Rebecca (Rhodes) Williams (abt. 1651 - abt. 1727)

Born about 21 Sep 1651 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas Power II — married 3 Feb 1672 (to 19 Dec 1675) in Providence, Rhode Island

Wife of Daniel Williams — married 2 Dec 1676 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1727 at about age 75 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

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[Note: Unable to find any birth record in Pawtucket or Providence to confirm what is listed on this profile. NEEDS Source citation ]

Biography

Rebecca Rhodes was the daughter of Zachariah Rhodes was a Commissioner sent from Massachusetts to Rhode Island August 21, 1648. He was born in 1603, and died April 10, 1666. He married March 7, 1646, Joanna Arnold, born February 27, 1617, and died in 1692. It is thought Rebecca was born on January 27, 1650/1, but no birth record is found in either Providence or Pawtucket where her parents resided. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Rebecca married first on February 2, 1671, Nicholas Power at Providence, Rhode Island. ^[5] Nicholas was the son of Nicholas (1) and Jane Powers, of Providence. ^{[3] [4] [2]}

Nicholas was killed in the Great Swamp Fight by a bullet from his own command on December 19, 1675. ^{[3] [4]}

She married second, on December 7, 1676 Daniel Williams. Daniel was born February 15, 1641/2, son of Roger and Mary (Bernard) Williams, ^{[1] [6] [4] [2]}

Daniel Williams died on May 14, 1712. ^{[5][1] [4] [3]}

Widow Rebecca Williams died in 1727. ^{[1][4] [3]}

The children of Nicholas and Rebecca were:

1. Nicholas Power Jr., born in 1673; died May 18, 1734 ^[5]; married first Mary Hale/Haile of Swansea; married second Mary/Mercy Tillinghast, daughter of Peleg and Lydia (Taylor) Tillinghast . ^{[3] [4]}
2. Hope Power born ___ ; died young. ^{[3] [7] [8]}

The children of Daniel and Rebecca were:

1. Mary Williams born ___; died after 1740, who married Epenetus Olney, of Providence, born January 18, 1675, died September 18, 1740. ^{[9] [4] [10]}
2. Peleg born in February, 1678 in Johnston; died February 2, 1766: married Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy and Hannah (Burton) Carpenter. ^{[4] [10]}
3. Roger born in May, 1680; died in Scituate on January 30, 1763 ^[5]; married Elizabeth Walling on May 1, 1729. ^{[4] [10]}
4. Daniel born 1684/5; married Lydia Abel on June 9, 1711. ^[6]
5. Patience born ___; married William Ashton. ^{[4] [10]}
6. Providence born 1690; married Elizabeth ___ ^[10]; died at Providence. ^[5]
7. Joseph born ___; died March 4, 1739; married Sarah Whitman on February 19, 1715/6. ^{[5] [10]}

Her will is dated 12 June 1725 and proved on 1 January 1727/28 in Providence, Rhode Island.^[11]

Source notes

Providence Marriages

1-434: RHODES, Rebeccah, and Nicholas Power, Feb. 2, 1671. (p. 157)

1-451: RHODES, Rebeccah, and Nicholas Power, intention Jan. 8, 1671-2. (p. 157)

1-451: POWERS Nicholas, of Providence, and Rebecca Rhodes, of Pawtuxet; Intention Jan. 8, married by William Carpenter, Asst., Feb.2, 1671-2. (p. 151)

1-36: Williams, Joseph, of Daniel dec., and Sarah Whiteman, m. by Richard Brown, Justice, Feb. 19, 1715-16. (p. 201)

Providence Births

2-82: Williams, Daniel of Roger and Mary, Feb. 15, 1642. (p. 257)

1-4 : Williams, Daniel Feb. 15, 1641. (p. 257)

2-82: Williams, Roger, of Daniel, ___, 1680. (p. 257)

Providence Deaths

1-21: Power, Nicholas, (3-243), May 18, 1734. (p. 272)

5- 82: Williams, Daniel, of Roger, May 14, 1712. (p. 278)

5-548: Williams, Daniel, of Roger (*l-259), May 14, 1712. (p. 278)

2-82: Williams, Roger, of Daniel, died at Scituate, Jan. 30, 1763. (p. 278)

5-549: Williams, Providence ___. (p. 278)^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 p. 2009-10 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Chatfield, Carrie. Some Records of the Northrup and Tucker Families of Rhode Island: With Notes on Intermarrying Families, D. Clapp & son, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Arnold, James N., editor. The Narragansett Historical Register: A Magazine Devoted to the Antiquities, Genealogy and Historical Matter Illustrating the History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Volume 7, Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889 p. 17-18
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690 (with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation), Genealogical Publishing Co., Albany, NY, 1887 p. 5
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Arnold, James N. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series: Births, Marriages and Deaths: Providence County, Vol. 2. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Andrews, Henry Porter, compiler. The Descendants of John Porter of Windsor, Conn. 1635-9, Volume 1, G.W. Ball, printer, Saratoga Springs, 1893 p. 246
7. ↑ The Newport Historical Magazine, Volumes 1-2, Newport Historical Publishing Company, Newport, Rhode Island, 1881p. 161-2
8. ↑ Turner, Henry Edward editor, The Rhode Island Historical Magazine, Volume 1, Newport Historical Publishing Company, Newport, Rhode Island, 1881 p. 161-2
9. ↑ Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent: Collection of Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1911 p. 15
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5} Austin, John Osborne. Ancestry of Thirty-three Rhode Islanders (born in the Eighteenth Century): Also Twenty-seven Charts of Roger Williams' Descendants to the Fifth Generation, and an Account of Lewis Latham, Falconer to King Charles I; with a Chart of His American Descendants to the Fourth Generation, and a List of 180 Existing Portraits of Rhode Island Governors, Chief Justices, Senators, Etc., J. Munsell's Sons, Albany New York, 1889 p. 105-115
11. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649769_00083). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Wills and Index, Vol 3-4, 1726-1754, image 83-84. Will, Providence, Vol 3, 1726-1741, page 101-103, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free Ancestry.com image of will

See also: The following are unsourced. Information should be confirmed elsewhere.

• [No stone: * Assumed to be one of the 38 unmarked graves] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17477318/rebecca-williams
• Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914 p. 1116-7
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3., p. 1260-1262)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Rhodes-809 created through the import of McDonald Family Tree_Wiki_2011-05-28.ged on May 29, 2011 by HB McDonald.
• WikiTree profile Rhodes-1082 duplicated through the import of HUNTER FAMILY TREE (3).ged on Aug 27, 2011 by Restricted Hunter.

• Chris Hoyt, Friday, November 1, 2013.