Person:Rebecca Stubbs (1)

Rebecca, the daughter of Richard and Rebecca (Lobdell) Stubbs, of Hull, was born in Hull March 18, 1707. Her father was a substantial farmer of that place, the son of Richard Stubbs, senior, one of the pioneers of the town. Isaac Lobdell, Rebecca's father, was an associate there. His wife, Martha, was a child of Samuel Ward, a wealthy citizen, first of Charlestown, then of Hingham ; proprietor of large tracts of land at those towns, and at Hull, "Alderton Hill, Strawberry Hill, Whitehead, Sagamore Hill, Petty's Island, Bumkin Island," (bequeathed to Harvard College, and since called "Ward's Island,") and other points. Rebecca (Stubbs) Pope named one of her sons for this grandfather of hers, and several other descendants have borne the name.

The widow, Rebecca, lived to the age of 84, passing through many trying scenes, but lovingly cared for by her son Frederick, in her declining years. In the feebleness of her last days she used to slip out of the house at dusk, saying, *'I must go home." Otherwise she retained her faculties well till her death, July 1, 1791.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 New England Historic Genealogical Society. NEGHR
   Vol. 143, p.337.
2. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. History of the Dorchester Pope Family, 1634-1888: With Sketches of Other Popes in England and America, and Notes Upon Several Intermarrying Families. (Boston: Charles Henry Pope, 1888)
   p.111-117.