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Rachel Davis

F, #5881, b. 1771, d. after October 1829

Family: Jacob Barnett (b. 29 January 1771, d. 1829)

Daughter*	Magdalena Barnet+ (d. before 6 May 1848)
Daughter*	Anna Maria Bernd+ (b. 29 February 1788, d. before 1823)
Son*	John Jacob Berndt (b. 7 June 1789)
Daughter*	Anna Catherine Barnet (b. 10 May 1791)
Daughter*	Maria Elizabeth Barnet+ (b. 17 November 1792)
Daughter*	Rachel Barnet+ (b. 4 July 1794, d. 22 February 1856)
Son*	Adam Barnett+ (b. before 1796)
Son*	Valentine Barnet+ (b. 4 June 1797, d. 8 June 1868)
Son*	Frederick Barnet (b. 28 September 1802)
Son*	Jonathan Barnet (b. between 1804 and 1810)
Son*	Jacob Barnet+ (b. 28 September 1804, d. 24 June 1862)
Daughter*	Susanna Barnett+ (b. 7 October 1807, d. 25 February 1875)
Daughter*	Sarah Barnet+ (b. 20 October 1808, d. 31 July 1882)
Son*	David Barnet+ (b. 1 January 1813)

Biography

Rachel Davis was born between 1765 and 1774.^1,2 She was born in 1771.³ Jacob Barnett and she were married before 1788. Rachel was confirmed a member of the church in 1789 as a "married woman" age 18 years⁴ She died after October 1829.

Rachel Davis was also known as Rachel Barnet. She was also known as Rachael Brandt. She had person sources.⁵ As of between 1774 and 1785, Rachel Davis was also known as Rachel Bernd.⁴ She was confirmed in 1789 at Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church in Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.³ She appeared on the census of in 1790 in the household of Jacob Barnett in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. no Somerset county census - taken as Bedford county⁶ She witnessed the land transaction of Jacob Barnett on 1 June 1797 of in Brothers Valley Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. recorded 7 Jun 1797⁷ She witnessed the baptism of Anna Maria Barnhart on 16 July 1798 in Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.³ Rachel Davis appeared on the census of in 1800 in the household of Jacob Barnett in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.¹ She witnessed the baptism of Maria Betten on 9 May 1802 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.⁸ Rachel Davis witnessed the baptism of Jacob M. Davis on 2 April 1809 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.⁸ She appeared on the census of in 1810 in the household of Jacob Barnett in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.² She appeared in the census in 1830. Not listed in the PA Census Index

Citations

[S2350] PA 1800 Census recorded as Extract #2893, 1800 Pennsylvania Federal Census (). Hereinafter cited as 1800 PA Census.
[S1781] PA Census 1810 recorded as Extract #2186
1810 Pennsylvania Federal Census, Original.
[S6034] BerlinSomersetCoPA Church Ref recorded as Extract #8338
Saylor, E.C., compiler, Births and Baptisms of Somerset Co., PA: Reformed and Lutheran Chruch Records, of Berlin,Somerset County, PA and Births and Baptisms of Somerset co, PA Church Book and Baptismal Register. Belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Berlin, Bedford co, PA 1788-1856 (Berlin, PA: E. C. Saylor, 1929)So 1R:1&2, or, FHL#22054 Items 1-4. Hereinafter cited as Berlin Reformed.
[S2923] recorded as Extract #3655 Mervine, Wm. H., Barnet, Davis, Gallentine, Resler, Faust and Kern ().
[S6095] Senff-Mata, Donna L. recorded as Extract #8409
Letter from Senff-Mata, Donna L. (290 Palomar Ave. N. San Jacinto, CA 92582-3134) to Fayette County Historical Society, 7 Jan 1996; ().
[S149] PA 1790 Census & Index recorded as Extract #190
1790 PA Census and Index.
[S5759] SomersetCoPA Land Deeds Index and Deeds 1777- 1949 recorded as Extract #8026 Somerset County, Pennsylvania Deeds Index and Deeds 1777- 1949 FHL#558300-559206, Family History Library, Salt Lake City UT. Hereinafter cited as Somerset Deeds.
[S5674] SaltLickFayettePA Church Good Hope recorded as Extract #7936, 1994.