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Rees Family
There are 2 non-connected trees for the Rees family, that of Abel Rees that is given directly below and that of an unnamed Rees .
Descendants of Abel Rees
Generation 1
1.

Abel Rees-1 was born in 1730[1]. He died on Dec 03, 1799[1].

Abel Rees made a Reparation Claim regarding his losses during the British occupation of Tredyffrin in 1777.

Violetta Wilson daughter of John Wilson and Judith Scott was born in 1744[1]. She died on Oct 04, 1820[1].

Abel Rees and Violetta Wilson were married on Sep 03, 1763[1]. They had the following children:
i.

Judith Rees.

ii.

Elizabeth Rees.

2. iii.

John Rees was born in 1769[2]. He died on Jun 30, 1851[2].

iv.

Violetta Rees.

3. v.

Abel Rees was born on Oct 03, 1776[1]. He died on Sep 02, 1820[1].

vi.

Mary Rees.

4. vii.

David Rees was born about 1781[2]. He died in 1851[2].

Generation 2
2.

John Rees-2 (Abel-1) was born in 1769[2]. He died on Jun 30, 1851[2].

Eliza ? was born about 1779[2]. She died in 1863[2].

John Rees and Eliza ? married. They had the following children:
i.

Abel Rees was born about 1810[2]. He died in 1874[2].

ii.

Violetta Rees.

3.

Abel Rees-2 (Abel-1) was born on Oct 03, 1776[1]. He died on Sep 02, 1820[1].

Mary Moore daughter of Moses Moore and Mary Van Leer was born on May 06, 1792[1]. She died on Feb 08, 1875[1].

Abel Rees and Mary Moore married. They had the following children:
i.

Violetta Rees was born on Jun 22, 1817[1]. She died on Oct 23, 1903[1].

ii.

Mary Ann Rees was born on Sep 05, 1819[1]. She died on Oct 19, 1877[1].

4.

David Rees-2 (Abel-1) was born about 1781[2]. He died in 1851[2].

Mary ?.

David Rees and Mary ? married. They had the following children:
i.

Violetta Rees.

ii.

Sarah Rees.

iii.

Elizabeth Rees.

Sources
1

Tory Hollow by Conrad Wilson in TEHS Quarterly volume 13, #3 (April 1965).
2

Herb Fry.
Report created on August 24, 2012
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Descendants of ? Rees
Generation 1
1.

? Rees-1.

? Rees and unknown spouse married. They had the following children:
i.

Thomas Rees. He died about 1780.

ii.

Mary Rees.

iii.

Ann Rees.

iv.

Susanna Rees.

Report created on August 24, 2012