Born about in Kent, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Walter Baseden
— married
24 Apr 1627 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
Wife of
Samuel Greenhill
— married
24 Jun 1628 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
Wife of
Jeremy Adams
— married
1638 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Rebeckah (Greenhill) Shepard, Thomas Greenhill, John Adams, Hannah (Adams) Smith, Sarah (Adams) Willett, Hester Adams and Samuel Adams
Died
at about age 70
in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
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Biography
From Rebecca to Rebecca (Taylor) Baseden Greenhill Adams
It has been long known that Rebecca wife of Jeremy Adams was the widow of Samuel Greenhill.
In 1905, when Arthur Adams published an article on Jeremy Adams of Hartford, his wife” Rebecca had a mention of six words stating, “His wife Rebecca died in 1678 ...”[1]
During the 1950s Adams published updated articles in The Yearbook of the Atlantic County (New Jersey) Historical Society. They were republished in 1955 as “Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., And Hartford, Conn., And His Descendants.”[2] along with a short followup note in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 110:318, mentioning the discovery of a marriage record for Samuel Greenhill and Rebecca Baseden in Cranbrook, Kent, England on 24 June 1628. [3]
In 1972, A published Shepard Genealogy with Donald Line Jacobus as editor says that John Shepard (1627-1707) m. Rebecca Greenhill (c1634-) daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Taylor) (Basden) Greenhill.[4]
Anderson in the Great Migration Series article on Jeremy Adams calls her Rebecca (Baseden) citing the Adams Genealogy mentioned above.[5] But then in the article on Samuel Greenhill he calls her Rebecca (Taylor) Baseden, citing both the Adams and Shepard Genealogies.[6]
“The Roberts Family Of Brenchley, Kent” published in 2008/9 in The American Genealogist says, “Samuel Greenell, bp. 23 Aug 1591; m. Cranbrook, 24 June 1628, Rebecca (Taylor) Baseden, widow of Walter.” The footnote refers us to the Adams note in NEHGR 100:318, which does not mention the name Taylor.[7]
Given the first name of Walter it was easy to locate the following:
- Walter Baseden married Rebecca Taylor 24 Apr 1627, Cranbrook, Kent, England[8]
- Walter Baseden Burial Date 17 Sep 1627, Cranbrook.[9]
For more information, see The Greenhill, Adams and Shepard Families and their Land
Marriages
Rebecca married three times
- She married 1st on 24 Apr 1627, at Cranbrook, Kent, England, to Walter Baseden.[10]
- She married 2nd on 24 June 1628 at Cranbrook, Kent, England, to Samuel Greenhill.[11]
- She married 3rd by 1637 at Hartford, Connecticut, to Jeremy Adams.[11] After her death, Jeremy married, as his 2nd, to Rebecca (Fletcher) Warner, widow of Andrew Warner.[12]
Children
Children of Rebecca and Samuel Greenhill:[13]
- Rebecca Greenhill, bpt 24 Feb 1630; m John Shepard
- Thomas Greenhill, bpt 20 Jan 1631/2, d soon after 16 July 1653
Children of Rebecca and Jeremy Adams:[12]
- John Adams, b say 1637
- Hannah Adams, b say 1639
- Hester Adams, b say 1641
- Sarah Adams, b say 1643; m c. 1665 Nathaniel Willett
- Samuel Adams, bpt 23 Nov 1645
In the 18 January 1655, "the wife of Jerime Adams did in teh presance of this courte and her husband resigne up her right in a parcell of meadow lying in the little meadow that was Sam Greenhills to be sould for the payment of hir sonne Greenehils debts according to his will. The said Jeremie Adams did affirme and testifie in the Courte that theare was no neede of selling any more of the Greenhills land because his debts weare paid by him the said Jeremie."[14]
Death and Legacy
Rebecca died in 1678, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut,[15][16] certainly not in 1689 as is frequently suggested, because Adams remarried in 1683.
Sources
- ↑ Adams, Arthur. “Jeremy Adams of Hartford, Conn., and Some of His Descendants.” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 59:315. NEHGS, 1905. Link at Google Books
- ↑ Adams, Arthur, 1881-1960. Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., And Hartford, Conn., And His Descendants. Boston, 1955. p 3 says Rebecca was widow of Samuel Greenhill.; p. 34 Link at Hathi Trust contains the addition of the information on her marriage record to Greenhill.
- ↑ Adams, Arthur. “Rebecca, wife, First of Samuel Greenhill; and secondly, of Jeremy Adams.” NEHGR 110:318 (1956) Discovery of Samuel Greenhill & Rebecca Baseden marriage record. Link at AmericanAncestors (subscrition req.)
- ↑ “The Shepard Families of New England Vol II p 2 Shepard, Gerald Faulkner (compiler) Jacobus, Donald Lines (editor) 1972 Download here
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III (p. 9,10) Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass and Hartford, Conn and His Descendants (pbl 1955) the “Adams Gen” Link at AmericanAncestors
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H: (p. 152) Link at AmericanAncestors
- ↑ “The Roberts Family Of Brenchley, Kent” The American Genealogist 83:277 (publ. 2008/9)link at American Ancestors
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNCG-4XH : accessed 23 May 2016), Walter Baseden and Rebecca Taylor, 24 Apr 1627; citing Cranbrook, Kent, England, reference item 1; FHL microfilm 1,751,814.
- ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCKF-G6T : accessed 23 May 2016), Walter Baseden, 17 Sep 1627; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 1,751,814.
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNCG-4XH : accessed 23 May 2016), Walter Baseden and Rebecca Taylor, 24 Apr 1627; citing Cranbrook, Kent, England, reference item 1; FHL microfilm 1,751,814.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Adams, Arthur, 1955 "Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., and his descendants.", Salt Lake City, UT Genealogical Society of Utah, ("reprinted from the New England History and Genealogical Register, July 1905"), accessed 22 May 2016, Pages 3-4;
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Anderson, Robert C., 1995 "Jeremy Adams" Featured name, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. AmericanAncestors.org accessed 22 May 2016, (Vol I-III, Pages 6-11).
- ↑ Anderson, Robert C., 1995 "Samuel Greenhill" Featured name. Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. AmericanAncestors.org. accessed 22 May 2016, 24 Feb 1630, Vol III, G-H, Pages 151-53.
- ↑ Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663; Published by The Connecticut Historical Society And The Society of Colonial Wars In The State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1928. Page 159; image 110, (FamilySearch.org link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZC-S7SL-3 : 4 April 2022).
- ↑ Adams Genealogy, p 4
- ↑ Adams, Arthur. “Jeremy Adams of Hartford, Conn., and Some of His Descendants.” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 59:315. NEHGS, 1905. Link at Google Books
See also
- :Ancestral File Number: G8Z2-40
- Ancestry.com Joanna Adams.
- Ancestral File
- Peter Haring Judd, "Four American Ancestries...", Title page, page 197. Judd, p. 197
- "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900" Yates Publishing, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Ancestry.com. Born about 1608, near Staplehurst, Kent, England (without evidence).
- Historical Notices of Connecticut (Connecticut Historical Society, 1842) Vol. 1, Page 1
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Let me also suggest that the profile Unknown Baseden be disconnected as father, converted into her husband Walter and then reconnected as husband. That way he will be nicely recycled. Objections?
Rebecca Greenhill Arrival: 1634 Boston Document type: Immigrant Record Accession #: 9998773009 Gale Id: 2400733 Source publication code: 263 Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
In the last Risley News I mentioned the discovery of our new ancestor Rebecca (Taylor) Baseden Greenhill Adams, the grandmother of Rebecca Adams who married Richard Risley Jr. So all of the American Risley, Wrisley, Rizleys, now can claim descent from the Taylor family of Staplehurst, Kent, England. Rebecca (Taylor) Basedon married Samuel Greenhill in England and came to America with him. Shortly after they settled at Hartford CT, Samuel Greenhill died and his widow remarried Jeremy Adams, and they had John Adams the father of Rebecca (Adams) Risley. That puts another name, Taylor, on the family tree. This line is now confirmed by The Descendants of the Founders of Hartford (CT) in their last newsletter to members.