Born in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Slocum
and Mary (Thurston) Slocum
Sister of
Elizabeth (Slocum) Greene, Mary (Slocum) Greene, Johanna (Slocum) Carr, Samuel Slocum, Ebenezer Slocum, Desire Slocum, Deliverance (Slocum) Rogers, Mercy Slocum, Giles Slocum, Abigail (Slocum) Thomas and Joseph Slocum
Wife of
William Burling
— married
29 Aug 1704 in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Burling, William Burling, Benjamin Burling, Rebecca (Burling) Field, Hannah (Burling) Field, Sarah (Burling) Bloodgood, Ebenezer Burling and Amy Burling
Died
at age 46
in Flushing, Queens, New York
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Sep 2010
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Biography
Rebecca Slocum was born at Jamestown, Rhode Island in 1682. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Slocum and Mary Thurston. She married William Burling at Jamestown in 1704. Rebecca and William had eight children between 1706 and 1724. Rebecca Burling passed away in 1729 at Flushing, New York.
Sources
- Slocum, Charles Elihu. A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America (The author in Syracuse, N. Y., 1882)
- Thompson-Stahr, Jane. Burling Books: Ancestors and Descendants of Edward and Grace Burling, Quakers, 1600-2000. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD. 2001.
- Lawrence, Thomas. Historical Genealogy of the Lawrence Family. Edward O. Jenkins. New York. 1858.
- Vital Records of Jamestown, Rhode Island, 1671-1800. Publication: Donated to NEHGS by G. Andrews Moriarty, of Newport, RI, in 1914. Note: NS378263.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Slocum-293 created through the import of wikitree.ged on Oct 11, 2012 by Porter X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Porter and others.
- Sara V Mosher
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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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~0.39%
~3.12%
Colleen Madigan 
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~0.39%
Frank Stewart :
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~0.39%
Leonard Orr :
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