JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Rucker 
Deathaft 1823
FatherGeorge Rucker (~1740-1815)
MotherCatherine Ehart (~1737-~1832)
Notes for Elizabeth Rucker
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 8
page 125
[p.125] Mrs. Stella Mcknight Hoffa Lake.
DAR ID Number: 7374
Born in Massachusetts.
Wife of Richard P. Lake.
Descendant of Col. John Donelson, of Virginia.
Daughter of Jacob Melchion Hoffa and Elizabeth Donelson Martin, his wife.
Granddaughter of George W. Martin and Elizabeth Rucker Donelson, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Severn Donelson and Elizabeth Rucker, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley, his wife.
John Donelson, while a member of the House of Burgesses, signed the “Bill of Rights.” He was a pioneer of
Tennessee, and during the Revolution most active in fighting the Indians and lost his life in that warfare.
Also Nos. 3926, 6646.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 31
page 224
Mrs. Alice Hoopes Heaton.
DAR ID Number: 30636
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wife of R. Augustus Heaton.
Descendant of Capt. Edward Yorke and of Col. John Donelson.
Daughter of Bernard Adolphus Hoopes and Eliza Yorke Donelson, his wife.
Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson Donelson and Emma Farquhar, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Severn Donelson and Elizabeth Rucker, his wife; Dr. George Farquhar and Eliza Yorke,
his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley, his wife; Edward York and Sarah Stille, his
wife.
Edward Yorke, (1740-81), was lieutenant of the flag ship Montgomery when he was promoted captain of
the armed galley “Camden.” He was wounded in action with the British ship “Augusta” upon the Delaware
river. He was born in Berks county; died in Philadelphia, Pa.
Also Nos. 10778, 23190.
John Donelson, (1718-85), was a member of the House of Burgesses when dissolved by Lord Dunmore, 1774,
and signed the address to the people of Virginia. He was general surveyor and a pioneer of Tennessee. His
perilous voyage 1779 in the boat Adventure from Fort Patrick Henry on the Holston river to what is now
Nashville, was four months of privation and suffering. The first cotton grown in the [p.224] state was
planted by him 1780. He was active in the contests with the Indians and lost his life in that warfare.
Also Nos. 183, 3926, 6646, 7374, 22602, 23025.
page 125
[p.125] Mrs. Stella Mcknight Hoffa Lake.
DAR ID Number: 7374
Born in Massachusetts.
Wife of Richard P. Lake.
Descendant of Col. John Donelson, of Virginia.
Daughter of Jacob Melchion Hoffa and Elizabeth Donelson Martin, his wife.
Granddaughter of George W. Martin and Elizabeth Rucker Donelson, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Severn Donelson and Elizabeth Rucker, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley, his wife.
John Donelson, while a member of the House of Burgesses, signed the “Bill of Rights.” He was a pioneer of
Tennessee, and during the Revolution most active in fighting the Indians and lost his life in that warfare.
Also Nos. 3926, 6646.
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 31
page 224
Mrs. Alice Hoopes Heaton.
DAR ID Number: 30636
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wife of R. Augustus Heaton.
Descendant of Capt. Edward Yorke and of Col. John Donelson.
Daughter of Bernard Adolphus Hoopes and Eliza Yorke Donelson, his wife.
Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson Donelson and Emma Farquhar, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Severn Donelson and Elizabeth Rucker, his wife; Dr. George Farquhar and Eliza Yorke,
his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Donelson and Rachel Stockley, his wife; Edward York and Sarah Stille, his
wife.
Edward Yorke, (1740-81), was lieutenant of the flag ship Montgomery when he was promoted captain of
the armed galley “Camden.” He was wounded in action with the British ship “Augusta” upon the Delaware
river. He was born in Berks county; died in Philadelphia, Pa.
Also Nos. 10778, 23190.
John Donelson, (1718-85), was a member of the House of Burgesses when dissolved by Lord Dunmore, 1774,
and signed the address to the people of Virginia. He was general surveyor and a pioneer of Tennessee. His
perilous voyage 1779 in the boat Adventure from Fort Patrick Henry on the Holston river to what is now
Nashville, was four months of privation and suffering. The first cotton grown in the [p.224] state was
planted by him 1780. He was active in the contests with the Indians and lost his life in that warfare.
Also Nos. 183, 3926, 6646, 7374, 22602, 23025.