Rebecca Nash1

#7032, (20 April 1699 - 12 May 1768)
Relationship5th great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Thomas Nash Sr.1 (c 1661 - 1727/28)
Mother*Hannah Coleman1 (1667 - 1722)

Family

William Arms Jr b. 1692, d. 1774
Children 1.Rebecca Arms+3 (1722 - )
 2.William Arms III3 (1724 - 1794)
 3.Elijah Arms3 (1727 - )
 4.Thomas Arms3 (1729 - )
 5.Phineas Arms3 (1731 - 1754)
 6.David Arms3 (1734/35 - )
 7.Jonathan Arms3 (1734/35 - c 1818)
 8.Eliakim Arms3 (1737 - )
Her married name was Arms.2,3 
Birth*20 April 1699She was born on 20 April 1699 at Hatfield, Hampshire Co., MassachusettsG.1 
Marriage*28 October 1720She married William Arms Jr, son of William Arms and Joanna Hawks, on 28 October 1720 at MassachusettsG.2,3 
Death*12 May 1768She died on 12 May 1768 at Deerfield, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG, at age 69.4,5 
Burial*14 May 1768She was buried on 14 May 1768 at Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.6 

Citations

  1. [S727] Rev. Sylvester Nash, The Nash Family or Records of the descendants of Thomas Nash of New Haven, Connecticut, 1640 (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1853), p. 35.
  2. [S762] Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Deerfield Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1920), p. 153. William Arms and Rebekah Nash of Hatfield, marr. 28 Oct 1720.
  3. [S727] Rev. Sylvester Nash, The Nash Family, p. 44-45.
  4. [S1229] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Deerfield 1675–1898, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, transcription from an "old book" img. 27/481, p. 6. "Rebekah Arms, one of the heads of this family died, being consumed by fire May 12th 1768."
  5. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), pt. II 31-32 "she lost her life when their house was burned, May 12, 1768; the tradition is that she was buried under an avalanche of grain from the upper story, so that only her hands were burned."
  6. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, marker. Inscription: "On the 12th Day of May 1768, the House of Mr. William Arms was Consuned by Fire And his Wife Mrs. Rebecca Arme unhappily perished in the Flames in the 70th Year of her Age. She was one who feared God & Lord the Redeemer was a singular Example of Piety who by a devout walk was a Bright Ornament to the Christian Religion. And her Death Great Gain." Memorial 21948914, created by Geo Clinton, photo added by Bill Bourbeau.