Person:Rebecca Unknown (642)

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Rebecca Unknown
b.Est 1618
 
m. Bef 1638
  1. Abraham Pierce1638/39 -
  2. Isaac PierceEst 1641 - Aft 1673
  3. Rebecca PierceEst 1643 -
  4. Mary PierceEst 1645 -
  5. Alice Pierce1650 -
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Name[1] Rebecca Unknown
Gender Female
Birth[2] Est 1618
Marriage Bef 1638 to Abraham Pierce
References
  1. Abraham Pierce sketch, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

    MARRIAGE: By 1638 Rebecca _____. She does not appear to have survived him since her son made no acknowledgment of or provision for her dower. "Alice, daughter of Abraham Peirce of Plimoth, being brought hither by Goody Scudder, his wife's sister and here baptized July 21, 1650" [NEHGR 9:284]. Goody Scudder was evidently the wife of John Scudder of Barnstable. Her first name may have been Hannah. That her sister took her youngest child implies that either Rebecca was ill, unable to nurse, or deceased following the birth.

  2. Estimate based on approximate marriage date