Rebecca (Hume) Hoben (1798 - 1882)

Born 16 May 1798 in Gagetown, New Brunswick

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Estabrooks — married 9 Nov 1813 in Sunbury County, New Brunswick

Wife of Reuben Hoben — married 18 Jan 1817 in Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 16 May 1882 at age 84 in Gagetown, New Brunswick

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Biography

Rebecca Hume was born May 16, 1798^[1], the daughter of Eli Dawson Hume and Anne Williams ^{[2] [3]}

On 9 November 1813 she married Ebenezer Estabrooks, son of Ebenezer Estabrooks and Martha Fletcher of Gagetown, NB^[4]. Ebenezer died in 1814. The couple had no children, but the families appear to have remained close. Some of her children married Estabrooks, and Reverend Elijah Estabrooks is given mention in her obituary^[5]

On January 18, 1817, she married Reuben Hoben, the son of Reuben and Elizabeth Ebbett Hoben of Canning NB^{[6] [7]}, and had children^{[8] [9]} , including:

1. George, 1818–1896 who married Sarah Estabrooks
2. John, 1818–1895, who married 3 times, and moved to N.Y.
3. Mary, 1825–1908, who married Charles Gunter
4. Elizabeth Ann, who married John Jones
5. Reuben (Lt. Col.) 1821–1877, who married Elizabeth Curry ^{[10] [11]}
6. Martha, who married Robert Davis
7. Rebecca, 1831–1879, who married Jesse Estabrooks
8. Joseph, 1830–1909, who married Elizabeth Estabrooks
9. Charles, who married Elizabeth Plummer
10. Thomas Emory Hoben, born 26 August, 1839, who married Frances Babbitt); and died in 1910^[12]
11. Sarah, 1833–1920, who married James Currie^[13]

Rebecca died May 16, 1882^[5], and is buried in the Upper Gagetown Cemetery ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Findagrave.com Memorial #97468415
2. ↑ Familysearch.org shows various secondary sources for this information.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com shows similar information, behind a paywall
4. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick County Council Marriage Records, 1789-1887 showing : County Sunbury Date of Marriage 1813-11-16 Groom ESTABROOKS, EBENEZER Bride HUMES, REBECCA
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics; Volume 57 Number 1540; Date May 31 1882; County Saint John; Place Saint John; Newspaper Christian Visitor, which states d. Upper Gagetown (Queens Co.) 16th inst., at residence of her son, Joseph HOBEN, Rebecca HOBEN, age 84, widow of Reuben HOBEN, Esq. She professed to be converted to the religion of Lord Jesus Christ, under the labors of late Rev. Elijah Estabrooks and a member of the Baptist Church for 55 years. VISITOR 7th June: leaving four sons and three daughters. Her funeral sermon was preached by Rev. T.S. Todd.
6. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick County Council Marriage Records, 1826-1887; County Sunbury Date of Marriage 1817-01-18; Groom HOBEN, REUBEN; Bride ESTABROOKS, REBECCA
7. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P9-36G : 5 December 2014), Reuben Hoben and Rebecca Estabrooks, 18 Jan 1817; citing Sheffield,Sunbury,New Brunswick, reference ; FHL microfilm 0928969 IT 10.
8. ↑ Genealogy of the Anglo-Dutch Estabrooks family of the Saint John River, New Brunswick, 1958, Florence Estabrooks; pg 194
9. ↑ Familysearch.org shows various secondary sources showing the same information
10. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGCP-J3K : 9 December 2014), Reuben Hoben in entry for Idella Cecellia Estabrookes, 24 May 1928; citing Fredericton, Fredericton, New Brunswick, certificate 007420, Provincial Archives, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,134,617.
11. ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XG8H-KS9 : 9 December 2014), Reuben Hoben in entry for Reuben H Hoben, 22 Jan 1937; citing Gagetown, Queen's, New Brunswick, certificate 9665, Provincial Archives, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,167,262.
12. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M7-DMNJ : 17 May 2016), Rebecca Hume in entry for Thomas Emery Hoben, 04 Dec 1910; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 30535, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,592.
13. ↑ "New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGZZ-TJ2 : 9 December 2014), Reubin Hoben in entry for Sarah A Currey, 09 Feb 1920; citing Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick, certificate 032727, Provincial Archives, Fredericton; FHL microfilm 2,134,642.

See also

• Sunbury County Marriage records Page 11

• Pioneer families of Carleton County by George Hayward Page 53