Rachel
Biddle
formerly [surname unknown] aka Deane
Born in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Unknown Deane
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Bidwell
— married
28 Oct 1636 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
Mother of
Martha Deane
Died after
after age 66
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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| Rachel (Unknown) Biddle migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 335) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
Biography
Rachel Deane's birth is estimated at about 1604 since she was 31 years of age in 1635 when she migrated..[1]
Rachel Deane, possibly a pregnant widow, sailed to New England on the Planter in April of 1635. She settled and resided several years at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.[1]
Previous to the arrival of the brothers John and Walter Deane, two persons of the name had emigrated to New England, viz, Stephen and Rachel. Rachel had married a man named Deane (whose given name is unknown) before 1635 and he apparently died before that date. So Rachel was a widow when she migrated since she later had a daughter, Martha Deane. After arrival, Rachel, called "widow" in the record, married at Plymouth, 28 October 1636, with Joseph Beedle. Her Great Migration profile spells his name as Biddle.[2]
Rachel died after April 17, 1671 as she was named in her second husband's will. Also named was Rachel's daughter Martha Deane.[3]
Child
Child with (Unknown) Deane, who was apparently dead by 11 April 1635 as he was not a passenger with her on the Plantar.[2]
- Martha Deane, b. likely in New England after 11 April 1635; m. (1) Marshfield 28 December 1674 James Clements[4], who was bur. Marshfield 10 February 1674[/5][5]; m. (2) Marshfield 30 October 1676 Ralph Powell [4] He was NOT James Powell as Hist. Marsfield has it.
Martha had NO children by either husband.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Great Migration Newsletter, V.1-20.(Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) Vol. 16, p. 6. by subscription.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. pp 335-336. by subscription
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (9 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 328 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bowman, George Ernest, "Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 2(1900):180. Archive.org
- ↑ Bowman, "VRs of Marshfield," MD 2:181. Archive.org.
- See also:
- Brief Memoirs of John and Walter Deane, Two of the First Settlers of Taunton, Mass., and of the Early Generations of Their Descendants. Deane, William Reed (1849). Boston: Coolidge & Wiley, p.6
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Categories: Planter, sailed April 1635 | Plymouth Colony | Dean Name Study | Puritan Great Migration
Note: husband Bidwell-91 is probably the same as Joseph Biddle on p. 28 of GMD. His surname should probably be changed and then added to the PGM project. He has a sketch in The Great Migration 2:1:283-284.