Died
at age 65
in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Born in Dedham 44 Dec 1763. Married 16 May 1784 Samuel Thayer,[1] son of Jaazanial Thayer and Kate child. They lived in Mendon, where she died 17 Aug 1829. he died 4 March 1830. They had 6 children:[2]
Samuel b 11 Feb 1785
Daniel b 26 Sep 1787
Rebecca b 11 Feb 1790
Fanny b 8 Apr 1796
William b 11 Feb 1798
George b Oct 1806
Research notes
Memorial of the Thayer Name confused Samuel son of Samuel Thayer and Sarah Farnum with the son of Jaazanial Thayer and Kate, who was the Samue that married Rebecca Howe. [See [1]]. It appears that the Howe Genealogies, like many other genealogies intersecting with the Thayer family relied on the MTN for lineages.
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9F-S2V : 6 November 2017), Samuel Thayer and Rebecca How, 16 May 1784; citing Marriage, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 593,353.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca: