Rebecca Parrett

Abt 1802 - 1879  (77 years)

• Name	Rebecca Parrett
  Birth	Abt 1802	Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States
  	Almost certainly born on the family farmstead in what is now Shenandoah County, Virginia. 1850 census has age 48, born in Virginia.
  Gender	Female
  Residence	From Oct 1814	Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States   [1]
  Religion	15 Aug 1820	South Salem, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States   [2]
  	Admitted to Buckskin Presbyterian Church 15 Aug 1820.
  Residence	16 Nov 1850	Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States
  	1850 census. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6863-PX1
  Residence	17 Jul 1860	Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States
  	1860 census. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSX-S32W
  Residence	27 Jul 1870	Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States
  	1870 census.
  Death	23 Dec 1879	United States
  	Date from gravestone. Probably died in Ohio. Not found in Highland or Ross county death indexes or 1880 mortality schedules.
  Burial	Aft 23 Dec 1879	Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I96	Cook-Delmotte Family | Cook
  Last Modified	11 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Frederick Parrett, Jr.,   b. Cal 1764, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States d. 8 May 1842, United States (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Keller,   b. Cal 1765, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States d. 19 Jul 1821, United States (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1785	Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Fernow,   b. Abt 1797, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States d. 9 Jan 1876, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1821	Ross County, Ohio, United States
  	Marshall H. Fearnow (p. 88) has 16 Mar 1821 but the marriage was registered on 15 Mar 1821. [6]
  Children	+ 1. Amelia Fernow,   b. Cal 6 Sep 1830, Ross County, Ohio, United States d. 7 Nov 1899, Bethel Township, McDonough County, Illinois, United States (Age 69 years)
  Documents		Marriage Record of David Fernow and Rebecca Parrett (1821) Ross County, Ohio. Marriage Register, v. B, p. 425 (FSL DGS 4016206, image 339 of 649).
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2026

  
  

• Documents		Marriage Record of David Fernow and Rebecca Parrett (1821) Ross County, Ohio. Marriage Register, v. B, p. 425 (FSL DGS 4016206, image 339 of 649).
  		Will of David Fernow (1875) Ross County, Ohio. Wills, v. H, p. 206-207 (FSL DGS 5865654, image 130 of 350).

  
  

• Sources

  [S409] Thurston, Dawn Parrett, Parrett Migration: Their Story is America's Story, ([S.l.]: Dawn Parrett Thurston, 2014), p. 84-85 and 158-159. [S406] First Session Book and Third Session Book, Buckskin Presbyterian Church, South Salem, Ohio, (Washington Court House, Ohio: Washington Court House Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1963), p. 20, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-CNQY. [S1] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57045234/rebecca-fernow. [S418] McCormick, Ruth G., Keller Family Tree, (Fort Wayne, Indiana: Fort Wayne Public Library, 1972), p. 6, https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/koha:7003. [S409] Thurston, Dawn Parrett, Parrett Migration: Their Story is America's Story, ([S.l.]: Dawn Parrett Thurston, 2014), p. 79. [S393] Fearnow, Marshall H., Descendants of John Fernow in America, ([Washington, D.C.: Marshall H. Fearnow, 1959]), p. 88, https://archive.org/details/descendantsofjoh00fear.