Born in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of William Bailey
and Anna (Chase) Bailey
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Silas Tenney
— married
28 Oct 1795 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 99
in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
From The Tenney Family by Martha Tenney, p. 127
Deacon Silas Tenney ... married 2 Oct 1795 Rebecca Bailey, daughter of William and Anna (Chase) of Bradford. She was born 13 May 1777.... She died aged 100 years less 62 days. Residence Bradford Massachusetts (now Groveland). After the death of Silas in 1884, his widow resided with her son William.
Silas and Rebecca had 9 children:
- Bailey, b. 7 Jan., 1797; m. first Jane Ware of Deerfield, N. H., second Lydia Hawks of Windham, Me.; res. Manchester, N. H.; a shoemaker; d. 3 Sept 1852; no issue
- Thomas, b. 10 Nov., 1798.
- Sewall, b. 27 Aug., 1801.
- Sally, b. 13 Jan., 1804; m. first Rev. Jonathan L. Hale, second Rev. Joel R. Arnold of Stoddard, N. H.
- William, b. 13 July, 1807.
- Mary, b. 31 May, 1809; d. 13 Nov., 1812.
- Harriette, b. 8 Apr., 1812.
- Charles, b. 23 Sept., 1814.
- Daniel, b. 10 Dec., 1816.
From the Deaths listing of the April 10, 1873 issue of the Ellsworth Herald (Ellsworth American) of Ellsworth, ME as transcribed by Jean Ward and Shirley E. Rhodes:
"Chester, N.H., 11th ult., after a brief illness, Mrs. REBECCA TENNEY, widow of Deacon Silas Tenney. The deceased was born May 13, 1773 in Groveland, Mass., and has therefore almost completed her century of existence upon earth. When near the age of 20, she consecrated herself to the Lord. Four of her surviving children are engaged in the Gospel ministry."
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #146518746: Chester Village Cemetery, Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire
- Tenney, Martha. The Tenney Family, Or, The Descendants of Thomas Tenney of Rowley, Massachusetts (Boston: 1891) Page 127
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
- Name: Silas Tenney
- Marriage: 28 Oct 1795 Bradford, Massachusetts
- Spouse Name: Rebeca Bailey
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Ellen Smith
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If she was born in 1777, this profile should be "OPEN"
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Rejected matches › Rebecca (Bailey) Doggett (1641-1731)
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