Rebecca Greenhill was christened on 24 February 1630 in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Rebecca Greenhill died on Thursday, 22 December 1689 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. (1)

Parents: Samuel Greenhill (c. 1591-c.1637) and Rebecca Baseden (c. 1608-1678). Rebecca Baseden married Jeremy Adams after Samuel Greenhill's death.

Rebecca emigrated from England to the Colonies with her parents and brother Thomas in 1634.

Marriage 1: On 4 October 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Rebecca married John Shepard, son of Capt. Edward Shepard and Violet Stanley. (2)

Children of Rebecca Greenhill and John Shepard:

1. Rebecca Shepard+2 (a 1650 - 7 Mar 1697)

2. John Shepard2 (22 Jan 1651/52 - )

3. Sarah Shepard1 (5 Mar 1655/56 - 18 Dec 1753)

4. Violet Shepard1 (a 1658 - 14 Aug 1682)

5. Elizabeth Shepard1 (26 Jul 1660 - 4 Aug 1682)

6. Edward Shepard1 (31 Jul 1662 - 9 Sep 1711)

7. Samuel Shepard2 (3 Jul 1664 - )

8. Thomas Shepard2 (12 Nov 1666 - 6 Mar 1743)

9. Deborah Shepard1 (a 1669 - 8 Feb 1721)

10. Abigail Shepard1 (a 1671 - 5 Sep 1750)

11. Hannah Shepard1 (29 Jan 1672 - 4 Nov 1709)

Weblinks:

http://www.theroyfamily.com/p11926.htm

Citations

  1. Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1994.

  2. Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index. 1930. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.