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George W. Bush

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George W. Bush

43rd U.S. President


    Rebecca Davis

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    • 4th Great-grandmother of George W. Bush — 7th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 83 
    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1772 
    • Birth Location:
    • Sassafras Neck, Cecil, Maryland 
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    • Death Date:
    • 30 Nov 1802 
    • Death Location:
    • Sassafras Neck, Cecil, Maryland 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 11 Oct 1793 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Cecil County, Maryland 
    • Notes: 
    • Some sources list the marriage of John Mercer and Rebecca Davis as 26 SEP 1793. Perhaps that is the date of the intention.

      William and Sarah Davis are believed to be the parents of Rebecca Davis. Some sources list John and Elizabeth (Stockton) Davis as the parents but their daughter Rebecca was too young to have been the mother of William Davis Mercer her oldest child.

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  • Sources for Rebecca Davis

    • 1 Family Data Collection - Births, Birth record for daughter Harriet Mercer.
    • 2 Family Data Collection - Births, Birth record for Rebecca Davis.
    • 3 Family Data Collection - Deaths, Death record for Rebecca Davis.
    • 7 Hughes, Roger, "Legacy: Records show the Walker branch of President George W. Bush's family, . . ., included slave owners", Illinois Times: The Capital City's New Weekly, 05 APR 2007, http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-3993-legacy.html, (accessed 03/19/2013).
    • 8 Pittman, Mrs. H. D., ed., Americans of Gentle Birth and their Ancestors: A Genealogical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, St. Louis, Missouri: Buxton and Skinner (1903), 313-315.