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Rebecca Wiekle
b.Est 1645
Facts and Events
Rebecca "Wiekle", Wife of Ezekiel Sanford, Not a Whelpley
"Jacobus discussed this couple twice, and in both instances commented on the bride's surname, which he read as we have given it here from the original. In 1930 he simply stated that 'She was possibly daughter of James or Henry Wakelee' (FOOF 1:518). In 1960 he said 'This is probably a variant of Wakelee, and it cannot be read as Whelpley, though often so printed. The marriage and births of the children are entered in Fairfield records, but this does not constitute proof that the marriage occurred there' (Ackley-Bosworth 86). In support of these statements by Jacobus, we note that on the same page of the original Fairfield record as the Sanford marriage, just five entries above, written in the same hand, is the 7 October 1682 birth of 'Joseph Whelply the son of Joseph Whelply' [Fairfield LR A2:681], clearly distinguishing the two surnames."[1]
Parentage
Her father may have been James Wakelee of Hartford and Rhode Island (by a wife before his known wife Alice). It is unlikely that her father was Henry Wakelee of Hartford and Stratford, as she was born before his only known marriage and was not mentioned in his will.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thomas Sanford, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
VI:160. - Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
1:518.
'Sanford, Ezekiel, s. of Thomas.
Born about 1637, d. at Fairfield in 1683; m. (rec. Fairfield), 25 Apr. 1665, Rebecca "Wiekle." She was possibly dau. of James or Henry Wakelee. ...
Inv. 1683; widow, eldest son Ezekiel, other son Thomas; daus Sarah, Mary, Rebecca, Martha, Elizabeth. Agreement of children 2 Nov 1697, signed by Ezekiel and Thomas Sanford, Cornelius Hull for wife Sarah, Theophilus Hull for wife Mary, John Seeley for wife Rebecca, Martha and Elizabeth Sanford.'
- ↑ Hull, Robert E. (Robert Edwin). The ancestors and descendants of George Hull (ca. 1590-1659) and Thamzen Michell of Crewkerne, Somerset, England, Dorchester, Massachusetts, Windsor and Fairfield, Connecticut. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Gateway Press, 1994)
57.
He [Capt. Theophilus Hull] married, circa 1690/3 {New England Marriages Prior to 1700}, Mary Sanford (1670-1712) daughter of Ezekiel Sanford and Rebecca Wiekle[sic] (Footnote 69).
Footnote 69: We have not seen the Fairfield record, but Donald Lines Jacobus has and states in his {Families of Old Fairfield}: [rec. Fairfield], 25 Apr 1665, Rebecca 'Wiekle.' She was possibly dau. of James or Henry Wakelee." Weygant in his {Hull Family Association} states: "...his wife Rebecca Wickla." Mrs. Shenck in her {The History of Fairfield} states "m. Rebecca d. of Henry Whelpley..."
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