Rebecca MAXSON (MAXON)

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6 February 1637 , Providence Plantations

Died

29 December 1707 , Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Richard MAXSON (MAXON)Rebecca MARBURY?

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Born: 6 February 1637 in Providence Plantations

Father: Richard MAXSON (MAXON)

Mother: Rebecca MARBURY?

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Rebecca married Hugh MOSHER abt. 1665 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Hugh MOSHER was born abt. 1632 in England (United Kingdom). Hugh died 3 November 1713 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram).

Rebecca MAXSON (MAXON) died 29 December 1707 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay .

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Rebecca MAXSON (MAXON) married

Hugh MOSHER
Marriage date: abt. 1665
Marriage place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Marriage notes:

"Hugh (1633-1713) & 1-wf Rebecca [HARNDEL]; by 1666; Newport-Portsmouth, RI-Dartmouth {Wilcox (1943) 51; McIntire Anc. 91; Austin's Dict. 93, 135; Clark (,9) 24-5; Cahoon 45; TAG 19:228}"

Children of Hugh MOSHER and Rebecca MAXSON (MAXON)

Nicholas MOSHER

Born: abt. 1666, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 14 August 1747, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Elizabeth AUDLEY 14 August 1687 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

John MOSHER

Born: abt. 1668, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 1 August 1739, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Experience KIRBY 5 March 1692 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Joseph MOSHER

Born: 16 August 1668 , Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 24 March 1754, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Lydia TABER 13 December 1693 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Hannah MOSHER

Born: abt. 1670, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 23 January 1716, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Stephen CORNELL 30 January 1693 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Mary MOSHER

Born: 9 November 1673, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Joseph RATHBONE 19 May 1691 Place: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

James MOSHER

Born: abt. 1675, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1768, Dutchess County, Crown Colony of New York

Married: Mercy (Mary) DAVOL 6 May 1714 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Rebecca MOSHER

Born: abt. 1677, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 28 April 1746, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: John KIRBY 1694 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Daniel MOSHER

Born: abt. 1678, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 22 July 1751, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Mary UNKNOWN 1705

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Birth — 1637
6 February 1637
Providence Plantations

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From rootsweb.com -- wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ cgi-bin/ igm.cgi?op=GET&db=progers&id=I16486

'Rebecca was the daughter of Richard and Rebecca Maxson of Portsmouth RI; d. between 29 Dec 1707 and 25 Feb 1707/ 8. She is frequently identified erroneously as a daughter of John Harndell of Newport, probably because of some unfortunate omissions in the abstract of his will in Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of RI. It is dated 9 Feb 1685 and proved in 1687. The original, in the library of the Newport Historical Society, in Book 6, pp. 131- 2, names daughter Mary Stanton, her husband John, and their children, who received the land and buildings. It also names 'daughter-in-law' Rebeckah Mosure, wife of Hugh Mosure of Portsmouth, ' to whom he gave only a good ewe sheep; and 'son-in-law John Ma xson' to whom he also gave a ewe. Austin omitted the words 'in- law' before Rebeckah, also all mention of John Maxson. 'In-law ' usually meant step at that time and it certainly does this time, for...Read full story

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1668 Birth of Child
Joseph MOSHER was born 16 August 1668 , Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Rebecca was 31 years old.

1673 Birth of Child
Mary MOSHER was born 9 November 1673, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Rebecca was 36 years old.

1687 Marriage of Child
Nicholas MOSHER married 14 August 1687, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Elizabeth AUDLEY

1691 Marriage of Child
Mary MOSHER married 19 May 1691, Newport, Rhode Island, USA to Joseph RATHBONE

1692 Marriage of Child
John MOSHER married 5 March 1692, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Experience KIRBY

1693 Marriage of Child
Hannah MOSHER married 30 January 1693, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Stephen CORNELL

1693 Marriage of Child
Joseph MOSHER married 13 December 1693, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Lydia TABER

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

Death — 1707
29 December 1707
Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
She died at the age of 70.

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The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state

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