Rebecca (Wheeler) Minot

Family

Sources

1. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord VR 1635-1850 (1895): "James Minott ye son of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah his wife was Borne octobr ye 17th 1694."; siblings "Timothy Minott ye son of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah his wife was Born June ye 18th 1692", Rebeckah (Feb. 9, 1684[/5]), Lidia (Mar. 12, 1686/7), Mary (Nov. 16, 1689), Elizebeth, Marthah, Love, Mercy "of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah"; "mrs Rebekah Minott Wife to Justice James Minott her Husband died September : 23 : 1734 [Ætat. 68. g. s.]"; "mr James minott of Concord and mrs martha Lane of Billerica was married by Justice minott nouember 14 day 1716"; "mrs Martha Minott Wife to Major James Minott her husband died January 18 : 1733/4 [in her 40th yr. g. s.]"; "James Minot Esqr Husband to Mrs Elisabeth his wife Died Febrvary : 6 : 1759 [in his 65th yr. g. s.]".

2. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord VR 1635-1850 (1895): "James Minott ye son of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah his wife was Borne octobr ye 17th 1694."; siblings "Timothy Minott ye son of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah his wife was Born June ye 18th 1692", Rebeckah (Feb. 9, 1684[/5]), Lidia (Mar. 12, 1686/7), Mary (Nov. 16, 1689), Elizebeth, Marthah, Love, Mercy "of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah"; "mrs Rebekah Minott Wife to Justice James Minott her Husband died September : 23 : 1734 [Ætat. 68. g. s.]"; "mr James minott of Concord and mrs martha Lane of Billerica was married by Justice minott nouember 14 day 1716"; "mrs Martha Minott Wife to Major James Minott her husband died January 18 : 1733/4 [in her 40th yr. g. s.]"; "James Minot Esqr Husband to Mrs Elisabeth his wife Died Febrvary : 6 : 1759 [in his 65th yr. g. s.]".

3. C. E. Banks, "The History of Martha's Vineyard", Vol. III Family Genealogies (1925), THE BUTLER FAMILY pp. 46-47: "Mr. Nicholas Butler, the first of his name on the Vineyard ... He m. (1) at St. George's, Canterbury, Mary Cotterell 18 July 1613, who d. in Aug. 1623 at Ashford, Kent ... He m. (2) Joyce Baker, dau. of Richard and Margaret Baker of Ashford 22 Jan. 1623-4, who was bapt. 30 May 1602 ... only those by the second wife survived ... By Second Wife: 6. John, bapt. 2 Jan. 1624-5 ... 7. Henry, bapt. 7 Sept. 1626 ... 8. Lydia, bapt. 23 Feb. 1628-9; m. John Minot 19 May 1647; she d. 25 Jan 1667, and an elegy on her death was printed (see Minot Genealogy p. 12)." Minot Genealogy (1897): "married 19 May, 1647, Lydia (born , died 25 Jan., 1667), daughter of Nicholas and Joyce Butler, of Dorchester and Martha's Vineyard."

   Minot Genealogy (1897) gravestone: "MRS. REBECCA MINOTT YE VIRTUOUS CONSORT OF JAMES MINOTT ESQ (AND DAUGHTER OF CAPT. TIMOTHY WHEELER) ... RESIGNED HER SOUL WITH JOY IN HER REDEEMER SEPT. 23, 1734 AGE 68." Shattuck (1835): "He m. Rebecca, da. of Capt. Timothy Wheeler, and lived on the estate left by his father-in-law". Mother not named (Concord VR has Timothy Wheeler x Mary [children 1650s-60s] and m. Routh Fuller 29 June 1670) = LEAD.