Rachel Cockley

1770 - 1849  (78 years)

• Name	Rachel Cockley  [1]
  Birth	28 Mar 1770	Jefferson County, Ohio   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Feb 1849	Harrison County, Ohio   [1]
  Person ID	I1957	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	John Cockley,   b. Abt 1741, Pennsylvania d. Abt 1823, Guernsey County, Ohio (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael Yost,   b. 3 Nov 1766, Frederick Co, Virginia d. 2 Feb 1849, Short Creek, Harrison Co, Ohio (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	5 May 1793	Frederick County, Maryland   [4]
  	Marriage ages: Michael Yost, 26; Rachel Cockley, 13
  Children	1. Frances "Fanny" Yost,   b. 5 Mar 1797, Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2017

  
  

• Notes

  There is a significant disparity in Rachel Cockley's birth dates and places between Ohio Valley Genealogies (about 1780 in Virginia) and Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (28 Mar 1770 in Jefferson County, Ohio and Quaker Short Creek Monthly Meeting p 310 (1769 3 28). See the short bio of Machael Yost in his notes.

  
  

• Sources

  [S610] Hanna, Charles A., Ohio Valley, (1900 Copyright. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Brigham Young University ), p128 (Reliability: 3). MICHAEL YOST, a native of Virginia, b. Nov. 3, 1766; d. Feb. 2, 1849, of German descent, as was also his wife; the fathers of both having served in the Revolutionary War; removed to Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, 1806; m. Rachel Keckley, b. in Virginia, 1780; d. Feb. 19, 1849 [S607] Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. , Tribby Mennonnite, (For years, the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society has collected genealogical information for Lancaster County Mennonites and related groups. Much of this has been compiled into the Society's genealogical card file, which contains more than 210,000 cards containing vital statistics on families dating back to the 1600s. Cards list names, family relationships, birth date and place, death date and place, and marriage date (as applicable) for an estimated 800,000 individuals. Both the paternal and maternal lines can be traced if the vital information is complete. ), Typed cards give birth year of 1770 (Reliability: 3). [S611] Ancestry.com database, Swarthmore College, Quaker records, Other Quaker records have a birth year of 1769 (Reliability: 3). [S578] Dodd, Jordan R., et al., Virginia Marriages, (Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers. ).