"Samuel1 Scullard … married, about 1641, Rebecca2 Kent, daughter of Richard1 (and Emma?) Kent of Ipswich (1635) and Newbury, maltster (died 14 June 1654). … James Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary of New England …, 4 vols. (Boston, 1860-62), 4:43, and several later authors attribute the death [of daughter Rebecca] to a Martha, now known to be non-existent."