Rebecca (Rocket) Hovey (1717)

Born 4 Dec 1717 in Oxford, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of James Hovey — married 1 Apr 1740 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Rebecca (also spelled Rebeckah or Rebekah) was born on December 4, 1717, in Oxford, Massachusetts Bay Colony. in Oxford, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of Joseph Rockwood and Hannah Chamberlain.^[1][2][3]

She married James Hovey^[3] on April 1, 1740, in Oxford.^[4] They had no children.^[5]

Her husband died on May 1, 1751.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJN-54L : 10 November 2020), Rebickah Rocket, 4 Dec 1717; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
2. ↑ Morse, Abner. A genealogical register of the inhabitants and history of the towns of Sherborn and Holliston. Boston, Press of Damrell & Moore, 1856. p. 227
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Daniels, 668
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY1-FJK : 10 November 2020), Rebeckah Rockit in entry for James Hovey, 1 Apr 1740; citing Marriage, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Daniels, 545

• Daniels, George F. History of the town of Oxford, Massachusetts, with genealogies and notes on persons and estates. Oxford : Pub. by the author with the cooperation of the town, 1892. pp. 545, 668