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Rebecca Sellers[1]

Female 1796 - Aft 1861  (> 66 years)


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  • Name Rebecca Sellers 
    Born 1796  Brunswick county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1861  Coryell county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • After William's death, Rebecca and her children came to TX, settling in Coryell Co., where her stepson Henry BOYD (also a Methodist preacher) had a church built by the fall of 1852.
          On 29 June 1861, Matthew KELL donated an adjacent piece of land to himself, Henry BOYD, William BABB, and H. T. EMBRY as Trustees, and construction began on the New Liberty Methodist Church.
          On 1 Jan 1861, Rebecca (SELLERS) BOYD married James KELL.  She spent the rest of her life in service to the church and to the family of the area.
    Person ID I13754  mykindred
    Last Modified Feb 6, 2003 

    Father Eldred Sellers,   d.
    Family ID F4915  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Boyd,   b. circa 1772, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1852, Montgomery, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married Oct 25, 1813  Brunswick, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (William, Mary, Elizabeth, and Rebecca BOYD could have been William BOYD's children by either of his marriages, as their birth dates have not yet been identified.  Only James J., Michael, Margaret, John, Sarah, and Malinda are certain to have been his children by Rebecca SELLERS.)
    Children 
     1. James J. Boyd,   b. circa 1823, Pinetucky, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     2. Martha Elizabeth Boyd,   b. circa 1822, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     3. Michael Boyd,   b. May 05, 1825, Pinetucky, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 20, 1891, Coryell county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     4. Rebecca Boyd,   b. circa 1827,   d. Bef 1850  (Age ~ 22 years)
     5. Margaret Boyd,   b. circa 1830, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     6. John Boyd,   b. circa 1831, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1864  (Age ~ 34 years)
     7. Sarah Boyd,   b. circa 1836, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     8. Malinda Boyd,   b. circa 1839, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F4876  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Kell,   d.
    Married Jan 01, 1861 
    Family ID F4957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S206] Gedcom - Head, Ron.

    2. [S208] Research of Louise DARCEY [ldarcy - at - - at - tamu.edu].