Rebecca Newell

F, b. 15 July 1637
FatherAbraham Newell b. 1581, d. 13 Jun 1672
MotherFrances (?) b. 1594, d. 16 Jan 1682/83
     Rebecca was born on Wednesday, 15 July 1637 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Rebecca married Henry Fowler III, son of Henry Fowler II, on 4 June 1655 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, at the home of Joshua Foote. They were married without a license. On 4 June 1655, Henry was "warned of court to answer for his marriage without due publishment." His explanation of his in ability to obtain a license was on account of "ye division of ye towne" in regard to some of the town business, won for him a remission. He & the town were reputed by Roger Williams.1,2 It appears that he was apprenticed to Joshua Foote, an ironmonger He settled first in Roxbury with the Footes. Records in Roxbury show that Joshua Foote resided next to the Abraham Newell family. He later moved to Providence, Rhode Island early in 1655 with the Foote family. He was in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1665. In 1666, he is found in Eastchester, Westchester County, New York where he stayed until 1672. Then, he returned to Rhode Island and later, he moved to Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York. He was quite active in the community buying and selling land and appears to have been well able to finance business ventures. He also took an active part in the affairs of the community. By trade he was a blacksmith or as seen in one record "iron monger".3,4,5,6,7,8

Family

Henry Fowler III b. 1632, d. b 31 Dec 1687
Children

Citations

  1. [S66] Christine Cecilia Fowler, The History of the Fowlers, Pages 19-20 - On June 4, 1655, Henry Fowler was "warned of court to answer for his marriage without due publishment." His explanation of his in ability to obtain a license on account of "ye division of ye towne" in regard to some of the town business, won for him a remission of the fine, but for both him and the townsmen a rebuke from Roger Williams; the cne for marrying without a license and the other for having so violent a quarrel over town affairs. He married Rebecca, daughter of Abraham Newell of Roxbury, Mass., who probably accompanied the Foote family to Providence, as she was married in the Foote home.
  2. [S483] Wharton Dickinson, Genealogy of the Fowlers In England and America, Appendix A: page 40 -Henry married at Foote's house June 1655 Rebecca, daughter of his master.
  3. [S66] Christine Cecilia Fowler, The History of the Fowlers, pages 18-26.
  4. [S741] Samuel A. Bates, The Ancient Iron Works of Braintree, Massachusetts, page 23 -.
  5. [S742] Michael Tepper, New World Immigrants - A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists & Associated Data From Periodical Literature, Michael Tepper Michael Tepper Article: Scotch Prisioner Deported to New England by Cromwellk 1651-52, by Charles Edward Banks [Massachusets Historical Society Proceedings, LXI [October 1927-June 1928] 4-29]

     Article: Scotch Prisioner Deported to New England by Cromwellk 1651-52, by Charles Edward Banks [Massachusets Historical Society Proceedings, LXI (October 1927-June 1928) 4-29].
  6. [S22] Norman Davis, Westchester Patriarchs, A Genealogical Dictionary of Westchester Co., N.Y., pages 87-88.
  7. [S484] Theresa Hall Bristol (Mrs. Robert Dewey Bristol) member of the Publication Committee of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, The Descendants of Henry Fowler of Roxbury, Mass., Providence, R.I., Eastchester & Mamroneck, N.Y.
  8. [S483] Wharton Dickinson, Genealogy of the Fowlers In England and America, Appendix A: page 40 - Henry Fowler.