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Rebecca ANDREWS
1646 - Aft 1717 (> 72 years)-
Name Rebecca ANDREWS Born 18 Apr 1646 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Gender Female Died Aft 1717 Notes - ”Rebecca Andrews was born on 18 April 1646 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA, USA. She married George Jacobs, son of George Jacobs, on 9 February 1673/74 at Salem, MA, USA. Rebecca Andrews died after 1717.
Rebecca Andrews Rebecca was arrested for witchcraft on May 14, 1692. 'The officer perswaded her out of the House, telling her she should speedily return, the children ran a great way after her crying.' She was to remain in prison for ten months, her four young children (daughter Margaret was already in prision) were taken in by neighbors. Her mother, in a petition to the court, calls her '-- - a Woman craz'd, distracted, and broken in her mind, and that she has been so theses twelelve years and upward.' Rebecca apparently blamed herself for the death of a child, possibly her little daughter Mary. Daughter Margaret writes of her in a letter to her father '- - My poor mother, poor woman, is very crazy and remembers her kinnd love to you and to uncle - -' Rebecca was eventually released and was living when her husband, George died in early 1717-18. George was also accused of witchcraft, but fled before he could be arrested. He and his brother-in-law, Daniel Andrews stayed away until the hysteria was over. Where they were has not been established, but the later connection with Wells, Me is suggestive. Her married name was Jacobs. “«s26»
Person ID I1629 Lowell&Block
Father Thomas ANDREWS, b. Abt 1618, England , d. Abt 1647, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 29 years) Mother Rebecca CRADDOCK, b. Bef 1 Nov 1623, London, England , d. May 1698, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 74 years) Married 1640 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F2408 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 George JACOBS, b. 1649, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1717, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years) Married 9 Feb 1674 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Children 1. Margaret JACOBS, b. 26 Nov 1675, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 2. George JACOBS, b. 29 Sep 1677, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, USA , d. 21 Feb 1749, Wells, York, Maine, USA (Age 71 years) 3. John JACOBS, b. 18 Sep 1679, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 4. Jonathan JACOBS, b. 29 Jul 1681, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 5. Mary JACOBS, b. 20 May 1683, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA 6. Joseph JACOBS, b. 1690, Massachusetts, USA Last Modified 20 Sep 2015 Family ID F765 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 John FROST Married 26 Jun 1666 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F2414 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- ”Rebecca Andrews was born on 18 April 1646 at Watertown, Middlesex, MA, USA. She married George Jacobs, son of George Jacobs, on 9 February 1673/74 at Salem, MA, USA. Rebecca Andrews died after 1717.
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Event Map Born - 18 Apr 1646 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Married - 26 Jun 1666 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Married - 9 Feb 1674 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA = Link to Google Earth