Family:Whitney, Rebecca (1721-?)
Rebecca5 Whitney (David4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), daughter of David4 and Rebecca (Fillebrown) Whitney, was born 2 Nov 1721, Watertown, MA.[1]
She married, 18 Jul 1745, Waltham, MA, Thomas Stowell,[2] son of Samuel and Sarah (-----) Stowell. He was born 28 Sep 1719, Watertown, MA, and died 11 Jan 1755, Waltham, MA.
Pierce says the following:[3]
- REBECCA [WHITNEY], b. Nov. 2, 1721; m. July 18, 1745, Thomas STOWELL, b. Sept. 28, 1719, d. Jan. 11, 1755; res. Waltham. Ch.: Rebecca, b. Sept. 9, 1746; m. Apr. 2, 1767, Abraham CHILD; David, b. Feb. 7, 1748; Elizabeth; b. June 14, 1752; m. 1774, Aaron BROWN.
Children of Thomas and Rebecca5 (Whitney) Stowell:
i. Rebecca Stowell, b. 9 Sep 1746, Waltham, MA; d. 14 Nov 1830 at Groton, MA; m. 2 Apr 1767, Waltham, MA, Capt. Abraham Child, son of Isaac and Eunice (Peirce) Child, b. 12 Aug 1741, Waltham, MA, d. 3 Jan 1834, Groton, MA. Capt. Child was in the Indian Wars 1760-1763. Was in the Battle of Lexington 1775. Was Captain in the Revolution in New Jersey. Children, all b. Waltham, MA:[4] a. David or Daniel Child, b. 29 Nov 1767. b. Jonathan Child, b. 5 Mar 1769. c. William Child, b. 16 Sep 1770. d. Nabby or Abigail Child, b. 26 May 1772, m. 2 Apr 1797, Waltham, MA, James Buchanan. e. Rebecca Child, b. 18 Sep 1773. f. Abraham Child, b. 16 Feb 1775. g. Thomas Child, b. 21 Apr 1777.
ii. David Stowell, b. 7 Feb 1748, Watertown, MA. iii. Elizabeth Stowell, b. 14 Jun 1752, Watertown, MA; d. 4 Aug 1797; m. 16 Jan 1774, Watertown, MA, Aaron Brown, son of Isaac and Mary (Balch) Brown, as his first wife, b. 16 Sep 1752, Watertown, MA, d. 14 Nov 1811; a merchant in New Ipswich and Boston. He m. 2d, Thesta Dana, dau. of Hon. Samuel Dana of Brighton, Mass. Children:[5] a. Aaron Brown, b. 15 Jan 1774; d. 13 June 1843; m. Lucy Bartlett. b. Mary Brown, b. 27 Nov 1777; d. 8 Nov. 1830; m. Timothy Dakin, son of Amos and Sarah (Minot) Dakin, b. Lincoln, MA, 27 Mar 1764. c. Betsey Brown, b. Dec 1779; d. 29 Jan. 1822; m. 4 Aug. 1799, SAMUEL HALE, son of Samuel asid Mindwell (Tillotson) Hale, b. Oxford, N. H., 10 Feb. 1773. d. Isaac Brown, b. Sep 1782; d. 27 Sep 1827. e. Samuel Brown, b. 20 Aug 1783; d. 18 Sep 1812. f. (son) Brown, b. Mar 1785; d. Mar 1785. g. Sarah Brown, b. 6 Jul 1788, d. 21 Aug 1790. h. Lucy Brown, b. 9 Apr 1792, Westborough, MA; d. 19 Jul 1863, Westborough, MA; m. 29 Mar 1821, Rev. Elijah Demond, son of Israel H. and Hannah (Henry) Demondk, b. 1 Nov 1790, Rutland, MA, d. 20 Jul 1877, Westborough, MA. i. Sarah Brown, b. 1794; m. Gardner Blanchard Perry.
References
1.^ "Rebecca Whitney, d. David & Rebecca Whitney, b. 2 Nov 1721," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, to the End of 1737. Also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1900), volume 2, page 68.
2.^ "Rebecah [Whitney] and Thomas Stowel, [married] July 18, 1745.* [Rebecca, and Thomas Stowell, M. R.]," according to Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904).
3.^ Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 45.
4.^ Stowell, William Henry Harrison, Stowell genealogy: a record of the descendants of Samuel Stowell, of Hingham, Mass., {Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1922), pp. 75-76.
5.^ Stowell, William Henry Harrison, Stowell genealogy: a record of the descendants of Samuel Stowell, of Hingham, Mass., {Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1922), pp. 75-76.
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