Rebecca Rolfe (1662-1751) is #945 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #944 William Cutter (1650-1723) in about 1679 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son #472 Richard Cutter (1682-1756) who married #473 Mercy Kelsey (1698-1760) in 1722.
* their son #236 William Cutter (1722-1780) who married #237 Mary Kent (1726-????) in 1744.
* their son #118 Stephen Cutter (1745-1823) who married #119 Tabitha Randolph (1752-1841) in 1769.
* their daughter #59 Sarah Cutter (1785-1878) who married #58 William Knapp (1775-1856) in 1804.
* their daughter #29 Sarah G. Knapp (1818-1904) who married David Auble (1817-1894) in 1844
* their son #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916) who married #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) in 1898.
* their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) who married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Rebecca Rolfe[1–4]
* Alternate Name: Rebeckah Cutter[6,8]
* Alternate Name: Rebecca Whitmore[7]
* Alternate Name: Rebecca Rolfe Whitmore[5]
* Sex: Female
* Father: John Rolfe (1633-1681)
* Mother: Mary Scullard (1641-1687)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 9 February 1661/2, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States[1,3,5]
* Distribution: 29 April 1723 (age 62), named executrix, husband's will proved; Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6]
* Death: 23 November 1751 (age 90), Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,5,7]
* Burial: after 23 November 1751 (after age 90), Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: William Cutter (1650-1723)
* Marriage 1: about 1679 (about age 17), Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1-2,4]
* Child 1: Elizabeth Cutter 1680-1748
* Child 2: Richard Cutter 1682-1756
* Child 3: Mary Cutter 1685-1685
* Child 4: Hannah Cutter 1688-1764
* Child 5: John Cutter 1690-1776
* Child 6: Rebeccah Cutter 1693-1718
* Child 7: William Cutter 1697-1756
* Child 8: Samuel Cutter 1700-1737
* Child 9: Sarah Cutter 1702-1788
* Child 10: Ammi Ruhamah Cutter 1705-1746
* Spouse 2: John Whitmore (1654-1739)
* Marriage 2: 3 June 1724 (age 63), Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,8]
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Rebecca Rolfe was born 9 February 1661/2 in Newbury, Massachusetts, the daughter of John and Mary (Scullard) Rolfe of Newbury, Massachusetts[1-4].
She married (1) William Cutter (1650-1723) before 1681 in Cambridge, Massachusetts[1-2,4]. William Cutter was born 22 February 1649/50 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, the son of Richard and Elizabeth (--?--) Cutter. They had ten children, all recorded in the Cambridge town records:
* Elizabeth Cutter (1660-1748), married 1705 John Harrington (1684-1750).
* Richard Cutter (1682-1756), married (1) 1706 Mary Pike (1687-1721); (2) 1722 Mercy Kelsey (1698-1760).
* Mary Cutter (1685-1685).
* Hannah Cutter (1688-1764), married 1708 Ephraim Winship (1688-1757).
* John Cutter (1690-1776), married 1709 Lydia Harrington (1690-1755).
* Rebeccah Cutter (1693-1718), married 1711 Joseph Adams (1687-1774).
* William Cutter (1697-1756), married 1724 Anna Rice (1683-1753).
* Samuel Cutter (1700-1737), married 1720 Ann Harrington (1703-1777).
* Sarah Cutter (1702-1788), married 1722 Ebenezer Cutter (1698-1750)
* Ammi Ruhanah Cutter (1705-1746), married 1738 Dorothy Bradbury (1706-1776).
William and Rebecca were admitted to the Cambridge church on 28 July 1700[2].
William Cutter of Cambridge wrote his will on 1 June 1722, and died on 1 April 1723 in Cambridge. His will was proved in Middlesex Probate Court on 29 April 1723[6]. Rebecca was named one of the executors of the estate, along with their four older sons. She was bequeathed:
"Item I Give to my dear and loving Wife Rebeckah Cutter the full improvement of a third part of my lands, and the Est end of my now Dwelling house during her Natural Life, and a third part of my moveable Estate to be at her own despose for ever."
Rebecca (Rolfe) Cutter married, as her second husband and his second wife, John Whitmore, Senior, a Deacon and highly trustworthy citizen of Medford, on 3 June 1724 in Cambridge[1-2,8]. Deacon Whitmore died 22 February 1739-40, aged 84 years.
Rebecca died 23 November 1751 in Arlington, Massachusetts[1-2,5,7], and was probably buried in the Old Burying Ground in Arlington[5]. There is no extant gravestone.
5. SOURCES
1. Frederick G. Rolfe, The Early Rolfe Settlers of New England (Baltimore, Md. : Gateway Press, Inc., 1995), page I-4.2, Rebecca Rolfe family sketch.
2. Dr. Benjamin Cutter, The History of the Cutter Family of New England (Boston, Mass. : 1871), pages 21-22, #3 William Cutter family sketch.
3. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Newbury > Births, Marriages, and Deaths > image 680 of 2384, Rebecca Rolfe birth entry, 9 February 1661/2.
4. "U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), page 201, William Cutter and Rebecca Rolfe marriage entry, Cambridge, before 1681; Original data from Torrey, Clarence A., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004).
5. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (http://www.findagrave.com), Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Mass., Rebecca Rolfe Whitmore memorial #148488764.
6. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 19 December 2014), Case File 5,669 (13 pages), William Cutter, 1723; original records in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court, Cambridge, Mass.
7. Vital Records of Arlington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : NEHGS, 1904), Deaths, page 155, Rebecca Whitmore entry, 23 November 1751, widow, age 90.
8. Thomas W. Baldwin (compiler), Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915), Marriages, page 421, Dea. John Whittmore and Rebeckah Cutter marriage entry, 3 June 1724.
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