Bayly, Rachel Revell Upshur, 1777-1816

Rachel Revell Upshur Bayly was born at Cedar Grove in Northampton County, the daughter of John Upshur and Ann Emmerson. She married Edmund Bayly in 1790, and they had five children. After his death, census records show she enslaved fourteen people in her household.

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[Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle to her mother, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, February 4, 1816]

Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle to her mother, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written while Ann was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. She writes about spending time with her aunt, Henrietta Teackle Chauncey. She asks about her fathers health and the weather at Princess Anne. She talks about her finances and her clothing. She mentions the death's of Rachel Bayly and Mary Whittington.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, July 6, 1812]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, giving a small update about daily ongoings. She asks about the sale of two of their enslaved persons, Sarah and Ephraim. She says John Teackle is in town and she expects her sister Ann Eyre and Elizabeth Dennis Teackle Montgomery soon. She also mentions Rachel Revell Upshur.

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, to her daughter Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, January 22, 1816]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia.