Rebecca Symmes1

F, b. circa 12 February 1634
FatherReverend Zachariah Symmes b. 5 Apr 1599, d. 4 Feb 1670/71
MotherSarah Baker d. 1676
     Rebecca was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. She was christened there on 12 February 1634 in The Priory Church of St. Peter.2 Rebecca married Humphrey Booth on 9 January 1656. On 10 April 1657, the couple sold property in Watertown and where described as being of Charlestown, where he was a merchant. In her mother's will of 1676, Rebecca's husband, Humphrey, was mentioned, but not her. As her mother had mentioned other siblings and their spouses, it appears that she had died by this time.

Family

Humphrey Booth

Citations

  1. [S457] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volume VI, R-S - Zachariah Symmes - pages 641. [St. Antholin Parish Records page 58].
  2. [S1351] John Wight, Brief Memoirs and Notices of Prince's Subscribers, page 135.