Rebecca Chapple Wellons

Rebecca Chapple was the mother of John Chapple Wellons, the grandmother of John Chapel (sic) Wellons, the great grandmother of James H. Wellons and the great great grandmother of Ralph Wellons, my grandfather.

Her date of birth is estimated to be 1770. Her date of death is estimated to be 1825. There is no documentation of either date, nor the places of each.

She married Henry Wellons on December 5, 1801 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

Their son, John Chapple Wellons, was born on April 22, 1805.

Family trees on Ancestry.com consistently list 4 additional children:

Mary 1810
Nancy 1810
Eleander 1811
Henry J. 1814

There is some logical consistency to these names. Henry was her husband’s name. John Chappel Wellons also has a son that he names Henry J. Eleander was Henry’s mother’s given name and it is an unusual name.

Her husband remarries on November 20, 1826. This is the basis for her estimated date of death of 1825.