Born in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Hobby
and Rebecca (Reynolds) Hobby
Sister of
Sarah Butler [half], Elizabeth (Butler) Knapp [half], Abigail (Butler) Knapp [half], Rebecca (Butler) Smith [half], Esther (Butler) Mead [half], Martha (Butler) Brown [half] and John Hobby Sr.
Wife of
Thomas Lyon
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Banks
— married
before 1733 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Hannah Lyon, Thomas Lyon, Rebecca Lyon, Samuel Banks, Caleb Lyon, Job Lyon and Ruth (Lyon) Mead
Died
at about age 53
in Westchester County, New York
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Rebecca married as her first husband, Thomas Lyon, son of John & Rebecca Hull Lyon, at Fairfield, CT - their children were Hannah, Rebecca, Job, Thomas II, Caleb & Ruth
After the death of husband Thomas she married Samuel Banks, son of John & Abigail (Lyon) Banks about 1733 at Fairfield, CT
Burial
- Middle Patent Rural Cemetery, Bedford, Westchester, New York
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #129020062
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.
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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:
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:
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~0.78%
Martha Greenwell
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M432612 [compare]
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~0.78%
Merritt James :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B1020510
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~0.39%
Debbie (Marble) Hubbard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZJ8407084 [compare], yourDNAportal DEB96e6d672, Ancestry member hubbard479
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[Living Winter]
Hobby-381 and Hobby-10 appear to represent the same person because: One has birth, one has death. Husband Thomas Lyon in common.
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by [Living Winter]
Rejected matches › Rebecca (Hobby) Hardy (abt.1665-bef.1698)
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