Re: Rebecca Lester (Connelly) 1832-1883 Newberry County, SC
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Re: Rebecca Lester (Connelly) 1832-1883 Newberry County, SC
Marlene Wall 7/07/09
Thank you for the response.I was not aware that Martha, John Atwood Connelly's first wife, was a Lester.I don't have access to the Newberry 1850 census or local court, marriage, land or Bible records which may have shed some light on these families. I have viewed some cemetery records.
Rebecca's apparent birth year fit within the range of Allen Lester's children so I guessed at that. Plus the families lived near each other.I have not seen any indication who the father of Rebecca Lester's children was.After the apparent divorce her children next appear as Connellys.Children born out of wedlock usually carrye the mother's surname by law unless the biological father has stepped up to the plate.