Family:Whitney, Rebecca (1743-a1767)
Rebecca5 Whitney (Elijah4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Elijah4 and Mercy (Heald) Whitney, was born 25 May 1743 at Harvard, MA.[1] Her date and place of death are unknown.
Rebecca "of Harvard" married, 19 Sep 1759, Bolton, MA, Paul Whitcomb "of Bolton".[2] He was born circa 1739.
Children of Paul and Rebecca5 (Whitney) Whitcomb, all born Bolton, MA:
i. Elizabeth Whitcomb, b. 14 Aug 1760. ii. Silas Whitcomb, b. 23 Oct 1761. iii. Rebecca Whitcomb, b. 17 Mar 1763. iv. Lydia Whitcomb, b. 14 Feb 1766. v. Mary Whitcomb, b. 27 Nov 1767. vi. Sarah Whitcomb, b. 27 Nov 1767.
References
1.^ "Rebec[c]ah [Whitney], d. of Elijah and Rebec[c]ah, [born] May 25, 1743," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).
2.^ "Rebecca [Whitney] and Paul Whitcomb of Bolton, in Bolton, [married] Sept. 19, 1759," according to Harvard Vital Records. See also Frederic W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols..
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