Rebecca Willett1

F, b. circa 1595
FatherThomas Willett I b. c 1570
MotherAlice (?) b. c 1572
     Rebecca was born circa 1595 in Norwich, County Norfolk, England. Rebecca married Daniel Fairfield on 4 August 1618 in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands.2 On 15 October 1622, they lived in Zevenhuysen.3 Rebecca's husband, Daniel, died before 3 October 1626 in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands, leaving her a widow. On this day, his widow was remarried. Rebecca married 2nd Thomas Jepson on 3 October 1626 in Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands.4

Family 1

Daniel Fairfield d. b 3 Oct 1626

Family 2

Thomas Jepson

Citations

  1. [S1307] Henry Morton Dexter, The England & Holland of the Pilgrims, page 572 - 10 days later, on July 14, the two daughters of Thomas Willet, from Norwich, were betrothed [Sarah & Rebecca]: Rebecca to Daniel Fairfield, from Colchester, a son of Jacob Fairfield & a say weaver, with Roger Simmons & Mary Allerton as witnesses; Sarah, whose first husband, William Minter, had died, to Roger Simmons, from Sarum, a mason, with Thomas & Alice Willet, her parents, and John Carver & Daniel Fairfield as witnesses. Daniel & Rebecca were married on August 4 and Roger & Sarah on August 18.
  2. [S1306] Pilgrim Marriage Records - Leydon Archives, Book B, Daniel Fairfield to Rebecca Willet [Daniel: a bachelor saywerker of Colchester, acc. by Roger Symonson, his future brother-in-law. Rebecca, spinister from Norwich, acc. by Mary Allerton] August 1618, Folio 77 recto.
  3. [S1307] Henry Morton Dexter, The England & Holland of the Pilgrims, page 614 - Lived in Zevenhuysen October 15, 1622, with wife and three children.
  4. [S1307] Henry Morton Dexter, The England & Holland of the Pilgrims, page 619 - Thomas Jepson, leather-worker, widower of Christina, betrothed to Rebecca Fairfield, September 18, 1626, with witnesses Peter Wood & Hester Thomas [Hester Willett, daughter of Thomas] married October 3, 1626.