Jonah L. Rees Collection

370 WFCHS

Scope and Content: The Jonah L. Rees Collection contains genealogical material, essays, and a scrapbook concerning the Rees family. Also included is a notebook with diary entries, birth, death, and marriage information for other families.
(1 box) Last updated 1/07.

Biographical/Historical: Jonah Rees (1837-1915) a prominent member of the Society of Friends.

Cite As: Jonah L. Rees Collection, 370 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Property sketch, n.d., 1 leaf, manuscript

Rees, Annie J.–Miscellaneous, 1 ribbon; 1 page, manuscript on printed form; 9 leaves, newsprint (photocopy); 1 leaf, manuscript

Rees family genealogy notes, 5 pages, manuscript; 4 leaves, manuscript (photocopy) –(original in MC1-D1)

Rees, Jonah L.–Notebook containing diary entries, births, deaths, and marriage information, c.1850-1942, 1 item, bound, manuscript

Rees, Mary–Essays, 1882, 14 pages, manuscript

Rees, Mary–Scrapbook covers 1888-1914, 1 item, bound, manuscript; index to obituaries and marriages, 3 leaves, typescript

Rees-Robinson–Genealogy notes and chart, 1 leaf, manuscript and photocopy; 1 leaf, manuscript

Society of Friends historic notes–Including surnames of Neil, Janney, Lupton, and Canby, 1 page, manuscript

Mapcase 1 Drawer 1

Rees family materials include the following:
Broadside, 1 page, printed
Jacob Rees and Ruth Simmons marriage certificate, Nov. 8, 1809, 1 page, manuscript
Will of Jacob Rees, 1825, 1 page, manuscript

Mapcase 1 Drawer 1

Rees family land transactions include the following:
Indenture between John Rees and David Rees, April 17, 1777, 1 leaf, manuscript
Indenture between John and Lydia Rees and David Rees, April 18, 1777, 1 leaf, manuscript
Land Grant of David Rees, March 10, 1794, 1 leaf, manuscript on printed form

Rees family genealogy chart, n.d., 1 page, manuscript

Index to Obituaries and Marriages
Found in Scrapbook Prepared by Mary Rees, 1888-1914
Compiled by Jennifer R. Dodson, October 24, 2000