Rebecca (Foster) Burdick (abt. 1681 - bef. 1733)

Born about Jun 1681 in New London, New London, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Burdick — married 4 Jan 1700 in New London, New London, Colony of Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 1733 before about age 51 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Biography

Rebecca Foster, daughter of Thomas Foster and Susannah Parker, was baptized at New London, Connecticut in June 1681.^[1][2]

On 4 January 1700 at New London, Connecticut, Rebecca married Robert Burdick,^[3][4] son of Robert Burdick and Ruth Hubbard.^[1] Robert and Rebecca had the following children (no birth records found):

• Robert, born c. 1701, married Susannah Clarke 1730 and had children^[1]
• Hubbard, born c. 1714, married Tacy Wells c. 1734 and had children^[1]
• Johnathan, born c. 1708, died 1791, married Judith Clarke c. 1729 and had children^[1]
• Ebenezer, died 1764, married first Elizabeth Stewart 1731 and second to Mary Dyer 1740, had children with both wives^[1]
• Joshua, died 1800, married Abigail Lanphere 1734 and had children^[1]
• Benjamin, married Elizabeth Tanner 1737 and had children^[1]
• Joseph, married Tase Clarke 1735 and had children,^[1] married second to Elizabeth ______; he died after 1785^[5]
• Rebecca, married James Reynolds 1736^[1]
• Susannah, died before 1742, married William Wilcox 1728, she left one child^[1]
• Elizabeth, married Joseph Langworthy before 1729^[1]

Robert and family were living in Westerly by 1710, when Robert joined the Sabbatarian Church there on 16 September. Rebecca joined the church on 5 July 1719 (she probably belonged to the New London Congregational Church before that date).^[1][5]

Rebecca's date of death is unknown. She died before 1733, when Robert remarried to Hannah ____ Saunders, widow of Edward.^[1] Rebecca may have died at Westerly, Rhode Island,

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Burdick, Alfred A. Burdick Genealogy. Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1928, p. 15-16. Archive.org.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941", database with image. FamilySearch.org. Rebeckah Foster and Foster, 26 June 1681.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database with image. FamilySearch.org. Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272231. Rebecca Foster, marriage, New London, Connecticut to Robert Burdick 4 Jan 1700.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)", database with images. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 29. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 1062 #206094 ($): Rebecca Foster marriage to Robert Burdick on 4 Jan 1700 in New London, Connecticut.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Johnson, Nellie W. The Descendants of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island. Norwich, N.Y: 1937, pp. 12-13. FamilySearch.org.