Rebecca Delano
Wife of Sgt. John Churchill Jr., married at Plymouth in 1686, and mother of Elizabeth (Churchill) Ellis. Daughter of Philip Delano, probably by his second wife, Mary (Pontus) Glass; if so, her husband was her first cousin, both being grandchildren of William Pontus.
Life
- c. 1656Bornc. 1656/7
From her age at death. Sibert gives c. 1661.
compiledprobable - 1686Married John Churchill28 Dec 1686, Plymouth, Massachusetts
"John CHURCHILL married Rebekah DELLENO 28 Dec. 1686" (Book 1 p. 128).
documentedproven - 1709Died6 Apr 1709
"Aged 52" (The Churchill Family in America). Sibert and Wikipedia give 7 Apr.
compiledprobable
Family
- Father
- Philip Delano
"Daughter of Philip" (The Churchill Family in America, 1904). The family agreement on his estate (5 July 1682) gives "Rebeckah a yeerling heiffer."
- Mother
- Mary Pontus
Philip's first wife was dead by his second marriage in Jan 1653/4, so Rebecca, born c. 1656/7, was Mary's daughter.
inferredprobableSources
- The Churchill Family in America (1904)
- Reasoning:
research/freeman-ellis/Freeman_Ellis_Line_Research.md
- Spouse
- John Churchilldocumentedproven
Pedigree
Notes
Daughter of Philip Delano’s second marriage, to Mary (Pontus) Glass. Wife of Sgt. John Churchill Jr. (married 28 Dec 1686: “John CHURCHILL married Rebekah DELLENO”) and mother of Elizabeth (Churchill) Ellis. Her husband was her first cousin: both were grandchildren of William Pontus.
On 1 Oct 1661 Abraham Peirce Jr. apologised in court for having “follishly and vnadvisedly reported” that Rebeckah Alden and Hester Delanoy, Rebecca’s half-sister, were with child, “and that thervpon wee should haue young troopers” (PCR 4:7).
Under the 1682 settlement of her father’s estate she received “a yeerling heiffer,” and her sister Jane “one Cow & heifer” (MD 11:250). On 1 Jan 1693/4 her brother Samuel Delano sold her husband, for £14, his half of their grandfather William Pontus’s share of land at Namasket (Middleborough) (Plym. Co. Deeds 1:312; MD 11:251-252).
Connections
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