Rebekah (King) Lapham (1706 - 1778)

Born 25 Jul 1706 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of David Lapham — married 4 Dec 1727 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1778 at age 71 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Rebecca, daughter of John and Rebecca King, was born at Marshfield, MA on July 25, 1706 and baptized at Scituate, MA on August 25, 1706.

She married David Lapham at Scituate on December 4, 1727. ^[1] Rebeckah Lapham, and was received into full communion at the Second Church of Scituate on 13 Sep 1730 ^[2] They had 14 Children : (Merrick)^[3]

1. Thomas^[4], born 11 September 1728*, baptized 15 June 1729; m. Abiah Joyce.
2. . David, born 19 April 1730, baptized 5 July 1730.
3. Amos, born 30 March 1731, baptized 11 July 1731; m. Abigail Brooks.
4. Rebecca, born 21 September 1732, baptized 6 May 1733; m. Zaccheus Rogers (#1-6-10-6).
5. Elisha, born 10 May 1734, baptized 7 July 1734; m. Elizabeth Cole + Saberry Hiland.
6. Elizabeth, born 7 November 1735, baptized 23 May 1736; m. William Sherman.
7. Stephen, born 10 February 1736, baptized 24 April 1737*; Ruth Rogers (#1-6-7-1 +1-8-1-7-1).
8. Benjamin, born 10 December 1738, baptized 22 April 1739; m. Content Barker.
9. Daniel, born 10 March 1739, baptized 20 June 1740; m. Sarah Sherman.
10. Isaac, born 25 October 1741, baptized 1 November 1741; m. Phebe Rogers.
11. King, born 4 October 1743; m. Lucy Barkr.
12. . Lydia, born 7 December 1744, baptized 16 December 1744*; m. John Douglas.
13. Asa, born 12 April 1746, baptized 8 June 1746; m. Betty Rogers (#1-6-7-2+1-8-1-7-2).
14. Allen, born , baptized 15 May 1748.

Rebecca died in Marshfield 14 January 1778*, buried in Centre Cemetery^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Scituate VR 2:176
2. ↑ NEHGR 57:402
3. ↑ All Children: Marshfield VR 74, 75; Scituate VR 1:214, 215, 216; NEHGR 59:140, 310; MQ 46:195.
4. ↑ Marshfield VR 378
5. ↑ Marshfield VR 378

• Robert M. Sherman, Ruth Wilder Sherman, comps., Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Providence: Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1970), p. 35 (birth)
• Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the year 1850, two volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), 1:212 (baptism); 2:173 (marriage)
• Scituate Massachusetts Second Church Records (in abstract) 1645-1850, (Boston: Wilford J. Litchfield, 1909), p. 28
• Harvey B. King, The King Genealogy and its Branches, (Hartford: Plimpton Mfg. Co. Print, 1897), p. 14
• Barbara Lambert Merrick, "Eunice Stetson Family Tree," Unpublished Manuscript, November 2002 - Page 31-32 (copy held by Roy S. Lamberton)