Born about in Wootton, Bedfordshire, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Webster
— married
17 Aug 1738 in Wootton, Bedfordshire, England
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
in Wootton, Bedfordshire, England [uncertain]
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Rebecca Sheffield was born about 1718. She is the daughter of Unknown Sheffield. Or she could have been the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca who married in 1720
Rebecca married Thomas Webster on 17 Aug 1738 in Wootton, Bedfordshire.[1][2]
She might be the Rebecca Webster widow who was buried at nearby Elstow on 17 Apr 1767. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "The Parish Register of Wootton, 1561-1812" Bedfordshire County Record Office 1952 https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari43bedf/page/50
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2K9-KY6 : 10 February 2018), Tho Webster and Reb Sheffield, 17 Aug 1738; citing Wootton By Bedford,Bedford,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 826,471, 845,461.
- ↑ Elstow Parish Register 1602-1812. Bedfordshire County Record Office 1931 https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari01bedf/page/94
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David Cooper (-2021)
"Rebecca was born about 1718. She is the daughter of Unknown Sheffield. On the other hand she could have been the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca who married in 1720??? Without a baptism either hypothesis is speculative!
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