It’s hard to tell if this is a case of a mistaken name that has been copied over and over, or if there is more to the story. However…
Rebecca Lehman (c1801-1849) always shows up in on-line genealogies (at Ancestry and Familysearch etc.) as the wife of William Allis and mother of Caroline who married Joseph Leesley and emigrated to Nebraska, USA.
Their children were baptised in the Bratoft, Toynton and Leake area of Lincolnshire, England with the first born in 1825 at Bratoft.
No marriage for a William Allis to a Rebecca Lehman has been found.
The parish register for Bratoft, Lincolnshire on 3 June 1824 shows the marriage between William Allis and Rebecca Louth. Both sign the register and the entry is very clear. Both were also single when they married. Assuming Rebecca was born around 1801 (based on her age given at her burial in 1849), there is a Rebecca Louth baptised at Addlethorpe, Lincolnshire (about 5 miles from Bratoft) in 1802 but there is no equivalent event for a Rebecca Lehman. I am therefore convinced that this should be Rebecca Louth but I don't know the original source for Lehman.
Does anyone know how William’s wife came to be a Lehman and not Louth?
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