Rebecca (Cobb) Frost (1766 - 1846)

Born 6 Jul 1766 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Maine [uncertain]

Died 19 Jan 1846 at age 79 in Norway, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Biography

Rebecca Cobb born at Cape Elizabeth, ME in 1766; she married first Nathaniel Stevens who was born in Feb. 1761at Townsend, MA and died on June 30, 1816.

After his death, widow Rebecca married second, Jacob Frost, and had no issue. ^[1]

She died on January 9, 1846 at the age of 80 and is buried in the Norway Center Cemetery. ^{[2] [3]}

Children

1. Abigail born in Gray on June 4, 1784; married Thomas Judkins.
2. Charles born April 4 1786; married Mary Gammon; died May 17, 1815.
3. Susanna born March 18, 1789; died September 1791.
4. Susan born June 5, 1791; married Dudley Woodbridge.
5. Rebecca born January 22, 1794; married Baker Ames.
6. Rhoda born April 10, 1796; married Levi Shedd.
7. Nathaniel born April 9, 1799; married Jane Bartlett.
8. Orpha born November 4, 1805; married George Frost.
9. William born January 17, 1808; married Sylvia Barton.
10. George born ___; married Mary D. Scott.

^[4]

Townsend Births

Stevens, Nathanil, s. Jonas and Ruth, Feb. 18, 1761. FB1 (Vol. 1 p. 216) ^[5]

? Possible Christening and parents: needs confirmation

Rebecca Cobb Christening: 6 July 1766: First Church, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME Father: Jacob Cobb Mother: Abigail (Nason)

Name: Rebecca Cobb Birth Date: 15 Aug 1767^[6]

vs parents Ebenezer Cobb and Rebecca Whitefield of Falmouth, Cumberland, ME, various family tree sites

Sources

For births of children see also: https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Anathaniel~%20%2Bsurname%3Astevens~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1760-1769~%20%2Bmarriage_place%3Ame~%20%2Bmarriage_year%3A1780-1800~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Arebecca~&offset=0

1. ↑ A History of Norway, Maine: From the Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Year 1922, by Charles Foster Whitman, Lewiston, ME, 1924
2. ↑ Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-40621-36010-77?cc=2242151), French - Gardner > image 1255 of 3454; Maine State Library, August
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 116385033 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=116385033&PIpi=127898002
4. ↑ Centennial History of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886: Including an Account of the Early Grants and Purchases, Sketches of the Grantees, Early Settlers, and Prominent Residents, Etc., with Genealogical Registers, and an Appendix, by William Berry Lapham, B. Thurston & Company, Norway, ME, 1886
5. ↑ Vital Records of Townsend Massachusetts, Transcribed by Henry Hollowell, NEHGS, Boston, 1992
6. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW19-BMY), Rebecca Cobb, 15 Aug 1767; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,588

Acknowledgement

This person was created on 27 March 2011 through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged.