Rebecca Wright

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name
Rebecca Wright
aka
[Rebecca Frost, Rebeckah Leveridge]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Daughter of Nicholas Wright of Oyster Bay, and probably the wife of William Frost and mother of William Frost (1674). Her first marriage, to Eleazer Leverich of Huntington, was declared void by Governor Lovelace's council in October 1670, on her father's petition, in what is believed to be the first divorce granted by the governor's council of New York. She was Rebecca Frost by May 1673.
residences
date
c. 1643
place
Sandwich, Massachusetts
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[records-plymouth-colony, article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay]
note
Grew up at Sandwich, where her father is on the 1643 list of men able to bear arms.
date
1653
place
Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay]
note
A daughter of Nicholas Wright, who went from Sandwich to the founding of Oyster Bay in 1653.
date
c. 1663
place
Huntington, Long Island, New York
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
note
Wife of Eleazer Leverich of Huntington, with whom she had lived seven and a half years by 1670.
events
what
Marriage annulled
date
Oct 1670
place
New York, New York
sources
[book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
note
The governor's council declared her marriage to Eleazer Leverich void, on her father's petition.
father
id
nicholas-wright-1609
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes, article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay, book-frost-1912-frost-genealogy]
research
research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
note
Governor Lovelace's order of 1 April 1670: "Nicholas Wright of Oyster bay hath on ye behalfe of Rebeckah his daught[er] wife of Eleazer Leveridg of Huntington made Complaint unto me" (Paltsits, p. 332).
mother
id
ann-wright-fl1674
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay, book-frost-1912-frost-genealogy]
research
research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
note
Ann was Nicholas Wright's wife in 1674; no earlier wife is known, but none is ruled out.
alternatives
name
Ann (Beaupre) Wright
claimed_by
Frost Genealogy (1912), p. 19
confidence
disproven
note
Anne Beaupré was the wife of a sixteenth-century Nicholas Wright in Latting's speculative Norfolk pedigree, not of this Nicholas.
spouses
name
Eleazer Leverich
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
note
Of Huntington, son of Rev. William Leverich. The marriage was declared void in 1670.
married
date
c. 1662/3
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
note
They had lived together "seauen yeares & a halfe" by 1670.

Wife of William Frost. Her first marriage, to Eleazer Leverich of Huntington, ended in what is believed to be the first divorce granted by the governor's council of New York. Her father brought the case: in March 1669/70 Governor Lovelace wrote that he had received "a Peticon from Rebecka ye wife of Eleazer Leveredg of yo[ur] Towne by ye hands of her father Nicholas Wright," and on 1 April 1670 he ordered a hearing because "Nicholas Wright of Oyster bay hath on ye behalfe of Rebeckah his daught[er] wife of Eleazer Leveridg of Huntington made Complaint unto me of ye uncomfortable condition wherein his said Daughter hath for diuers yeares past liued w[i]th her said husband" (record, pp. 43, 331-332). These papers are the documentary proof of her parentage. In October 1670 the council, "with ye Advice of Chirurgions well skill'd & Sober Matrons who privily Examyned both ye man & woman," found "That ye defect was in ye husband & not in ye wife," declared the marriage void, and gave her "free libertye to dispose of her selfe in Lawfull marriage"; Eleazer was ordered to pay her "twenty five pounds in living Cattle" for what she had brought to him (record).

She was married to William Frost by 20 May 1673, when her uncle Anthony Wright's will left "To Rebecca ffrost, two shillings, six pence" (source, p. 37). The Frost Genealogy takes her to have been living in 1698, from a will of that year that speaks only of "my wife," unnamed; that will may never have been proved, and in 1720 the widow who administered William Frost's estate was Elinor (source, pp. 19-20). The trees' birth at Sandwich in 1642 and death in 1717 have no source, though Sandwich is likely for a birth in the 1640s: "several of the children of Peter and Nicholas were born" there (Latting, p. 35).

Research: The Long Island Quaker families of the Frost line.

Open questions

  • Her birth and death. When she died, and whether Elinor, the widow of 1720, was a second wife.
  1. ---
  2. name: Rebecca Wright
  3. aka: [Rebecca Frost, Rebeckah Leveridge]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Daughter of Nicholas Wright of Oyster Bay, and probably the wife of William Frost and mother of
  8. William Frost (1674). Her first marriage, to Eleazer Leverich of Huntington, was declared void by
  9. Governor Lovelace's council in October 1670, on her father's petition, in what is believed to be
  10. the first divorce granted by the governor's council of New York. She was Rebecca Frost by May
  11. 1673.
  12. residences:
  13. - date: "c. 1643"
  14. place: Sandwich, Massachusetts
  15. basis: inferred
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [records-plymouth-colony, article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay]
  18. note: "Grew up at Sandwich, where her father is on the 1643 list of men able to bear arms."
  19. - date: "1653"
  20. place: Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
  21. basis: inferred
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay]
  24. note: "A daughter of Nicholas Wright, who went from Sandwich to the founding of Oyster Bay in 1653."
  25. - date: "c. 1663"
  26. place: Huntington, Long Island, New York
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
  30. note: "Wife of Eleazer Leverich of Huntington, with whom she had lived seven and a half years by 1670."
  31. events:
  32. - what: Marriage annulled
  33. date: "Oct 1670"
  34. place: New York, New York
  35. sources: [book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
  36. note: "The governor's council declared her marriage to Eleazer Leverich void, on her father's petition."
  37. father:
  38. id: nicholas-wright-1609
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: proven
  41. sources: [book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes, article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay, book-frost-1912-frost-genealogy]
  42. research: research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
  43. note: 'Governor Lovelace''s order of 1 April 1670: "Nicholas Wright of Oyster bay hath on ye behalfe of Rebeckah his daught[er] wife of Eleazer Leveridg of Huntington made Complaint unto me" (Paltsits, p. 332).'
  44. mother:
  45. id: ann-wright-fl1674
  46. basis: inferred
  47. confidence: probable
  48. sources: [article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay, book-frost-1912-frost-genealogy]
  49. research: research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
  50. note: Ann was Nicholas Wright's wife in 1674; no earlier wife is known, but none is ruled out.
  51. alternatives:
  52. - name: Ann (Beaupre) Wright
  53. claimed_by: Frost Genealogy (1912), p. 19
  54. confidence: disproven
  55. note: Anne Beaupré was the wife of a sixteenth-century Nicholas Wright in Latting's speculative Norfolk pedigree, not of this Nicholas.
  56. spouses:
  57. - name: Eleazer Leverich
  58. basis: documented
  59. confidence: proven
  60. sources: [book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
  61. note: Of Huntington, son of Rev. William Leverich. The marriage was declared void in 1670.
  62. married:
  63. date: c. 1662/3
  64. basis: documented
  65. confidence: probable
  66. sources: [book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes]
  67. note: They had lived together "seauen yeares & a halfe" by 1670.
  68. ---
  70. Wife of William Frost. Her first marriage, to Eleazer Leverich of Huntington, ended in what is believed
  71. to be the first divorce granted by the governor's council of New York. Her father brought the case:
  72. in March 1669/70 Governor Lovelace wrote that he had received "a Peticon from Rebecka ye wife of Eleazer
  73. Leveredg of yo[ur] Towne by ye hands of her father Nicholas Wright," and on 1 April 1670 he ordered a
  74. hearing because "Nicholas Wright of Oyster bay hath on ye behalfe of Rebeckah his daught[er] wife of
  75. Eleazer Leveridg of Huntington made Complaint unto me of ye uncomfortable condition wherein his said
  76. Daughter hath for diuers yeares past liued w[i]th her said husband"
  77. ([record](/files/sources/book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes/), pp. 43, 331-332). These papers are the
  78. documentary proof of her parentage. In October 1670 the council, "with ye Advice of Chirurgions well
  79. skill'd & Sober Matrons who privily Examyned both ye man & woman," found "That ye defect was in ye
  80. husband & not in ye wife," declared the marriage void, and gave her "free libertye to dispose of her
  81. selfe in Lawfull marriage"; Eleazer was ordered to pay her "twenty five pounds in living Cattle" for what
  82. she had brought to him ([record](/files/sources/book-paltsits-1910-lovelace-minutes/)).
  84. She was married to William Frost by 20 May 1673, when her uncle Anthony Wright's will left "To Rebecca
  85. ffrost, two shillings, six pence" ([source](/files/sources/article-latting-1872-wright-family-oyster-bay/),
  86. p. 37). The Frost Genealogy takes her to have been living in 1698, from a will of that year that speaks
  87. only of "my wife," unnamed; that will may never have been proved, and in 1720 the widow who
  88. administered William Frost's estate was Elinor ([source](/files/sources/book-frost-1912-frost-genealogy/),
  89. pp. 19-20). The trees' birth at Sandwich in 1642 and death in 1717 have no source, though Sandwich is
  90. likely for a birth in the 1640s: "several of the children of Peter and Nicholas were born" there
  91. (Latting, p. 35).
  93. Research: `research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md`.
  95. ## Open questions
  97. - Her birth and death. When she died, and whether Elinor, the widow of 1720, was a second wife.
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