Born about in St. John's, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Daughter of William Holbrook
and Edith (Unknown) Holbrook
Sister of
John Holbrook, Joan (Holbrook) Gylles, Elizabeth (Holbrook) Tylye, Thomas Holbrook, William Holbrook and Bassell Holbrook
Wife of
Clement Weaver Sr.
— married
19 May 1617 in St. John's, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 91
in Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
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"Rebecca, born circa 1597, married May 19, 1617, in St. John's Church, Glastonbury, Clement Weaver who was born circa 1592. He was one of the overseers of her father William Holbrook's will. Clement and Rebecca (Holbrook) Weaver immigrated to New England and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were next door neighbors of Thomas Holbrook, with whom Clement Weaver was in partnership in many land and other business dealings."[1]
This may be her baptismal record here. Rebecca was daughter of William Holbrook born near 1560, died in Glastonbury Co. Somerset, England shortly before Feb.1,1626 when his will dated Dec.11,1625 was probated. In it he mentions his sons Thomas, John, if living, William the younger, daughter Basell Holbrook, and three grandchildren - Thomas Holbrook Jr., Edmund Tyly, and Clement Weaver Jr. Son William Holbrook executor and residuary legatee, and Clement Weaver Sr. and Thomas Tylye overseers.[2]
Sources
- ↑ A. Roberts Lord, Holbrook and Allied Families (1942), p. 7.
- ↑ Registered wills at Wells, General Court 45:36, as given in the Weaver Family (1928) by Lucius E. Weaver).
- (Gen. of the Families of Braintree, Mass., Card #2531
- http://www.holbrook-family.com/england.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Weaver (article on her son Clement Jr)
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First name(s) Rebecka Last name Holbrooke Baptism year 1595 Baptism date 12 Jan 1595 Father's first name(s) William Father's last name Holbrooke Mother's first name(s) - Denomination Anglican Place Keynsham County Somerset Country England Archive Somerset Archives Archive reference D/D/RR 224 Document type Bishop's transcripts Event type Baptisms, marriages & burials Register year range 1593-1812 Record set Somerset Baptisms Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from England, Great Britain
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