Rebecca (Parker) Perkins (bef. 1698 - 1785)

Born before 1 Apr 1698 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Lothrop — married after 16 Oct 1725 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Joseph Hatch II — married 16 May 1734 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Josiah Perkins — married about 1751 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1785 after age 87 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Rebecca Parker, the daughter of Judge Daniel Parker and Mary Lumbart, was baptized 1 April 1698 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[1][2][3]

Marragies and Children

Rebecca married three times:

1. Joseph Lothrop, intentions published 16 October 1725 in Barnstable.^[1][4] Joseph, son of Samuel Lothrop and Hannah Crocker, was born 10 November 1698 and died before 10 August 1732.^[1] Joseph left a will dated 4 February 1731/2 and made Rebecca sole executrix.^[1] Joseph Lothrop and Rebecca had children:

• Rebecca, baptized 20 September 1729 and died before 4 February 1731/2^[1]
• Joseph, baptized 20 May 1732 and died before 4 May 1764, married Deborah Perkins, daughter of Rebecca's third husband, Josiah Perkins and his first wife, Deborah Bennett^[1]

2. Joseph Hatch, son of Joseph Hatch and Amy Allen.^[1] They married on 16 May 1734 in Barnstable.^[5] Joseph died on 27 April 1750 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, leaving a will dated 2 April 1750 and proved 8 May 1750 that named his "dearly beloved wife Rebecca" and the three living children she had by him.^[1] The widow Rebecca Hatch was granted guardianship of her minor sons on 29 March 1751 at Hartford, Connecticut:

• Lemuel, born 29 February 1734/5, married Temperance Hatch of Falmouth, Massachusetts^[1]
• Rebecca, born 8 June 1737, died 18 September 1739^[1]
• Ebenezer, born 21 April 1740, married three times (1) Elizabeth Hatch, (2) Rebecca_____, (3) Hannah Strong^[1]
• Timothy, born 14 August 1741^[1]

3. Dea. Josiah Perkins, some time between 1751 and 1755.^[1][6][7] They had no children together.

Death and Burial

Rebecca Perkins, wife of Josiah, died 30 July 1785 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, aged 88 years.^[1][8] She was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Plot: R5-P11-S3^[9]

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} McLean, Maclean W., Robert Parker of Barnstable, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1958) Vol. 112, pages 261-262.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDB-DGC : 14 January 2020), Rebecca Parker, 1698.
3. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21067/274/1425818689
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2495 #69462751
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-PGSB : 18 February 2020), Joseph Hatch and Rebeckah Lothrop, 16 May 1734; citing Marriage, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009780.
6. ↑ Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1909. Access online at Archive.org, Vol. 2, p.517: parents, bp. Bev. 16 Nov 1701, d.15 Oct 1789, blksmth, res. Plmptn; m1. Deborah, dau. Nehemiah Bennett (d.19 May 1751); m2. Rebecca Parker (d. 30 Jul 1785, age 88), 13 ch. (names only).
7. ↑ Conant, Frederick Odell, A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887. Portland, ME: Privately printed, 1887. Access online at Archive.org, p.156-158: parents, bp. Bev. 16 Nov 1701, d.15 Oct 1789; m1. D. Bennett (d. 19 May 1751) & m2. ___ sis of J.Parker; 13 ch. w/names/b.yr/some m's.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988." Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA: Mrs. Rebecca Perkins, DOD 30 Jul 1785 in Plympton, age 88, w.Josiah.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #44675716

See also:

• Huntington, Elijah B. A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family. (E.H. Lathrop, 1884), pages 65-6: NOTE: this book is combining two people into one, her birth name was not Lathrop.