Rebecca Clemence (Sherrill) Peet (abt. 1810 - 1856)

Born about 1810 in USA

Wife of Lyman Burt Peet — married 14 Apr 1839 in Middlebury, VT, USA

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1856 at about age 46 in Foochow, China

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Biography

Rebecca Clemence Sherrill was born about 1810 in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont to Dr. Nathaniel Sherrill and Sarah "Sally" (Andrus) Sherrill.

She married Rev. Lyman Burt Peet on 14 April 1839 in Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont. Together they served as missionaries for the American Southern Methodist Episcopal Mission.

Mother of Sarah Andrus Peet, Jane Sherrill "Jennie" (Peet) MacGowan, Frances Rebecca Peet, and Anna Stebbins Peet.

Rebecca died on 17 July 1856 in Foo-Chow ( now Fuzhou), Fujian, Chinaand was buried at Foo-Chow Mission Cemetery,

Sources

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8MB-579 : accessed 5 March 2016), Lyman Peet and Rebecca Sherrill, 14 Apr 1839, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,684.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82894066 : accessed 9 November 2019), memorial page for Mrs Rebecca Clemence Sherrill Peet (1810–17 Jul 1856), Find A Grave Memorial no. 82894066, citing Foo-Chow Mission Cemetery, Fuzhou, Fujian, China ; Maintained by Rebecca Ewing Peterson (contributor 46987065) .