BATTLE Rebecca
Female View treeBorn: 1770Died: 1817
Father: UnspecifiedMother: Unspecified
Children: LISTER John, LISTER Samuel, LISTER John, LISTER Jeremy, LISTER Marian, LISTER Anne
Siblings: none

 

 

Rebecca BATTLE was the mother of the infamous lesbian diarist, Anne LISTER. She was born near Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire.  She married Captain Jeremy LISTER on 2 August 1788.

Rebecca and Captain Jeremy had 6 children. All the boys died in infancy or youth.

1. John (b 1789)

2.Anne

3. Samuel

4. John

5. Marian

6. Jeremy (b 1801) died at 5 months.