"Gideon (Royce) … m (2) 25 Mar 1747 (church record, First Congregational Society, Meriden) Rebecca da. Reuben & Mary (Dayton) Johnson, wid. Wait Abernathy; … she m (3) 24 Feb 1763 (Wallingford Vital Records), (church record, First Congregational Society, Meriden) Joseph Cole."