Rebecca Robertson , 1779–1826 (47 år)
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Rebecca/Rebekah Robertson was born 1779 in Wake County, NC, 7th of 9 known children born to Thomas Robertson, Sr. and Lucretia Temple, who came to Wake County from VA ca. 1760. Her father was from Brunswick County, VA, son of Christopher & Isham Robertson. Her mother was from Bristol Parish, Prince George Co, VA. It is believed her family first came to Granville Co, NC, then moved to Orange County, and finally settled in Wake County. She married wealthy Wake County plantation owner, Thomas Price, Jr., about 1802, when she was 23 and he 28. They would have 4 known children: Washington "Wash" R. Price (1803), Sheherezade Price (1805), Needham Price (1808) and Fetna Price (1810). [See Thomas Price, Jr. for more information on the children.] Rebecca died in 1826, at age 47. Her husband passed 4 years later in 1830, at about age 56. |
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