Rebecca WHEELER

(b. 25 February 1666 , Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 23 September 1734 , Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
Age: 68

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Rebecca WHEELER was born 25 February 1666 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Rebecca WHEELER was the child of Timothy WHEELER and Mary BROOKS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Thomas BROOKS and Grace UNKNOWN

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Rebecca married James MINOT abt. 1684 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
James MINOT was born 14 September 1653 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset). James died 20 September 1735 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. James was the child of John MINOT and Lydia BUTLER.

Rebecca WHEELER died 23 September 1734 in Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

For more information on this family, see:
The genealogical and encyclopedic history of the Wheeler family in America
By Albert Gallatin Wheeler, American College of Genealogy
Published by American College of Genealogy, 1914
Item notes: pp. 1-594
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Mar 14, 2008
1257 pages

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Family and Children of Rebecca WHEELER

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Rebecca WHEELER married

James MINOT-- Date: abt. 1684 Place: Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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.

James MINOT was the child of John MINOT and Lydia BUTLER

"Capt, James (1653-1735) & Rebecca [WHEELER] (1666-1734, ae 68); ca 1680?, by 1684(5?); Concord {TAG 14:133; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 2:464, 6:257; Watertown 721; Reg. 1:173; Minot 14; Wheeler 142; Anderson Anc. 11; Chickering Anc. (Chart) 7; DePew 145, 146, 157}"

Children of James MINOT and Rebecca WHEELER:

Rebecca MINOT (b.9 February 1685, Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 23 June 1738, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Joseph Humphrey BARRETT 24 December 1701 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Lydia MINOT (b.12 March 1687, Concord, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. 14 February 1743, Marlborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Benjamin BARRETT 3 January 1705 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA
m. Samuel STOW October 1728

Mary MINOT (b.16 November 1689, Concord, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. 3 September 1760, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Ebenezer WHEELER 26 September 1706 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Timothy MINOT (b.18 June 1692, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 30 November 1778, Concord, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Mary BROOKS 9 July 1724 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA
m. Beulah STONE 24 November 1763 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA

James MINOT (b.17 October 1694, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 6 February 1759, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Martha LANE 14 November 1716 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA
m. Elizabeth WILDER 9 October 1735 in Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA (Podunk)

Elisabeth MINOT (b.29 January 1697, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 12 November 1764, Lincoln, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Daniel ADAMS 23 April 1715 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Martha MINOT (b.30 April 1699, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 3 July 1762, Bedford, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. James LANE 30 April 1719 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Love MINOT (b.15 April 1702, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 25 October 1772, Lincoln, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. John ADAMS 13 December 1722 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA
m. Edward FLINT

Mercy MINOT (b.15 April 1702, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 25 July 1793, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Samuel DAKIN 13 December 1722 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel MINOT (b.25 March 1706, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 17 March 1765, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Sarah PRESCOTT 7 March 1731 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA
m. Dorcas PRESCOTT 17 April 1738 in Acton, Massachusetts, USA (Nagog Woods) (South Acton)

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1666 Birth
25 February 1666
Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony

1685 Birth of Child
Rebecca MINOT was born 9 February 1685, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 18 years old.

1687 Concord
History of the Colonial Inn (Concord, Massachusetts)
www.concordscolonialinn.com/ concord-ma-lodging-history-of-the-colonial-inn.asp
'1687 - Captain Wheeler left his land to his daughter Rebecca, wife of Captain James Minot, (J. Minot, 1653-1735).'

1687 Birth of Child
Lydia MINOT was born 12 March 1687, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 21 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Mary MINOT was born 16 November 1689, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 23 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Timothy MINOT was born 18 June 1692, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 26 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
James MINOT was born 17 October 1694, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 28 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Elisabeth MINOT was born 29 January 1697, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 30 years old.

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

1699 Birth of Child
Martha MINOT was born 30 April 1699, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 33 years old.

1701 Marriage of Child
Rebecca MINOT married 24 December 1701, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Joseph Humphrey BARRETT

1702 Birth of Child
Love MINOT was born 15 April 1702, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 36 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Mercy MINOT was born 15 April 1702, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 36 years old.

1705 Marriage of Child
Lydia MINOT married 3 January 1705, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Benjamin BARRETT

1706 Birth of Child
Samuel MINOT was born 25 March 1706, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Rebecca was 40 years old.

1706 Marriage of Child
Mary MINOT married 26 September 1706, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Ebenezer WHEELER

1715 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth MINOT married 23 April 1715, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Daniel ADAMS

1716 Marriage of Child
James MINOT married 14 November 1716, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Martha LANE

1719 Marriage of Child
Martha MINOT married 30 April 1719, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to James LANE

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1722 Marriage of Child
Love MINOT married 13 December 1722, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to John ADAMS

1722 Marriage of Child
Mercy MINOT married 13 December 1722, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Samuel DAKIN

1724 Marriage of Child
Timothy MINOT married 9 July 1724, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Mary BROOKS

1731 Marriage of Child
Samuel MINOT married 7 March 1731, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Sarah PRESCOTT

1734
'mrs Rebekah Minott Wife to Justice James Minott her Husband died September : 23 : 1734 (Aetat. 68. g. s.)'
Ancestry® Concord, Massachusetts : births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850
The History of Concord, Massachusetts

Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Minot Rebekah, w. Justice James, Sept. 23, 1734. [a. 68 y. GS]
www.ma-vitalrecords.org
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

Grave Inscription
Here is interred the body of Mrs. Rebecca Minott ye virtuous Consort of James Minott, Esq. (and daughter of Capt. Timothy Wheeler) She was a person of Serious piety and abounding charity, of great usefulness in Her Day, and a pattern of Patience and holy Submission under a long Confinement, and resigned Her Soul with Joy in her Redeemer Sept. 23, 1734, Aged 68.
NewEnglandAncestors.org

Rebecca WHEELER - Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts -- Rebeckah Minott ye vertuous Consort of James Minott Esqr. A daughter of Capt. Timothy

Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts -- "Rebeckah Minott ye vertuous Consort of James Minott Esq'r. A daughter of Capt. Timothy Wheeler, she was a person of serious piety and abounding charity, of great usefulness in her day, a pattern of patient Holy submission under a long confinement & resigned her Soul with Joy in death Sept. 23d 1734."

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1734 Death
23 September 1734
Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay

She died at the age of 68.

Rebecca is buried at: Old Hill Burying Ground

Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts, USA

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