*[Das ist privat.]
Ben Hoyle writes that he is a descendant of the John Rector who came in 1734. He adds some information about the family in America. He believes that his 6Xgreat grandfather was this John Rector who arrived at Philadelphia in 1734. The fact that he appears soon after this in Virginia in the area where the First Colony was settled would indicate that he had been in contact, and perhaps was related in an unknown way, to members of the First Colony.
The original 1734 John Rector had at least one son, another John Rector who was born in 1738 and married in 1758. This Junior had four sons born in Culpeper Co., VA. Since the Little Fork is in Culpeper Co., this probably indicates he lived in the Little Fork, where several descendants of the First Colony lived. The four sons of John, Jr., were Benjamin, John, Lewis, and Ephraim.
Ephraim was born in 1768 in Culpeper Co. At some time early in life Ephraim moved to Surry Co., NC (later to Burke Co., NC). He married, in 1795, Martha ___, who was also born in VA, perhaps in 1765. Both are buried in the Enon Baptist Church Cemetery in Burke Co. He died in 1815 and she died in 1857. All of their children were born in Burke Co., with several of their marriages recorded in the Burke Co. Marriage Records. The children were:
John, *1797
Adam, *1799
Polly, *1801
Jane, *1803
Franny, *1806
Eli, *1809
James, 1811
Adam married Barbara Grider 21 December 1823 in Burke Co. He died in 1847 and was buried in the same cemetery as his parents. Barbara died in 1890. They had:
Ephraim, *1824
Trudy, *1825
Wyona, *1827
Levi, *1831
Lewis, *1832
Hiriam
Jacob, *1835
John A., *1839
Mr. Hoyle has information from Levi down to the present. Contributors to the information were Earl D. Rector, Frank Smith, and Randy Gibson.
As an aside, the name Richter (from which Rector is derived) is a popular name in Germany. The Rectors in America could come from many branches who might not be closely related. DNA studies might be useful to sort them out.
*[Das ist privat.] (The similarity between the German and English is so strong that I typed the German for the translation.)
(12 Mar 07)
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