 Abt 1665 - 1693 (28 years)
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| Name |
Granger, Rebecca |
| Birth |
Abt 1665 |
Newbury,Essex,MA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
27 Jul 1693 |
Brookfield,Hampshire,MA |
| Notes |
- BIRTH: No birth rec found. Rebecca's son Joseph Woolcot was an heir to the estate of Robert Granger, 5 July 1714, "in right of his mother Rebeckah" (Hampshire Co. Probate, 4:20 [FHL #879184]). She may be the unnamed child of Launcelot Granger born at Newbury, 15 May 1666. (VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY, 2 vols. [Salem, MA, 1911], 1:193 [FHL #974.45/N1 V28v]). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: "Suffield Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1674-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1928; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 86 (FHL #002980).
DEATH: Death is not recorded in Brookfield or Suffield vital recs. Her death at the hands of the Indians during King William's War is outlined by a letter from Major John Pynchon, magistrate at Springfield, to Governor William Phipps, 29 Jul 1693, published in J. H. Temple, HISTORY OF NORTH BROOKFIELD (North Brookfield, MA, 1887), 146-48 (FHL #974.43/N3 H2t). Also see James N. Granger, LAUNCELOT GRANGER, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY (Hartford, 1893), 66-68 (FHL #929.273 G765g), where the story of the attack on Brookfield and the death of Rebecca Woolcot is recounted in detail. Granger claims Rebecca was the first death in Mass. during this war.
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BEPS: IGI
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| Person ID |
I5138 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2004 |
| Father |
Granger, Launcelot, b. Abt 1625, England d. 3 Sep 1689, Suffield,Hartford,CT (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Adams, Joanna, b. Abt 1634, England d. Aft 1701 (Age > 68 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Jan 1653/1654 |
Newbury,Essex,MA |
| Family ID |
F2159 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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