Rebeckah (Groesbeck) Hendricks (1676 - 1740)

Born 23 Jun 1676 in New York, New York Province

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur Wells Sr. — married 1695 (to 14 Mar 1702) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wife of John Hendricks — married 13 Apr 1704 in Bensalem MM, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1740 at about age 63 in Bensalem, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania

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Rebeckah was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

The "Spirit in the South" Nov 2013 Family Tree says:
•ID: I7238
•Name: Rebeckah Groesbeck
•Reference Number: 8113
•Sex: F
•Birth: 23 June 1676
•Death: ABT 1740
•Note on Source: Rebeckah Hendricks: Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol. II, published Washington, D. C. by Hinshaw, William Wade. "The William Wade Hinshaw Index to Pennsylvania Quaker Meeting Records," Volume II, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks County. 3405 Zartman Rd., Kokomi, IN 46902: Selby Publishing & Printing, 1990, p. 681

Rebeckah Groesbeck married : Arthur Wells Sr., son of John Wells; they had three children: Anne (d. 1702) [sic = 1700 - research of Chet Snow], Thomas Wells and Arthur Wells, Jr..

Arthur Wells Sr. died in 1702, according to Hinshaw's "Quaker Genealogy". His widow: Rebeckah (Groesbeck) Wells married, as a Quaker, widower Johannes (John) Hendricks on 13 February [sic=April] 1704 at a Quaker Monthly Meeting in Bensalem Twp., Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Albertus Hendricks, father of Johannes, witnessed and signed; so did Jacob Classen Groesbeck, Rebeckah's father; and her sister, Leah (Groesbeck) van Sandt along with Johannes van Sandt, Leah's husband.^[1]

According to: Laurie Wolfe - "Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators"; 917 Gladfelter Hall (025-24), 12th & Berks Mall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 19122. 1-(215)-204-3406 - 1-(215)-204-5891, fax - email: info@bdopl.com .

Rebeckah Groesbeck first married:
Arthur Wells Sr., son of John Wells
3 Children:

1. Anne (d. 1702) [sic = 1700]
   
2. Thomas Wells
   
3. Arthur Jr. Wells, b: ca. 1702
   

Rebeckah's first husband, Arthur Wells, Sr. died ca. 1702-1703.

Widow Rebeckah (Groesbeck) Wells then married:
widower Johannes (John) Hendricks on 13 April 1704 ["13th day, 2nd month" in Quaker dates was 13 April] at a Quaker Monthly Meeting in Bensalem, Bucks County, PA. ^[2]
John Hendricks first wife: Frances Bezer died on 7 May 1702 / He had 2 sons [by Frances]:

1. John Hendricks
   
2. Tobias Hendricks
   

In attendance at the wedding were Rebeckah's two sons: Thomas Wells and Arthur Wells, Jr.

In addition witnesses/signed: Albertus Hendricks, parents of John Hendricks. Rachel and Jacob GROESBECK, (Jacob CLASSEN GROESBECK is Rebeckah's father. Most sources say that Anna VANDER GRIFT is Rebeckah's mother and Rachel is her stepmother.) Leah Van SANDT (Leah GROESBECK Born: February 11,1679. She was the daughter of Jacob Classen GROESBECK,and Anna VAN DER GRIFT. Leah is Rebeckah's sister).

Johannes Van Sandt (John Van Sandt born: Abt. 1683 in New Utrecht, Long Island, New York; Died Abt.. 1715 in Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Gerret Stoffelse Van Sandt and Lysbeth Gerritz.

Johannes [Van Sandt] married Leah Groesbeck on February 17, 1703 at the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. He moved with his father to Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased 125 acres in 1704 from Thomas Stevenson. John was a yeoman farmer who may have intended to move back to Cecil County, Maryland, because in 1714 he sold the above land back to Stevenson and bought 500 acres from him on the Elk River in Maryland. John's move to Maryland was frustrated by his sickness and death . His will is dated October 30, 1714, and was proved the 6th of the following January. He left his personal estate and the use of his Maryland real estate for the "education and maintenance of herself and children" to his wife [Leah (Groesbeck) Van Sandt]. He also left his son John, 40 shillings. The land in Maryland was probably sold and the value distributed to the children.^[3]

Rebeckah Groesbeck (widow Wells) Hendricks and John Hendricks, b. ca. 1667, had the following 5 children:

1. Rebecca Hendricks b. Abt. 1705/06; she married Lawrence Bankston, b. 1704, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
2. James Hendricks b. Abt.. 1707
   
3. Albertus (Albert) Hendricks b. Abt.. 1709
   
4. Moses Hendricks b. Abt.. 1712
   
5. Henry Hendricks b. Abt.. 1718
   

John Hendricks died in Maryland. [date uncertain] Rebeckah Groesbeck, Wells, Hendricks died in 1740 in Bensalem Twp., Bucks, Pennsylvania.^[4]

Research notes: Cresap's Dispute

Also from "Spirit in the South" RootsWeb Tree:

Lawrence Bankston and John Hendricks, Sr. (Lawrence's brother-in-law) were involved in the Cresap Boundary Dispute [between PA and MD in 1730-38].^[5] John Hendricks, Sr. bailed Lawrence out of jail. He is described as Lawrence's father-in-law [Lawrence married Rebecca Hendricks, daughter of John Hendricks, Sr., and Rebecca (Groesbeck) Wells Hendricks in 1725; she was 19-20 years old].

Lawrence tried to obtain the Pennsylvania land adjacent to Thomas Wells land with a warrant from Maryland unsuccessfully around 1769. It is probable that his wife, Rebecca Hendricks, had died. We don't know the date of her death.

Nor do we know if this ½ acre was the property of her mother, Rebeckah Hendricks, widow, who died about 1740 and therefore, the land was passed to her daughter, Rebecca Hendricks Bankston. [This is what I believe happened.]

I can see from reading various Wells/Hendricks websites that they have confused the identity of mother and daughter, wrongfully indicating that the mother married three times: Wells, Hendricks and Bankston. It was her daughter, Rebecca Hendricks, b: ca. 1705, that married Lawrence Bankston. Lawrence was born the year the mother, widow R. Wells, married John Hendricks.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.bdopl.com/bdopl/home.html.
2. ↑ dates researched by Chet Snow, 2014
3. ↑ Laurie Wolfe - "Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators".
4. ↑ Spirit in the South Family Tree, September 2017 on RootsWeb - Rebeckah Groesbeck
5. ↑ See: Cresap's War article on Wikipedia - researched by Chet Snow, 2014.

• Spirit in the South Family Tree, September 2017 on RootsWeb - Rebeckah Groesbeck This source cites Laurie Wolfe: "Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators" and "The William Wade Hinshaw Index to Pennsylvania Quaker Meeting Records," Volume II, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks County. 3405 Zartman Rd., Kokomi, IN 46902: Selby Publishing & Printing, 1990, p. 681. The "Spirit in the South" Tree is maintained by: Rev. Dr. Cynthia Forde; PO Box 598, Hempstead, Texas 77445 Research by Chet Snow, September 8, 2014. NOTE: The RootsWeb URL for this page will change when its author updates it - use "Index" to find most-current version.

• Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers", written by Olga Jones (Wear) Edwards and Ina Wear Roberts. (2nd edition) page 272.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Groesbeck-19 was created on 22 September 2010 through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged.