Judith Rickard was born about 1657 in Plymouth, Massachusetts to parents Giles Rickard Jr. and Hannah Dunham. She married Joseph Faunce on 3 Jan 1677 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. They resided at Plymouth where Joseph was active in civic duties and amassed much land. They had nine children: Hannah, Mary, John, Mercy, Mehitable, Joseph, Eleazar, Thomas, and Benjamin, most reaching adulthood. Judith died on 23 Feb 1725 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts Town Clerk Vital and Town Records
Massachusetts Births and Christenings
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register, Plymouth Colony Records, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), (marriage)
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (marriage)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Judith by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Judith: