Rebecca Wright1

F, b. circa 1644, d. before 1719
FatherNicholas Wright IV b. 1609, d. b 18 Dec 1682
MotherAnn (?) d. b 4 Jun 1683
     Rebecca was born circa 1644 in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Rebecca married Eleazer Leverich in 1662 in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York. Rebecca married 2nd William Frost circa 1671 in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York. Rebecca departed this life before 1719 in Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York.

Family 1

Eleazer Leverich

Family 2

William Frost b. c 1635, d. 19 Nov 1719

Citations

  1. [S106] Howland Delano Perrine, The Wright Family of Oysterbay, L.I. with the ancestry of and descent from Peter Wright and Nicholas Wright, 1423-1923, page 135 - ... fourth sister, Rebecca Frost, or her husband William Frost, did not join therein, and the reason for their not doing so may have been that she had already been provided for by her father at the time of her first marriage, in 1662, to Eleazer Leverich, this is merely surmise, and the facts are unimportant now. Eleazer Leverich, was a son of Rev. William Leverich, one of the three original grantees named in the Indian deed of 1653. In March 1669-70, Rebecca Leverich, as she then was, applied to Governor Lovelace, for a divorce from Eleazer Leverich, on the ground of alleged impotency, after they had been married seven and one-half years.; pages 139-140 - Rebecca, born 1644; d. before 1719; m. (1) Eleazer (Rev. William) Leverich of Huntington, L. I.. 1662; divorced
    Oct. 22, 1670. No issue. (2) WiIIiam Frost, of Long Island, 1672; d. Nov. 19, 1719. (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, VoL 11, p. 170; Frost Family, 1912, p. 19.) Issue : Hannah ; William, b. 1674. d. Nov. 29, 1728, m. Hannah ( John and Elizabeth ( Bovine) Pryer, of Matinecock, L. I., 1700, b. Dec. 22, 1681. d. Dec. 18, 1771 (Shotwell's Annals, A. M. Shot-well. 1895. p. 241; N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, VoL 11, p. 171; N. Y. Surrogate's Court, Liber 9 of Wills, p. 198) ; John. in. Abigail ; Joseph; Wright, b. 1676, d. May 28, 1738, m. Mary ( John and Mary Pryer) Underhill, of Long Island, b. Feb. 26, 1677, d. 1751 (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. 3, p. 186; VoL 11, p. 171; N. Y. County Surrogate's Court, Liber 13 of Wills, p. 208) ; Daniel, d. 1751, s. p. ; Mary, m. Zebulon Under-hill, of Long Island, 1702.