Person:Rebecca Howe (3)

Name	Rebecca Witherle Howe
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	15 Oct 1817	Castine, Hancock, Maine, United States
Marriage	21 Nov 1844	to Capt. Samuel Whitney
Death^[2]^[3]	31 Mar 1846	Lincolnville, Waldo, Maine, United StatesDrowned in Penobscot Bay
Burial^[2]^[3]		Castine Village Cemetery, Castine, Hancock, Maine, United States

References

↑ Castine (Maine). Town Clerk. Town and vital records 1796-1892. (Castine, Me.)
p. 23.

A Record of the births &c of the children of David Howe Esq. & Sarah his wife
...
Their daughter Rebekah Witherle was born Oct. 15th. 1817.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Find A Grave: Castine Cemetery, Castine, ME, in Find A Grave
Rebecca Witherle Whitney.

[Note: "Witherle is italized as if maiden name, but it is not. The stone is hard to read.]
CAPT. SAMUEL WHITNEY
was drowned Mar., 31,
1846 AE. [42?]
MRS. REBECCA W. HIS WIFE
was drowned Mar. 31,
1846, AE. 28.
MARGARETTE, THEIR DAU
Died Feb. 3, [1846?]
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Whitney, Henry Austin. Incidents in the life of Samuel Whitney: born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, 1734 and died at Castine, Maine, 1808 together with some account of his descendants and other family memorials. (Boston: Printed for private distribution, 1860)
p. 78.

Children of David Howe and Sarah Whitney: Rebecca Howe, b. 15 Oct 1817, married 21 Nov 1844 "her cousin" Samuel Whitney. "She was drowned, together with her husband, by the sinking of a boat, through which a hole was knocked by the ice, in crossing Penboscot Bay, March 31, 1846. Her body was recovered and interred at Lincolnville, but was afterwards removed to Castine. His body was not recovered."