It was stated that James Wakefield married Rebecca Gibbons, daughter of James Gibbons and Judith Lewis Gibbons [1]. Other research has found the daughter of James Gibbons, Jr who married Dorcas Seeley, was Rebecca Gibbons who married James Wakefield. Rebecca Gibbons daughter of James Gibbons and Judith Lewis Gibbons (aunt of the profile Rebecca) was said to have been born in Saco 30 January 1656 and dying in Saco 3 January 1658 [2]
Sources
↑ Homer Wakefield "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897
↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the earliest settlement to the year 1820 by Edward Emerson Bourne. Accessed on January 18, 2009 at Google Books.
Wakefield, Homer. "Wakefield memorial, comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield"; Bloomington, IL, Private Printing; 1897
WikiTree profile Gibbons-204 created through the import of Frank Walter Sands_ Family Tre.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Frank Walter Sands.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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