Rebecca Moon

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Rebecca Peabody Moon

BIRTH 1649 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

DEATH 14 Aug 1728 (aged 78–79) Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

BURIAL Common Burying Ground Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Rebecca Peabody, daughter of John Peabody and Dorothy Tulle(y) (Tooley), married Ebenezer Moon, son of Robert Moon and Dorothy Osborne, on 17 January 1677 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Rebecca and Ebenezer were the parents of four known children, Ebenezer (Elizabeth Richardson), Jane (John Mussey), John (Mary Phillips)and Abigail (William Pinniger) ~

Spouse

Ebenezer Moon 1645–1712 (m. 1677)

Children

Ebenezer Moon 1680–1734

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Profile last modified 26 Apr 2021 | Created 7 Nov 2011

Rebecca (Peabody) Moon (1649 - 1728)

Rebecca Moon formerly Peabody

Born 1649 in Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island

Sister of Mary (Peabody) Wood, Anna (Peabody) Cottrell, Hannah (Peabody) Read, Elizabeth (Peabody) Davol, Jane (Peabody) Smith and John Peabody

Wife of Ebenezer Moon Sr. — married 17 Jan 1677 in Baptist Church, Newport, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island

Mother of Ebenezer Moon II, Jane (Moon) Mussey, Abigail (Moon) Pinnegar and John Moon

Died 14 Aug 1728 in Newport, Rhode Island

Biography

Rebecca was born in about 1649 to John Peabody in Kingston, Rhode Island.

In 1677, Rebecca married Ebenezer Moon in Newport, Rhode Island Colony. They had at least four children. Prior to their marriage, Rebecca was a member of the Second Baptist church of Newport.

In 1687, Rebecca's father John passed away. In his will, he named seven sons-in-law including Ebenezer Moon. Each received "part and share of ye moveables and stock as it fell by lott."

In 1712, Ebenezer passed away in Newport. In 1728, Rebecca passed away in Newport. They are buried in the Newport Common Burying Ground.

"Further Information about the Family of John Peabody of Newport, R. I." by Dorothy Wood Ewers (originally from NEHGR volume 117, pages 96-98, April 1963) reprinted in Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989, page 56-58

The will of John Peabody, “aged about 75 years,” drawn 22 March 1686 and preserved in the Newport Historical Society, Newport, R. I., bequeaths to

son John and daughters...Rebecca Moon
Recently Mrs. Peter Bolhouse, while inventorying the manuscripts of the Newport Historical Society, came across a paper, dated 20 April 1687, showing the division of an unnamed estate…This gives the first names of the sons-in-law as...Ebenezer Moon

Sources

"Further Information about the Family of John Peabody of Newport, R. I." by Dorothy Wood Ewers (originally from NEHGR volume 117, pages 96-98, April 1963) reprinted in Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989, page 56-58 [1] Supplement To Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, pg.46. Findagrave [2] Descendants of Robert Moone of Boston and Newport, Compiled by Doris L. Moon 2000.

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Peabody-174 created through the import of brianwood10generations.ged on Nov 7, 2011 by Brian Wood.