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      37. John3 Rex (John2, George1)1069,1070 was born November 11, 1771 in Germantown, PA1071,1072, and died January 29, 1839 in Raleigh, NC1073,1074. He met Malinda. She died Unknown.

Notes for John Rex:


John Rex, a son of John and Sybilla(Sebella) Bastion Rex, was born 11 November 1771 in Germantown, PA. His father owned property in Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania. Though it is not known why he departed Pennsylvania, he apparently had arrived in Raleigh, NC, by July 1793, when he purchased half an acre of land from Joel Lane. He died in Raleigh, North Carolina, 29 January 1839. He was buried in the Old City Cemetery after a service at Christ Episcopal Church. He never married.

John was, like his older brother, a tanner, and also a planter. In his early twenties he moved to Raleigh and remained there for the rest of his life. He eventually bought slaves and owned eighteen at the time of his death. John Rex is most well known for the terms of his will and its results. His property in Pennsylvania, the Broad Axe Tavern, was left to a kinsman and namesake living in Pennsylvania. More interestingly, his will directed his slaves to be freed and sent to Liberia under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, with certain assets to be sold to be provided for their transportation and settlement. Sixteen of the eighteen slaves left 4 August 1839 aboard the ship Saluda for Liberia, among them Abraham Rex, age 27, tanner and shoemaker, later identified as John's son by the slave Malinda. Abraham returned from Africa by the summer of 1840, but did not remain in North Carolina because of legal provisions regulating manumitted slaves. He met some people headed for Buffalo, New York, who "induced him to go with them by their fair tales." In 1843 he considered returning to Africa but by 1850 he had removed from Buffalo and his ultimate fate is unknown. The remainder of his estate, including two lots southwest of Raleigh, was to be used for the erection of a hospital "to provide a comfortable retreat for the sick and afflicted poor belonging to the city of Raleigh."

Duncan Cameron and George W. Mordecai served as the executors of the estate. Before its terms were carried out, many lawsuits, including two before the North Carolina Supreme Court, were heard. The American Colonization Society battled the supreme court to obtain the funds legally entitled to the freed slaves. Nine of the original 18 who settled in Liberia eventually collected these funds in 1856 and 1857. Establishment of the hospital was also delayed many years, in part because much of the investment was lost during the outbreak of the Civil War. Rex Hospital was eventually established in 1894 in the old Charles Manly house on South Street in Raleigh.

No likenesses of John Rex are known to exist, although his acquaintance David L. Swain described to him as bearing a "striking resemblance to John Quincy Adams." In character, Swain described John Rex as "a grave, sedate, quiet, retiring, modest man."


More About John Rex:
Burial: Unknown, Old City Cemetery, Raleigh, NC1075
Fact 3: Tanner1076
Fact 6: December 01, 19961076
Fact 7: Old City Cemetery1076
Record Change: October 15, 19991077
     
Child of John Rex and Malinda is:
  147 i.   Abraham4 Rex1078,1079, born Abt. 1812 in NC1079; died Unknown.
  More About Abraham Rex:
Fact 3: Tanner, Shoemaker1080
Fact 6: November 26, 19961080


      39. John3 Rex (Abraham2, George1)1081,1082,1083 was born February 10, 1760 in Germantown, PA1084, and died August 10, 1827 in Germantown, PA1085. He married Margaret Valentine1086 October 22, 1801 in Shaefferstown, Lancaster Co. (now Lebanon Co.), PA1087,1088. She was born Abt. 17671089, and died May 18, 18501090,1091.

Notes for John Rex:
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Married by Rev. Andrew Shultz


More About John Rex:
Baptism (LDS): Pre-19701092
Burial: Unknown, St. Michael's Churchyard, Germantown, PA1093
Endowment (LDS): Pre-19701094
Fact 3: Lumber Merchant in Germantown1095
Fact 6: November 29, 19961095
Fact 7: St. Michael's churchyard1095
Record Change: October 17, 19991096
Sealed to parents (LDS): January 06, 1932, SLAKE1096

More About Margaret Valentine:
Fact 6: November 29, 19961097
     
Children of John Rex and Margaret Valentine are:
  148 i.   Abraham4 Rex1098,1099, born December 20, 1802 in Germantown, PA1100; died April 27, 18851101,1102. He married Hannah Ashmead1103,1104 December 26, 18331105,1106; died Unknown.
  More About Abraham Rex:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961106

  More About Hannah Ashmead:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961106
+ 149 ii.   George V. Rex, born July 16, 1804 in Germantown, PA; died March 10, 1883.
  150 iii.   Samuel V. Rex1107,1108, born October 10, 1805 in Germantown, PA1109; died May 26, 18891110. He married Mary Ann Davis1111,1112 December 11, 18281113,1114; died Unknown.
  Notes for Samuel V. Rex:
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According to Pennsylvania Vital Records Volume II, Samuel died 27 March 1889


  More About Samuel V. Rex:
Fact 6: November 29, 19961114
Fact 7: St. Thomas Episcopal Churchyard, Whitemarsh1114

  More About Mary Ann Davis:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961114
  151 iv.   Mary Ann Rex1115,1116, born August 22, 1807 in Germantown, PA1117; died April 03, 18861118,1119. She married (1) Dr. William Smith December 27, 18301120,1121; died Unknown. She married (2) Samuel Rex1122,1123,1124 October 27, 18361125,1126; born September 10, 1802 in Germantown, PA1127,1128; died April 07, 18511129,1130,1131.
  More About Mary Ann Rex:
Fact 6: November 28, 19961131

  More About Dr. William Smith:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961131

  More About Samuel Rex:
Fact 6: November 28, 19961131


      41. Levi3 Rex (Abraham2, George1)1132,1133,1134 was born February 25, 17631135, and died September 30, 18281136,1137. He married (1) Catharina Reiter1138,1139, daughter of George Reiter and Elisabeth ???????. She died August 23, 18441140. He married (2) Catharine Peter1141. She was born February 07, 17661141, and died August 23, 18441141.

More About Levi Rex:
Baptism (LDS): Pre-19701142
Burial: Unknown, St. Michael's Churchyard, Germantown, PA1143
Endowment (LDS): Pre-19701144
Fact 6: November 26, 19961145
Fact 7: St. Michael's churchyard1145
Occupation: Wheelwright1146
Record Change: October 17, 19991147
Sealed to parents (LDS): January 06, 1932, SLAKE1147

More About Catharina Reiter:
Burial: Unknown, St. Michael's Churchyard, Germantown, PA1148

Notes for Catharine Peter:
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Catherine's last name is recorded as Peter in History of Lehigh County Pennsylvania.


More About Catharine Peter:
Fact 6: December 14, 19961149
Fact 7: St. Michael's churchyard1149
     
Children of Levi Rex and Catharina Reiter are:
  152 i.   William4 Rex1150,1151, born February 27, 17871152,1153; died May 07, 17881154,1155.
  More About William Rex:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961155
  153 ii.   George Rex1156,1157, born March 02, 17891158,1159; died September 14, 17951160,1161.
  More About George Rex:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961161
  154 iii.   Anna Rex1162,1163, born November 10, 17911164,1165; died March 25, 18431166,1167. She married (1) John Fry1168,1169 November 29, 18071170,1171; died Unknown. She married (2) Jacob Peters1172 June 09, 18311173; died Unknown. She married (3) Jacob Peters1174 June 09, 18311174; died Unknown.
  More About Anna Rex:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961174

  More About John Fry:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961174

  More About Jacob Peters:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961174
+ 155 iv.   Elisabeth Rex, born October 30, 1794; died October 30, 1829.
  156 v.   George Rex1175,1176, born February 25, 17971177,1178; died December 18, 18591179,1180. He married (1) Anna Whitesides1181; died Unknown. He married (2) Anna Whitesides Rubicam1182; died Unknown. He married (3) Mary Cress1183,1184 October 10, 18271185,1186; died Unknown.
  More About George Rex:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961186

  More About Anna Whitesides Rubicam:
Fact 6: November 28, 19961186

  More About Mary Cress:
Fact 6: November 26, 19961186
+ 157 vi.   John Rex, born September 18, 1800; died April 07, 1852.

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