Rachel WardWoods DONATHAN

Abt 1770 - 1840  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Rachel WardWoods DONATHAN  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1770	Bedford Co., Virginia   [4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1840	, Gallia, OH, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I8349	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas WOOD,   b. 1735, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Feb 1793, , Bedford, VA, USA (Age < 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth UNKNOWN   d. Aft 1793
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1765
  Family ID	F1058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Unknown DONATHAN   d. Bef 1793
  Marriage	Bef 1793
  Family ID	F1848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Bartholomew Adams GASKINS, *,   b. 1762, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1850, , Gallia, OH (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	7 May 1793	, Bedford, VA, USA
  Children	1. Unknown GASKINS,   b. 1820, , Gallia, OH, USA d. Aft 1830 (Age > 11 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Rheuben GASKINS,   b. Between 1801 and 1803, Of Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sylvester Monroe GASKINS, Sr,   b. 16 Oct 1790, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 7 Nov 1858, Pierce, Clermont, Ohio, United States (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John G. GASKINS,   b. 15 Nov 1798, , Bedford, VA, USA d. 7 Nov 1858, Pierce Twp., Clermont, OH, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane GASKINS,   b. 1805   d. Aft 1830 (Age > 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Reuben GASKINS,   b. 23 Jul 1791, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States d. 17 Mar 1859, Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio, United States (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Thomas GASKINS,   b. 17 Oct 1795, Virginia, United States of America d. 7 Nov 1858, Clermont County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Solomon GASKINS,   b. 15 Nov 1810, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States d. 7 Nov 1850, Clermont, Ohio, United States (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Abraham GASKINS,   b. Between 7 Sep and Oct 1816, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States d. 13 Nov 1894, Nine Mile, Clermont, OH, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Overton GASTON,   b. Abt 1825, , , VA, USA d. Aft 1850, Of Ohio Twp., Gallia, OH, USA (Age ~ 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Jemima GASKINS,   b. Abt 1803, , , VA, USA d. 6 Jan 1894, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, United States (Age ~ 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. James S GASKINS,   b. 15 Nov 1798, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1883, Mason, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   13. Jeremiah GASKINS,   b. 15 Nov 1798, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 7 Nov 1858, Clermont, Ohio, United States (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  She is listed as a Wood in family records and as a Donathan in court records, so which is her maiden name is not clear. She is listed as Rachel Wood Donathan in her marriage to Bartholomew indicating that she was probably married to a Dn before Bart. My theory is that she is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Wood and sister to Jeremiah Wood. Both she (as Rachel Gaskins) and Jeremiah Wood are named in the will of Reubin Dolard on Jan 8, 1802 in Bedford Co., Virginia. Reubin Dolard was the same person that provided surety when she married indicating some close relationship between them, possibly uncle or grandparent. She is not named in her possible father, Thomas Wood's will written on Nov. 26, 1773 other than the fact that he alluded to his children in general. The will was not probated until Feb. 25, 1793, a few months before she married. She did name her oldest child, Thomas, again suggesting this is a likely match for the Bedford Co., Virginia area where they all lived. (Hinshaw, V.VI, CL-553, 554)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1439] Ervin, Dick, Email dated 2002 at Ervt28@aol.com. [S1460] Lawrence, Warren, Email dated 2000 from wlawrence@tiadon.com. [S11] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S1462] Ervin, Dick, Letter dated 2002 from 4401 Dickson Rd., Indianpolis, IN 46226. [S193] 1850 U.S. Census Gallia Co., Ohio.