Rebecca Shepard1

F, b. 1650, d. before 16 September 1688
     Rebecca was born in 1650 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Shepard and Rebecca Greenhill. She was christened there in the "Shepard's & Mitchell's Church". Rebecca married Jonathan Bigelow in 1671 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Jonathan & Rebecca had children: Jonathan [1673-7/29/1749][m. 12/14/1707 Mable Edwards], Rebecca, John, Mary [m. 1/11/1700 John Williams], Sarah & Violet [m. 9/01/1709 Stephen Taylor].2 Rebecca departed this life before 16 September 1688 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. On this date her husband's second wife was admitted to the church in Hartford.

Citations

  1. [S1726] James Shepard, Descendants of Edward Shepard, Mariner, Cambridge, Mass., 1639, page 325.
  2. [S2339] Edited by Donald Lines Jacobus Gerald Faulkner Shepard, The Shepard families of New England, Volume 2 - Edward Shepherd of Cambridge, page 9
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