Rebekah was a daughter of Rev. John Coward, Sr. and Alice Brittain. She married Tobias Hendrickson in 1762. They had nine known children. Rebekah passed away in 1816.
↑ Source: #S3566 page 72, Note: Has date of birth as 27 October 1742
↑ Source: #S405 Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey - Marriage Licenses. The Marriage Ceremony Females. C Divorces By the Court of Chancery. page 96 Coward, Rebecca, and Tobias Hendrickson, Monmouth 1762 Mar. 6
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22627983/rebekah-hendrickson: accessed 21 December 2022), memorial page for Rebekah Coward Hendrickson (27 Oct 1742–6 Jun 1815), Find A Grave: Memorial #22627983, citing Yellow Meeting House Cemetery, Red Valley, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493).
↑ Source: #S2750 Page: Name: John Coward CONT Date: 12 Jun 1760 CONT Location: Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. III 1751-1760 CONT COWARD, John, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., CONT yeoman; will of. Wife Alice. Children - John, Joseph, Jonathan, CONT Thomas, Alice BROWN, Deliverence FITZ RANDOLPH, Patience, Rebeckah and Elizabeth. Farm now occupied by son, John, bought of Jeremiah STILLWELL; home farm on North side of Burlington Path. Personal property. Executors - sons John and Joseph with James HOLMES. Witnesses - Richard HERBERT, Content HORNOR and Anthony CONT WOODWARD, Jr. Proved Sept. 12, 1760. Lib. G, p. 295
Source: S3566 Title: Throckmorton family history : being the record of the Throckmortons in the United States of America with cognate branches, emigrant ancestors located at Salem, Massachusetts, 1630, and in Gloucester County, Virginia, 1660. Abbreviation: Throckmorton Family History Author: Sitherwood, Frances Grimes Publication: Pantagraph Printing & Stationary Co., Bloomington, Illinois, 1929
Source: S405 Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Record Type: marriage, Volume: Vol. XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800 Abbreviation: New Jersey Marriages, Colonial Era, 1665-1800 Author: Compiler: Nelson, William Publication: Press Printing and Publishing, Patterson, NJ, 1900 Note: Nelson, William. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey: Vol. XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800. Patterson, NJ: Press Printing and Publishing, 1900 Repository: #R174
Charles Shepard, compiler, Hugh Coward's Descendants to the fourth generation (A Chart) (Troy, New York: Charles Shepard, 1922); FamilySearch.org
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This person was created through the import of berdine.GED on 08 February 2011 and was merged with Coward-319, which was created by Audrey Kern through the import of deRos2.ged on May 23, 2015.
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