Rebecca Hedden

Joseph Hedden first married Rebecca Williams born 1703, died May 14, 1745, daughter of Matthew and Ruth (Wheeler) Williams, of Orange. This marriage is recorded as occurring in 1732 (reference: US & International Marriage Index 1560-1900 ancestry.com)

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28230214

Rebekah Hedden was the first wife of the long-lived Joseph Hedden, Sr. She died in her "42nd Year", possibly from complications following the birth of their son Ebenezer. The couple were also the parents of martyred American patriot, Judge Joseph Hedden Jr.

Mrs. Hedden's gravestone features a soul effigy of the "winged skull" type in its tympanum, a grim but popular image during the early colonial period. Currently embedded in the ground, it was cut from locally quarried brown sandstone, and appears to be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver".

“Here Lyes y'e Body of Rebekah wife of Joseph Hedded, Dec'd may y'e 14th, 1745 in y'e 42d year of her age”

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• page 826 of Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, VOLUME 2 ONLY. Descendants of Matthew Williams, the Wethersfield Settler, in the line of his son Matthew, Jr.
• http://www.condit-family.com/ps03/ps03_254.html
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6621993/matthew-williams