Rebecca (Watson) Rice (abt. 1650 - 1689)

Born about 1650 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Rice — married 1 Nov 1677 in Cambridge or Sudbury

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1689 at about age 39 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

This profile is part of the Watson Name Study.

Rebecca Watson was born circa 1650^{[1] [2] [3]}.

On Nov 1, 1677, she married a widower, Jonathan Rice in Sudbury^{[4] [5]}, and had children, noted here.

Rebecca (Watson) Rice died December 22, 1689 in Sudbury^{[1] [5] [6]}, and is buried in Church Hill Cemetery along with various members of her family^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bent, Gilbert O., Who Begot Thee? Some Genealogical and Historical Notes Made in an Effort to Trace the American Progenitors of One Individual (D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1903), see pages 19, 20
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project Cambridge - Births; Image of page 738 showing ebeccah, d. John and Rebecca, bp. ––– ––, 16––
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-966 : 10 February 2018), John Watson in entry for Rebeccah Watson, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 496,864.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-K9D : 3 November 2017), Jonathan Rice and Rebeccah Watson, 01 Sep 1677; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 2, page 1266 found in New England Marriages 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.
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Volume 1, page 323, showing Rebecka, w. Jonathan, Dec. 22, 1689.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #106590174

See also:

• Torrey (above) gives the following sources: Stevens-Miller 140; Rice #1 12; Charlestown 1002; Bent Anc 17, 19; Bullard Anc 114; Blake-Glidden 210; Warner-Harrington 541

Acknowledgments

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