Ritch There were other children.
Third GenerationChildren of John Morgan Rea and Polly RitchWilliam F. Rea (ca. 1826-?) John L. Rea (1833-?) m. Emaline Fowler (ca. 1835-?) Elizabeth Rea (ca. 1836-?) James W. Rea (ca. 1838-?) Pinkney Rea (ca. 1843-?)
Fourth GenerationChild of John L. Rea and Emaline FowlerMary Jane Rea (1856-1925) m Josiah Ellis Austin (1859-1945) John L. Rea is at home with his parents in the 1850 census, age 17, and family records state that he married Emaline Fowler in 1856, and that Mary Jane was born on December 31 of that year. I can't find John and Emaline in 1860 or 1870, and I don't know if they had other children. I next see Mary Jane in 1880, when she is newly married and living with her husband in his parents' household. Can anyone fill in the rest of the family, and the missing census records?
SourcesFamily records, census, and notes on the REA-L list at Rootsweb.This page was created on May 31, 2008.
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