Rebeckah Gifford (1689-1747) is #717 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #716 Jacob Soule (1689-1748) in 1710, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* her son, #356 Benjamin Soule (1719-1803), who married #357 Meribah Waite (1720-1803) in 1742.
* their daughter #179 Martha Soule (1743-1828) who married #178 David Kirby (1740-1832) in 1763.
* their daughter, #89 Sibel Kirby (1764-1848) who married #88 Humphrey White (1757-1814) in 1786.
* their son, #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) who married Miranda Wade (1804-1850) in 1824.
* their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.
* their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
* their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Rebeckah Gifford[1–4]
* Sex: Female
* Father: Robert Gifford 1657-1730
* Mother: Sarah Wing 1658-1720
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 1689 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[2]
* Death: before 12 August 1747 (before about age 58), not named in husband's will; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[5]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Jacob Soule (1687-1748)
* Marriage 1: 22 January 1709/10 (about age 20), Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]
* Child 1: Joseph Soule 1711-1793
* Child 2: Elizabeth Soule 1712-1781
* Child 3: Oliver Soule 1714-1715
* Child 4: Rebecca Soule 1715-1747
* Child 5: Nathaniel Soule 1718-1769
* Child 6: Benjamin Soule 1719-1803
* Child 7: Rosamond Soule 1723-1801
* Child 8: Stephen Soule 1727-1789
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Rebeckah Gifford was the daughter of Robert and Sarah (Wing) Gifford, born in about 1689 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay[1-2].
She married Jacob Soule of Dartmouth on 22 January 1709/10 in Dartmouth[1-4]. Jacob was the son of Nathaniel and Rose (Thorn?) Soule. They had eight children, all born and recorded in Dartmouth town records:
* Joseph Soule (1711-1793), married (1) 1736 Mary Davis (1710-1750); (2) 1758 Dinah Tripp (1716-????).
* Elizabeth Soule (1712-1781), married 1735 Caleb Tripp (1714-1781).
* Oliver Soule (1714-1715).
* Rebecca Soule (1715-1747), married 1735 Reuben Waite (1713-1754).
* Nathaniel Soule (1718-1769), married 1741 Jane Potter (1717-1807).
* Benjamin Soule (1719-1803), married 1742 Meribah Wait (1720-1803).
* Rosamond Soule (1723-b1801), married 1744 Nathaniel Potter (1719-1801).
* Stephen Soule (1727-1789), married 1746 Sarah Potter (1724-a1789).
Rebeckah and her sisters were not mentioned in their father's will, written in 1724 and proved in 1730.
There is no record of Rebeckah's death. She is not mentioned in her husband's, Jacob Soule's will, written on 12 August 1747[5]. There is no burial record for her on Find A Grave. A gravestone photograph purporting to be that of Rebeckah (Gifford Soule is posted on some of her profiles in Ancestry Member Trees, but it is for another Rebeckah Soule of Duxbury.
5. SOURCES
1. Anne Borden Harding (editor), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations : Volume 3: George Soule (Plymouth, MA : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1980), page 22, Jacob Soule family sketch.
2. Almon E. Daniels and MacLean W. McLean, "William Gifford of Sandwich, Mass., d. 1687," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 128, pages 241-260 (October 1974), Volume 129, pages 221-237 (July 1975), Volume 129, pages 221-223, Robert Gifford Family Sketch.
3. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Dartmouth Births, Marriages and Deaths," no page number (image 303 of 2331), Rebeckah Gifford and Jacob Soule marriage entry.
4. Vital records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 ( Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society,1929-1930), Marriages, page 205, Rebeckah Gifford and Jacob Soule entry, 22 January 1709/10.
5. Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Probate Packet 24220 for Jacob Sowle of Dartmouth 1748 (8 images); "Bristol County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org); original records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, digitized images provided by FamilySearch.
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