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Rebecca Leonard formerly Macey aka Williams

Born 1661 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Daughter of George Macey and Susanna (Street) Macey

Sister of Samuel Macey, Elizabeth (Macey) Hodges, Sarah (Macey) Blake, Mary (Macey) Keith, Hannah (Macy) Blake and Deborah (Macey) Throop

Wife of Benjamin Williams — married 12 Mar 1690 in Taunton, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony

Wife of James Leonard — married 29 Aug 1706 in Taunton, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Mother of Rebekah Williams, Josiah Williams Sr, Benjamin Williams and John Williams

Died 3 Apr 1738 at about age 77 in Taunton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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1 Biography
2 Sources
3 Footnotes

Biography

Rebecca Williams was born in 1661, in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Her parents were George Macey Susanna Street. Rebecca married Benjamin Williams 12 Mar 1689, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. Rebecca married second James Leonard 29 Aug 1706, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Marriage 1

Name: Rebecca Macey

Gender: Female

Spouse Name: Benjamin Williams

Spouse

Birth Place: MA

Spouse Birth Year: 1651

Marriage

Year: 12 Mar 1689

Marriage State: MA

Number Pages: 1^[4]^[5]^[6]

Marriage 2

Name: Rebecca Williams

Spouse: James Leonard

Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1706

Marriage Place: Taunton

Source: Vital Records of Taunton

Full text: Rebecca and James Leonard, Aug. 29, 1706. Intention not recorded.^[7]

Death

Name: Madam Rebecca Leonard

Event Type: Death

Birth Date: abt 1661

Death Date: 3 Apr 1738

Death Place: Raynham, Massachusetts

Death Age: 77

Spouse Name: James Leonard^[8]^[9]

Sources

↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93777549
↑ #Emery Page 63
↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/48083225/person/28209211076/facts
↑ Source number: 269.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MNA
↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Macey-35-1
↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Macey-35
↑ Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.
↑ Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
↑ Rebecca Macy Leonard Death

family search.org AFN:3DCW-BH
Mayflower and Early Families
The genealogy and history of the family of Williams in America geni.com/people/Richard-Williams-immigrant
#Emery: Emery, Samuel Hopkins. "History of Taunton Massachusetts", Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1893. On Googlebooks

Footnotes

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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: