Rebecca (Kendall) Eaton (1657 - 1690)

Born 2 Mar 1657 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joshuah Eaton — married 25 Apr 1678 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1690 at age 33 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Name

Rebecca Kendall ^[1]

daughter of Francis Kendall and Mary Kidd of Woburn, Massachusetts.

Birth

Birth between 3/2/1657 & 3/21/1657 per *Steele & Related Lines Book II (2000) p.40

Born: 2 March 1657 at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts,

"Rebecca, d. of Francis, March 2, 1657." ^[2]

Marriages and Children

Married 1st: Joshua Eaton on April 25, 1678 at Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

"Joshuah and Rebecka Kendall, Apr. 25, 1678. *Intention not recorded." ^[3]

Children born to Joshua Eaton & Rebecca Kendall:

• Rebecca 1679
• Elizabeth 1681-1764
• Joshua 1683-1767
• Thomas 1685-1774
• Abigail 1685

Death

Died: 16 April 1690 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

"Rebekah, w. of Joshuah, Apr. 16, 1690." ^[4]

Common Errors to Avoid

Merge caution: She is not to be confused with Rebacca Kendall, daughter of Thomas Kendall and Rebacca Paine, who was born 10 Feb 1645 in Reading, Middlesex County. That Rebecca Kendall married James Boutwell, and not Joshua Eaton.

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 39 no. 1 (January 1885):18-23. The Kendall Family of Woburn, Mass., by William R. Cutter.
2. ↑ John, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages from 1640 to 1873, part 1: Births. (Woburn, 1890):138.
3. ↑ Reading. Thomas W. Baldwin compiler. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1912):327.
4. ↑ Reading. Thomas W. Baldwin compiler. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1912):516.

Source list:

• New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 39 no. 1 (January 1885):18-23. The Kendall Family of Woburn, Mass., by William R. Cutter.

• John, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths amd Marriages from 1640 to 1873, part 1: Births. (Woburn, 1890).

• Reading. Thomas W. Baldwin compiler. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1912).

• New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 39 no. 1 (January 1885):18-23. The Kendall Family of Woburn, Mass., by William R. Cutter.

• John, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths amd Marriages from 1640 to 1873, part 1: Births. (Woburn, 1890).

• Reading. Thomas W. Baldwin compiler. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1912).

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• Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part I - Births (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book. Available at archive.org)

• some items from 'Memorial to Josiah Kendall...' by Oliver Kendall 1884 – avail on the internet.