Ancestry of
Harper Lee

Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Rebecca Puryear

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Harper Lee — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 99 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1745 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Henrico County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jan 1815 
  • Death Location:
  • Wake County, North Carolina 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Farrar
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1763 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Virginia 
  • Children:
  
  

  Samuel Farrar

  Peter Farrar

  John Farrar

  Elizabeth Farrar (Ahnentafel No:49 )

  Powell Farrar

  Obadiah Farrar

  Edward Farrar

  Jincy Farrar

  Jefferson Farrar

  William P. Farrar

• Sources for Rebecca Puryear

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A008611.
  • ² Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 944-945.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 159.