Rebecca (Belcher) Edson (1735 - aft. 1784)

Born 1 Apr 1735 in Easton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jesse Edson — married 5 Jan 1764 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 7 Apr 1784 after age 49 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Rebecca Belcher, the daughter of Joseph Belcher and Deborah (Hunt) Belcher, was born on April 1, 1735 in Easton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.^[1]

Rebecca married Jesse Edson in Bridgewater on January 5, 1764.^[2][3] She was Jesse's second wife, his first wife having died about two years earlier.^[4]

Rebecca and Jesse had the following children, both born in Bridgewater:

1. Jessee, b. November 27, 1764,^[5][3] d. August 12, 1768 in Bridgewater^[6][7]
2. Rebecca b. June 7, 1770, m. April 17, 1794 Ezekiel Reed in Bridgewater, d. January 3, 1845 in West Bridgewater. (See discusssion and sources in Rebecca's profile.)

Rebecca's husband Jesse died on November 18, 1783.^[4]

Rebecca died sometime after April 7, 1784, when the Plymouth County Probate Court order that her thirds of her deceased husband's land be set for her.^[8]

^{[8] [1] [4] [7] [3] [6] [2] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-PB86 : 10 November 2020), Rebekah Belcher, 1 Apr 1735; citing Birth, Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009786.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital Records of Bridgewater , Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916. p. 123. Link to page at archive.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Edson, Jarvis Bonesteel. Edsons in England and America and Genealogy of the Edsons. The Knickerbocker Press, 1903. pp. 463-464. Link to pages at archive.org.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} See the profile for Jesse Edson.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Vital Record of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I - Births. New England Genealogical Society, 1916. p. 103. Link to page at archive.org.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Vital Records of Bridgewater , Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Volume II - Marriages and Deaths. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916. p. 464. Link to page at archive.org.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911. p 192. Link to page at archive.org.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Plymouth County Probate Files, Case #7124. Link to case file at americanancestors.org.