Rebecca
Ruscoe
formerly [surname unknown] aka Rusco
Born in Billericay, Great Burstead, Essex, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Ruscoe
— married
before 1620 (to about 1635) in England
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 40
in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Rebecca Unknown, wife of William Ruscoe, immigrant to Cambridge, (and William went on to Hartford, Connecticut, Norwalk, Connecticut, Jamaica, Long Island, New York).[1]
Origin
Rebecca was born c. 1595 (aged 40 on 13 April 1635) possibly at Billericay, Great Burstead, Essex, England which was the origin of her husband.[1]
Marriage
Rebecca married about 1620 in England, to William Ruscoe.[1] After Rebecca died, William married, as his 2nd, to Hester (Unknown) Muste, widow of Edward Muste.[1]
Children
Children of William Ruscoe and Rebecca:[1]
- Nathaniel Ruscoe, b say 1620; m Joanna Corlet
- John Ruscoe, b say 1624; m Rebecca Beebe
- Sarah Ruscoe, b c. 1626; m 1) Henry Cole, 2) Robert Bull (?)[2]
- Mary Ruscoe, b c. 1628; m Hugh Wells
- Samuel Ruscoe, b c. 1630
- William Ruscoe, b c. 1634
Death and Legacy
Rebecca died in late 1635 or early 1636 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
Research Notes
A duplicate profile contained this sentence, "Most sources state that she set out from London in April 1635 on board the Increase, but that she died and was buried at sea."[citation needed] Unclear what is the evidence for her death at sea. Anderson, Seymour, and Drake all make no mention of any such death during the family's voyage in 1635.[1][3][4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "William Ruscoe" Featured name." Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS (Vol R-S, Pages 118-24).
- ↑ Although the marriage to Robert Bull is reported by Seymour, but there is no evidence, according to Anderson.
- ↑ Seymour, George D., (1917) "The English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer of Semer of Hartford, Conn." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 71. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS (Vol 71, Pages 104-15).
- ↑ Drake, Samuel Gardner, (1860) Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England ... Boston: NEHGR Archive.org (Page 22).
See also:
- Mac, Linda, (6 May 2009) Find A Grave Memorial #36802031 no source, and appears to confound the two wives of William Ruscoe.
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