Rebecca (Allen) Wass (1717 - 1790)

Born 26 Feb 1717 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Wilmot Wass — married 22 Mar 1733 in Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 May 1790 at age 73 in Addison, Washington, Maine

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Biography

Rebecca (Allen) Wass is one of twins.

Rebecca Allen was born in 1717 at Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is the daughter of John Allen and Margaret Homes. Rebecca married Wilmot Wass 22 Mar 1733.^[1]

HUSBAND: Wilmot Wass, 1711 – 1793 MARRIAGE: March 22, 1733, Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts

Children

1. Anne Wass, 1734 – 1803, m. cousin Samuel Smith, Jr.
2. Margaret Wass, 1736 – 1818, m. Paine Mayhew
3. Sarah Wass, 1738 – aft 1770, m. Samuel Osborn, Jr.
4. Wilmot Wass, Jr., 1740 - 1826-27
5. John Wass, 1742 – 1744
6. David Moore Wass, 1744 – 1827, m. Abigail Nash
7. John Wass, 1746 – 1818, m. 2nd cousin Catherine Norton
8. Homes Wass, 1748 – bef 1777, m. Sarah Mayhew
9. Mary Wass, 1752 – 1836, m. John Coffin, Jr.
10. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Wass, 1757 – 1841, m. Joseph Nash, Jr.
11. Rebecca Wass, b. 1760; d. at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; m. Handley Chipman
12. Jane Wass, 1761 – 1853, m. Matthew Coffin

Sources

1. ↑ Banks, Charles Edward. The history of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts (Volume 3). Publisher: Boston, G.H. Dean Publication date: 1911 Family of John Allen and Margaret Homes Page 5.

• Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County Maine, by Leonard F Tibbetts and Darryl B Lamson; Picton Press, Rockport ME; 1997
• With family and 8 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2S2L-YS4
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSR-3BZ : 5 January 2021), Rebeckah Allen, 1717.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #88238176 : Findagrave lists many more children to be added.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.
• WikiTree profile Allen-3972 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.