Rebecca (Warren) Randall (1677 - 1740)

Born 21 Aug 1677 in Medfield, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Randall — married 23 Mar 1720 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Died 10 Aug 1740 at age 62 in Medfield, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Rebecca Warren was born 21 August 1677 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Joseph Warren and Experience Wheelock.^[1]

Rebecca married Peter Randall 23 March 1719/20 in Dorchester, Massachusetts,^[2] shortly after her father's death. Rebecca was the administratrix of her father's estate. After her marriage to Peter Randall, her relatives petitioned the court to be wary of Peter's influence and that he was an "extravagant and disorderly" person. Rebecca is described as a "deserving and virtuos woman" of a "yielding temper."^[3]

Rebecca passed away in 10 August 1740^[4] and is believed to be buried in Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield, Massachusetts.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-BXH : 5 November 2017), Rebecca Warren, 21 Aug 1677; citing Birth, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,179.
2. ↑ Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903. Volume 1, Page 319. Text: "Peter Randell & Rebecca Warren Married By Nathll. Hubbard Esqr. J. P. on Dorchester. Mar. 23, 1719."
3. ↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 4272: Administration Bond, Petition regarding influence of Peter Randall, husband of Rebecca, Real Estate Valuation naming heirs.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDX-G2X : 5 November 2017), Rebecca Randal, 10 Aug 1740; citing Death, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,179.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 September 2018), memorial page for Rebecca Warren (21 Aug 1677–1740), Find A Grave: Memorial #71684372, citing Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Lawrence H. Grunert (contributor 46831293) . [Unsourced and unverified]

See also:

• Tilden, William. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts. 1650-1886 (Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, 1887). Page 505.
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record Collection 1030