Rebecca (Stoddard) Hawley (1685 - 1766)

Born Jan 1685 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Hawley — married 16 Nov 1722 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 2 Jan 1766 at about age 81 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Rebecca Stoddard was born January 1685 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of Solomon Stoddard and Esther Warham.

She married Joseph Hawley on November 16, 1722 in Northampton.^[1][2] They had at least two children, both born in Northampton.

1. Joseph Hawley was born on October 8, 1723.^[3][4]
2. Elisha Hawley was born on July 18, 1726.^[5][6]

Rebecca passed away at an age of eighty on January 2, 1766 in Northampton. She is buried in the Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton.

The inscription on her tombstone reads:

Here lies Mrs Rebeka Hawley

who died Jany 2d 1766 in ye

81st year of Her age

She was ye widow Mr Joseph

Hawley decsd at the right hand

of whom she is intered

And dautr oF Revd

Mr. Soll Stoddard.

Earth's highest station ends in here he lies,

And dust to dust concludes her noblest song.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3R-F27 : 24 January 2020), Rebekah Stoddrd in entry for Joseph Hanley, 1722.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-L5NR : 18 February 2020), Joseph Hawley and Rebeckah Stoddard, 16 Nov 1722; citing Marriage, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329300.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DD99-J4ZM : 10 November 2020), Rebekah Hawley in entry for Joseph Hawley, ; citing Christening, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329300.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQC-H52 : 14 January 2020), Rebekah Hawley in entry for Joseph Hawley, .
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQC-C5Q : 14 January 2020), Rebecca Hawley in entry for Elisha Hawley, .
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DD99-JNZM : 10 November 2020), Rebecca Hawley in entry for Elisha Hawley, ; citing Christening, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329300.

• Bridgman, Thomas. Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in the Grave Yards of Northampton (Hopkins, Bridgman & Co., Northampton, Mass., 1850) Page 24

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14573568/rebekah-hawley : accessed 9 January 2021), memorial page for Rebekah Stoddard Hawley (Jan 1685–2 Jan 1766), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #14573568, citing Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101) .