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Rebecca Very (Trask)

Also Known As: "Widow Potter", "Widow Boyce"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: after 1739
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Trask and Abigail Traske
Wife of Samuel Potter; Joseph Boyce, Ill and Benjamin Very, Sr.
Mother of Mary Boyce; Rebekah Boyce; Joseph Boyce, IV; Abigail Boyce; John Boyce and 2 others
Sister of Nicholas Trask, Sr.; Elias Trask and Samuell Trask

Managed by: Edward Leo Neary
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Immediate Family

About Rebecca Very

Married 1) Samuel Potter 2) Joseph Boyce. Probably not the Rebecca Boice who married the 2nd Benjamin Very (d 1785) but seen as wife of his father.

Children

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/cBirthsB.shtml Boyce births:

  • Mary, d. Joseph, jr. and Rebeckah, Feb. 15, 1695-6. CTR
  • Rebecca, d. Joseph and Rebecca, 31: 1m: 1697. CR7. Died 2 July 1715.
  • Joseph, s. Joseph and Rebecca, 29: 10m: 1699. CR7 Boyce children Not listed in Salem VR:
  • Abigail
  • John Boice, son of Joseph, son of Joseph, m Elisabeth Osborne of Salem, Jan 18 1728. (History of New Ipswich, NH) GoogleBooks
  • Samuel
  • Nicholas

Origins

The History of Salem, Massachusetts: 1626-1637 By Sidney Perley. Page 95. GoogleBooks

John TRASK _miller; married, first, Abigail Parkman Feb. 19, 1662; second, Mary Clarke Feb. 13, 1717-8; died Nov. - 1729; his wife Mary survived him; children: 1. Abigail, born Nov. 19, 1664; married, first, John Rowland; second, Capt. Thomas Larrimore; third, William Jacobs; -2. John, born Jan. 7, 1666; 3. Mary,' born July 14, 1669; married John Shillaber; 4. Samuel, born Aug. 14, 1671; 5. Rebecca," born April 23, 1674; married, first, Joseph Boyce; second, Benjamin Very; 6. Nicholas, born March 26, 1677; 7. Elias, born July 13, 1679; 8. Jonathan.'


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Rebecca Very's Timeline

1674
April 23, 1674
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1695
February 15, 1695
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1695
1697
January 31, 1697
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1699
October 29, 1699
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
1739
1739
Age 64
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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