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Rebecca Foote

Female 1634 - 1701  (66 years)


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  • Name Rebecca Foote  [1, 2, 3
    Born 3 Sep 1634  Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Apr 1701  Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Buried Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I20647  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2021 

    Father Nathaniel Foote,   b. 21 Sep 1592, Shalfrod, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 20 Nov 1644, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Deming,   b. 4 Oct 1595, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1683, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married Abt Jan 1614  Colchester, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Family ID F7376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lieut. Philip Smith,   b. 30 Apr 1632, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1684, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1 Mar 1657  Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Both James Albury and the Pane-Joyce Genealogy website list an Ichabod (1675-1746) as a son, although he is not shown on the Foote Family Website. The Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, does show they had eight children.

      Philip and Rebecca (Foote) Smith. are the seventh great-grandparents of George Herbert Walker Bush (42 President of the United States), through their daughter, Rebecca, who marreid George Stillman.

    Children 
     1. Deacon Samuel Smith,   b. Jan 1658, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1707, East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
     2. Deacon John Smith,   b. 18 Dec 1661, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1727, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     3. Jonathan Smith,   b. Abt 1663, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1737, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     4. Philip Smith,   b. Abt 1665, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1724, East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
     5. Rebecca Smith,   b. Abt 1668, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1750, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     6. Nathaniel Smith,   b. 2 Jan 1670, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1740, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     7. Rev. Joseph Smith,   b. Abt 1674, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1736, Middletown Upper House, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2021 
    Family ID F7364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Maj. Aaron Cooke,   b. Abt 1610, Bridport, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1690  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1688  Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • On 2 Oct 1688 Rebecca second married Capt. Aaron Cook, son of Aaron Cook (ca 1586-Dec 1615) & Elizabeth Charde (1589-16 Apr 1643), at Hadley, MA.12 Born ca 1613/4 at Bridport, Dorset, Eng. Baptized on 20 Mar 1613/4 at Bridport, Dorset, Eng.4 Aaron died at Northampton, MA, on 5 Sep 1690.172 Buried in Bridge St. Cem., Northampton.

      Aaron emigrated with his mother and stepfather, Thomas Ford,in 1630 on the Mary & John to Dorchester, MA, where he was made freeman 6 May 1635. He received three acres of land 1 Sep 1634 with additonal grants on 5 Jul 1636. He removed to Windsor in 1653 and was granted 50 acres at Simsbury. He served as juror many times and was made lieutenant and commander-in-chief of 65 soldiers on 21 May 1652 at Windsor. He was chosen captain in 1655. He was granted land at Northampton, MA, 1659/60, and settled there the next year. He was selectman several terms, and a deputy of the General Court many years. He was known as a wolf hunter; kept an ordinary, 1668-72; cdr. garrison at Westfield, 1675; returned to Northampton, 1678.

      Source: http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_444.html
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F7375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Sep 1634 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Mar 1657 - Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Oct 1688 - Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Apr 1701 - Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S293] Albury, James (james_albury@hotmail.com) "Ancestors of James Henry Albury, Jr.."; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:603723 ; Ver. Sat Aug 25 14:41:40 2001.

    2. [S92] Foote Family Association of America http://footefamily.org.

    3. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 39997282 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 28849487 (Reliability: 3).