Rebecca Henrietta Foscue

Alternate Names
Rebecca Henrietta Meads (Married Name)
Rebecca Henrietta Bentley (Alternate Name)
Birth Date
Circa 1831 January (Born)
Death Date
On 1881 August 4 (Died)
Gender
Female

She traveled to Utah in 1861 because she was rebaptized in Salt Lake City on 1 May 1862 according to information in the Eleventh Ward record of members. In some sources her surname is spelled Meades. 

She was enslaved at the time of her birth. She it listed in some records as "mulatto," indicating that mother's side was of Black African descent and also enslaved. It is unclear at this point if she was enslaved at the time she came to the Utah Territory.

She was rebaptized on 1 May 1862 and listed with her husband, Nathan Meads. They were sealed in 1863 is the year they were sealed. 

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Born

1831 January

Date Details

Occurred Circa 1831 January

Traveled in Company Unknown (1847-1868)

1847 – 1868 (Age 16) Pioneers in Company

Date Details

Started On 1847
Joined Company
Ended On 1868
Company Arrived

Died

1881 August 4 (Age 50)

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