Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameRebecca Foote
Birth1634, Watertown, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Death6 Apr 1701, Hadley, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Spouses
Birth25 Nov 1632, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death10 Jan 1685, Hadley, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
OccupationLieutenant, Assistant To Cotton Mather
ReligionPuritan
MarriageMar 1658, Hadley, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
ChildrenJohn (1661-1727)
Notes for Rebecca Foote
Birth & Parents: Rebecca Foote, was born about 1634. She was listed as about age 10 in the court records at the time of her father, Nathaniel's, death in 1644. [1][2] Rebecca's mother was the former Elizabeth Deming.
Rebecca’s mother, Elizabeth Welles, named her daughter Smith and her children, as beneficiaries in her 1678 will.[3]
Christening/Birth: 03 SEP 1634. Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.[4] or 03 Sept 1634 Watertown, Massachusetts [4]
Marriage: Rebecca married twice:
Lieut. Philip Smith[5][6] Mar 1658 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts[citation needed] Smith was from Wethersfield and then after 1659 was in Hadley, Massachusetts.ref name=Goodwin> He was killed 10 Jan 1685 "murdered with a hideous witchcraft"[7]
Major Aaron Cooke in Hadley, Massachusetts 2 Oct 1688.[5][8]
Death: Rebecca Cooke, alias Smith, died at Hadley 6 April 1701, aged 67.[6]
Find a Grave claims she is buried at the Old Hadley Cemetery, which she may be, but is there documentation for this burial?
"Smith" Children by her 1st husband[6]
Samuel b. Jan 1658
John b. 18 Dec 1661
Jonathan b. 1663
Philip b. 1665
Rebecca b. 1668
Nathaniel b. 1671
Joseph b. 1674
Ichabod b. 11 April 1676
Rebecca’s mother, Elizabeth Welles, named her daughter Smith and her children, as beneficiaries in her 1678 will.[3]
Christening/Birth: 03 SEP 1634. Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.[4] or 03 Sept 1634 Watertown, Massachusetts [4]
Marriage: Rebecca married twice:
Lieut. Philip Smith[5][6] Mar 1658 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts[citation needed] Smith was from Wethersfield and then after 1659 was in Hadley, Massachusetts.ref name=Goodwin> He was killed 10 Jan 1685 "murdered with a hideous witchcraft"[7]
Major Aaron Cooke in Hadley, Massachusetts 2 Oct 1688.[5][8]
Death: Rebecca Cooke, alias Smith, died at Hadley 6 April 1701, aged 67.[6]
Find a Grave claims she is buried at the Old Hadley Cemetery, which she may be, but is there documentation for this burial?
"Smith" Children by her 1st husband[6]
Samuel b. Jan 1658
John b. 18 Dec 1661
Jonathan b. 1663
Philip b. 1665
Rebecca b. 1668
Nathaniel b. 1671
Joseph b. 1674
Ichabod b. 11 April 1676