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Rebecca Harrington (Bemis)

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Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death: April 06, 1712 (57)
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown and Sarah Bemis
Wife of John Hill; John White and Thomas Harrington
Mother of Ebenezer Harrington; Susannah Kendall; Rebecca Tainter; Thomas Harrington, II, of Massachusetts and George Harrington
Sister of Sarah Bigelow; Mary Whitney; Joseph Bemis, died in infancy; Martha Bemis; Joseph Bemis and 4 others

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About Rebecca Harrington

Rebecca was born April 17 1854. (Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Page 31: "1654:Birth. "Rebeckah Bemish, daughter of Joseph & Sary Bemish, born the 17 Day of Aprill.")

John White married Rebecca April 11 1684. (Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Page 131: "1684: Marriage. John White and Rebeckah Bemis joyned in marriage the 11 of April.")

John was gored by a bull, May 30 1684 (Source for cause of death unknown. Source for date: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Page 132: "1684: Death. John White, son of Anthony White dyed the 30th of May." Page 135: "1684: Death. John White dyed the 30th of May, see p. 132."); his widow Rebecca Bemis White married Thomas Harrington April 1 1686 (Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Page 139: "1686: Marriage. Thomas Herrington and Rebeckah White joyned in marriage Aprill the first.").



Rebecca b. Apr. 17, 1654. Married. 1st at Watertown, MA, Apr. 11, 1684. John (b. Watertown Feb 25, 1648-9. d. there (gored by a bull) May 30, 1684., son of Anthony White (b. Eng. 1607. d. Watertown Mar. 28, 1686) who embarked from Ipswich Engl, for New Engl, in Apr. 1634. and his wife Grace Hall. There were no children by this marriage; and Rebecca married 2d at Watertown Apr. 1, 1686. Thomas (b. Watertown Apr. 20, 1665. d. there Mar. 29, 1712.) son of George and Susannah Harrington of Watertown. His will was dated Mar. 27, 1712. Proved Apr. 6, 1712.

THE BEMIS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY being an account, in greater part of the descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... By Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper ... Published 1900, San Francisco, California, p. 4


From the title page of the above records:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-WVY?i=62&cc=2...

Title page of the first book of Records fo Birth, Marriage, and Deaths in the Town of Watertown.

The Records of the Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Watertown. Kept according to the Order of Court made in the year 1648. What was taken before was by Mr. Eire, and uncertain in the transmitting: yet in this book, transcribed according to the Order of the Court 1648, so many as came to hand.

The year by Mr. Eire's was supposed began the first of March; but from 1648, the 25 of March. By John Sherman, 26 (10) 1648. The year is set upon the head of every page, and the month and day to every entry. The account of the year is from the twenty five of March in all the entrys that were brought to me. John Sherman.

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Rebecca Harrington's Timeline

1654
April 17, 1654
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1687
January 27, 1687
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1688
November 17, 1688
Watertown, Middlesex, MA
1690
August 14, 1690
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692
January 14, 1692
Watertown, MA
1695
August 31, 1695
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1712
April 6, 1712
Age 57
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts