Rebecca (Trask) Goldthwaite (abt. 1745)

Born about 1745 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Jonathon Goldthwaite — married 2 Jul 1770 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Biography

70 Jonathan, b. 1738 ; m. July 2, 1770, Rebecca Trask. He enlisted at the age of 18 in Capt. Andrew Fuller’s company. Col. Ichabod Plaisted’s regiment, serving at Fort Edward from Mar. 30 to Dec. 1, 1756. The roll shows his age, his birth at Danvers, and that he was then apprenticed to Thorndike Proctor (blacksmith). He again enlisted Apr. 2, 1759, in one of Gen. Amherst’s regiments. He served also in the Revolution, in Capt. Benjamin Ward’s company, stationed at Salem for the defense of the sea-coast, from Jan. 22 to Nov. 18, 1776. He died in 1778, in which year, July 15th, administration of estate of Jonathan Goldthwait, late of Danvers, mariner, was granted to his widow, Rebecca. ^[1] pp. 68-69

Sources

1. ↑ Goldthwaite genealogy : descendants of Thomas Goldthwaite, an early settler of Salem, Mass., with some account of the Goldwaite Family in England. Goldthwaite, Charlotte, b. 1832 Publication date 1899 Publisher Hartford : Hartford Press https://archive.org/details/goldthwaitegenea00gold/page/52/mode/2up