Jedidah (Cook) Kingsbury (1713 - 1775)

Born 1 May 1713 in Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1775 at age 61 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Biography

Jedidiah Cook was born in Needham, Massachusetts on May 1, 1713. She was daughter of Robert Cook and Submit Weeks. ^[1]

Benjamin Kingsbery and Jedidah Cook were married on 28 Jan 1742 in Needham, Massachusetts. ^[2]

She died on Apr 29, 1775 in Walpole, Massachusetts and is buried in Walpole at Old Burial Place. ^[3]

In memory of

Mrs Jedidah Kingsbury

ye wife of

Mr Benjamin Kingsbury

She died April ye 29th

AD 1775

in ye 62d

Year of her Age.

Behold & see as you pass by

As you are now so once was I,

As I am now so you must be

Prepare for death & follow me

Death is a debt to nature due

As I have paid it so must you.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6K-7H3 : 15 January 2020), Jedidiah Cook, 1713.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHF-TRK1 : 11 May 2022), Benjamin Kingsbery and Jedidah Cook, 28 Jan 1742; citing Marriage, Needham, Norfolk, England, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009661.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20872033/jedidah-kingsbury: accessed 28 July 2023), memorial page for Jedidah Cook Kingsbury (1 May 1713–29 Apr 1775), Find A Grave: Memorial #20872033, citing Old Burial Place, Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).