Rachel Bittle

Female 1768 - 1795  (27 years)


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  • Name Rachel Bittle 
    Born 1768 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Aug 1795  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 25 Aug 1795  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I686  Bird-Metcalf
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2015 

    Father Samuel Bettle 
    Mother Sarah Davis 
    Family ID F570  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Bringhurst, Jr.,   b. 4 Mar 1766, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 1818, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1789  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jonathan Bringhurst  [Birth]
     2. Edward Bringhurst  [Birth]
    +3. Joseph Bringhurst,   b. 18 Feb 1790, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1863, Lionville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. James Bringhurst,   b. 4 Apr 1792, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1854, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     5. Sarah Ann Bringhurst,   b. 3 Jul 1794, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Elizabeth Bringhurst,   b. 8 Nov 1802, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1873, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     7. Mary Bringhurst,   b. 14 Oct 1805,   d. 26 Sep 1835, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     8. John Samuel Bringhurst,   b. 30 Jul 1868, Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1895, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Aug 1789 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Aug 1795 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 25 Aug 1795 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    The Intent of Marriage for James Bringhurst and Rachel Bittle
    The Intent of Marriage for James Bringhurst and Rachel Bittle
    The first declaration of intent at the Quaker meetings on the 24th of June, 1789.
    The Second Intent of Marriage Declaration for James Brinkhurst and Rachael Bittle
    The Second Intent of Marriage Declaration for James Brinkhurst and Rachael Bittle
    "James Bringhurst, Junior, and Rachal Bittle appeared the second time at this Meeting, declaring they Continued their Intentions of Marriage with each other. ... They are at liberty to Accomplish their said Intentions, Agreeable to the good order of our discipline..."
    The Marriage of James Bringhurst and Rachel Bittle
    The Marriage of James Bringhurst and Rachel Bittle
    ""Now these are to certify whom it may concern that for the full accomplishing their said intentions, this twelfth day of the eighth month in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and eighty nine, They the said James Bringhurst and Rachel Bettle appeared in a public meeting of the said people held at their meeting house in Pine Street in Philadelphia aforesaid, and the said James Bringhurst taking the said Rachel Bettle by the hand, did in a solemn manner openly declare that he took her the said Rachel Bettle to be his wife promising through the Lord's assistance to be unto her a loving and faithful husband until Death should separate them."

    Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Members of the Quaker Society, James and Rachel Bringhurst
    Members of the Quaker Society, James and Rachel Bringhurst
    Lists Rachel Bettle, James Bringhurst and his children, John, James, Joseph, Jonathan, and Edward.

    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.