Rebecca Briscoe
Wife of Samuel Foster, who died in 1702, and afterwards of Thomas Morrise (1709) and William Scorch (1718); probably a daughter of Joseph Briscoe. As "the widow Rebecca Scorch" she joined in a deed of 1722 with her son Samuel Foster, who married Rachel Kneeland.
Life
- 1679Born16 Sept 1679, Boston, Massachusetts
"Rebecca of Joseph & Rebecca Brisco born Sept. 16" [1679] (RC 9:148). Baptized at the Old South Church 12 Oct 1680 (NEHGR 178:34, citing the Old South records).
- 1709Married Thomas Morrise13 Oct 1709
Boston marriages, as cited in NEHGR 178:34.
- 1718Married William Scorch25 Dec 1718
Boston marriages, as cited in NEHGR 178:34.
Family
- Father
- Joseph Briscoe
Her husband's 1699/1700 deed calls Joseph Brisco his father-in-law. That he was Joseph Jr. (b. 1658) follows the NEHGR 178 account.
documentedprobableSources
- Trust deed of Samuel Foster of Boston
- Spencer, Dearborn and Dearborn, William Briscoe of Boston, New England Historical and Genealogical Register 178 (2024)
- Reasoning:
research/low/Low_Line_Research.md
- Mother
- Rebecca Briscoe
NEHGR 178 lists her first among the children of Joseph and Rebecca; Savage (1:256), Joseph "by w. Rebecca had Rebecca, b. 16 Sept. 1679." Her birth record names her parents as Joseph and Rebecca Brisco. That the Rebecca of 1679 is the wife living in 1724 is assumed; no second wife is known.
- Spouse 1
- Thomas Morrise
NEHGR 178:34 has him "Thomas Morris, prob. the one bur. Boston 19 Dec. 1717."
documentedproven - Spouse 2
- William Scorch
A cooper (deed of 1722).
documentedproven - Spouse 3
- Samuel Foster
"now wife Rebecca, daughter of my father-in-law Joseph Brisco." Marriage date not found.
documentedproven2 children
Pedigree
Notes
Wife of Samuel Foster (b. 1676), goldsmith, then of Thomas Morrise and William Scorch. Her husband’s trust deed of 1699/1700 calls her “daughter of Joseph Brisco of Boston, baker” (Suffolk Deeds 21:150). In the 1722 sale of the Squantum land she acted as “wife and attorney to William Scorch, cooper,” joining her son Samuel Foster; by 2 Aug 1726 she was “Rebecca Scorch (widow)” (NEHGR 178:34-35).
Her great-grandfather William Briscoe, a Boston tailor, was a first cousin of Rev. John Wilson, pastor of Boston’s First Church, which makes her Wilson’s first cousin three times removed (NEHGR 178:7-8, following Bartlett, NEHGR 61).
Mollie's typescript
Mollie notes that Rebecca Briscoe, wife of Samuel Foster, was married three times.
Samuel Foster (5) married Rebecca Brisco, daughter of Joseph Brisco (She was married three times).
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Connections
- In her ancestry
- 1 notable connection →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Rebecca's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.