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Rachel Elizabeth Moffat

Female 1770 - 1845


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  • Name  Rachel Elizabeth Moffat  [1
    Gender  Female 
    Born  14 August 1770  probably New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Alternate Name  Rachael  [2
    Alternate Birth  about 1771  Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Alternate Death  27 June 1843  Hayden, Jennings Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Alternate Name  Moffett  [3
    Died  28 September 1845  Hayden, Jennings Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried  after 28 September 1845  Hayden, Jennings Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID  I65908  Clan Moffat Genealogy
    Last Modified  1 July 2005 

    Father  Captain William Moffat,   b. 1726, Mount Horeb, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 September 1806 
    Mother  Sarah Campbell,   b. about 1747, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F9917  Family Group Sheet

    Family/Spouse  Paul William Goltry,   b. 24 May 1767, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 September 1845, Hayden, Jennings Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  19 April 1790  Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Margaret “Peggy” Goltry,   b. 22 February 1791, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 January 1856
    >2. Mary “Polly” Goltry,   b. 29 August 1792, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 August 1885, Breesport, Chemung Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nathaniel Goltry,   b. 11 May 1794, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 April 1871, Russell, Lucas Co., Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. David H Goltry,   b. 24 July 1796, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1856, Schuyler Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Oliver Goltry,   b. 1 April 1798, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 October 1822
     6. Infant Goltry,   b. 1 April 1798, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 April 1798, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Goltry,   b. 4 February 1800, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 September 1846, Albany, Green Co., Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Jacob Goltry,   b. 28 May 1801, Cayuga Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 February 1862
     9. William Goltry,   b. 30 May 1803, Seneca Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 June 1884, Dayton, Webster Co., Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Paul H Goltry,   b. 24 April 1805, Seneca Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 June 1884, Dayton, Webster Co., Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Sarah “Sally” Goltry,   b. 6 December 1806, Seneca Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 April 1886, Albany, Green Co., Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Jeheil Goltry,   b. 4 June 1809, Seneca Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 July 1850, Hayden, Jennings Co., Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Schuyler Goltry,   b. 2 January 1812, Seneca Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 June 1884, Reading Twp., Schuyler Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. Elizabeth Nancy Goltry,   b. 7 August 1814, Steuben Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1883, Albany, Green Co., Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F46113  Family Group Sheet

  • Histories
    Paul William Goltry and Rachel Elizabeth Moffat
    Paul William Goltry and Rachel Elizabeth Moffat
    Article written by M E Van Gorden about Paul Goltry and Rachel Moffat, and the early years of their family.

  • Notes 
    • NOTE: Link between Rachel Moffat and William Moffat and Sarah Campbell is not proven, but link is made here as noted in the text of Source 793

      “...was unable to discover the names of her parents. One theory states they were Captain William Moffatt and Sarah Campbell, since the International Genealogical Index shows that this couple had a daughter named Rachel who was baptized in "about 1771" in Somerset County. (Rachel and Paul named one of their sons William and one of their daughters Sarah, which fits this theory,) Captain Moffat served in the First Battalion of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War....” [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S791] Clan Moffat Society Lineage Chart, submitted by MEVG.

    2. [S795] Family Group Record for William Moffett and Sarah Campbell, (published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

    3. [S794] Family Group Record for William Moffett and Sarah Campbell, (published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

    4. [S792] Family Group Sheets, Submitted by MEVG.

    5. [S793] Paul William Goltry and Rachel Elizabeth Moffat.


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