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REBECCA MATHEWS 1664 – 1720 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Nov 1664

Birth Location: Paignton,Devon,England

Death Date: 8 Feb 1720

Death Location: Harberton, Devon, England

Father: SAMUEL MATHEW(S)

Mother: Agnes Waymouth

Spouse(s): RICHARD WIDDECOMBE\Wythycomb

Children(s): Richard Widdicombe, SAMUEL WIDDICOMBE, Rebeccah Widdicombe, John Withycomb, Sarah Withycomb, Jane Widdicombe, John Widdicombe, Thomas Widdicombe

The story of REBECCA MATHEWS began in 1664 in Paignton,Devon,England. REBECCA MATHEWS married RICHARD WIDDECOMBE\Wythycomb, and had children including Richard Widdicombe, SAMUEL WIDDICOMBE, Rebeccah Widdicombe, John Withycomb, Sarah Withycomb, Jane Widdicombe, John Widdicombe, Thomas Widdicombe. REBECCA MATHEWS passed away in 1720 in Harberton, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • The story of REBECCA MATHEWS began in 1664 in Paignton,Devon,England.
  • REBECCA MATHEWS married RICHARD WIDDECOMBE\Wythycomb, and had children including Richard Widdicombe, SAMUEL WIDDICOMBE, Rebeccah Widdicombe, John Withycomb, Sarah Withycomb, Jane Widdicombe, John Widdicombe, Thomas Widdicombe.
  • REBECCA MATHEWS passed away in 1720 in Harberton, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

SAMUEL MATHEW(S)
1627 –
Birth Location: Paignton, Devon, England
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Agnes Waymouth
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

RICHARD WIDDECOMBE\Wythycomb
1665 – 1726
Birth Location: Diptford, Devon, England
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Children(s)

Richard Widdicombe
1697 – 1729
Birth Location: Diptford, Devon, England
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SAMUEL WIDDICOMBE
1700 – 1784
Birth Location: Harberton, Devon, England
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Rebeccah Widdicombe
1702 –
Birth Location: Harberton, Devon, England
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John Withycomb
1707 –
Birth Location: Harberton, Devon, England
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Sarah Withycomb
1709 –
Birth Location: Harberton, Devon, England
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Jane Widdicombe
Birth Location: Harberton, Devon, England
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John Widdicombe
Birth Location: Harberton, Devon, England
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Thomas Widdicombe
– 1737
Birth Location: Harberton, Devon, England
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REBECCA MATHEWS's Ancestors

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REBECCA MATHEWS
1664 – 1720
Birth Place: Paignton,Devon,England
Parents
SAMUEL MATHEW(S)
1627 –
Paignton, Devon, England
Agnes Waymouth
Grandparents
JOHN MATHEW(S)
1610 –
Paignton, Devon, England
ELIZABETH DREW
Great-Grandparents
Ellize Mathew
1566 – 1644
Joane Martin
1566 – 1622
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William MATHEW
1543 –
Elizabeth CLEMENT
1543 –
OWEN MARTIN
– 1583
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REBECCA MATHEWS's Descendants

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REBECCA MATHEWS (26 Nov 1664 – 8 Feb 1720) m. RICHARD WIDDECOMBE\Wythycomb (16 Feb 1665 – 21 Apr 1726)
  1. 1. Richard Widdicombe (30 Jan 1697 – 8 May 1729)
  2. 2. SAMUEL WIDDICOMBE (11 JUN 1700 – 04 MAY 1784) m. JANE ((JOAN) (JONE)) COLTON (20 Aug 1712 – 5 Apr 1781)
    1. 1. John Widdicombe (24 Nov 1731 – 1733)
    2. 2. Samuel Widdicombe (24 Nov 1731 – 1733)
    3. 3. Richard Widdicombe (17 Jan 1732 – 23 May 1775) m. Margaret Whiteway (02 Apr 1732 – 1775)
      1. 1. Richard Widdicombe (1757 – )
      2. 2. John Widdicombe (1759 – )
      3. 3. Margaret Widdicombe (1760 – )
      4. 4. Mary Widdicombe (1762 – )
      5. 5. Jenny Widdicombe (1763 – )
      6. 6. Samuel Widdicombe (1765 – )
      7. 7. William Widdicombe (1767 – )
      8. 8. Thomas Widdicombe (1769 – )
      9. 9. Joesph Widdicombe (1772 – )
    4. 4. Elizabeth Widdicombe (1733 – Bef. 12 Apr 1737)
    5. 5. Samuel Widdicombe (12 DEC 1734 – 29 JAN 1804) m. Elizabeth Whiteway (01 SEP 1736 – 7 Dec 1815)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Widdicombe (01 NOV 1757 – )
      2. 2. John Widdicombe (02 APR 1760 – 05 FEB 1816) m. Mary Corbin (1760 – )
        1. 1. John WIDDICOMBE (1790 – )
        2. 2. Robert WIDDICOMBE (1794 – 16 Mar 1826)
      3. 3. Richard WIDDICOMBE (11 JUN 1761 – )
      4. 4. Jenny Widdicombe (21 NOV 1765 – )
      5. 5. Sarah Widdicombe (1767 – )
      6. 6. William Widdicombe (21 APR 1768 – 1816)
      7. 7. Nicholas (Colton) Widdicombe (28 NOV 1769 – 1799) m. Elizabeth CREES (abt 1770 – )
        1. 1. Elizabeth WIDDICOMBE (1791 – )
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) WIDDICOMBE (1793 – NOV 1855)
      8. 8. Mary Widdicombe (30 APR 1770 – ) m. John Braund
      9. 9. Thomas Widdicombe (30 MAR 1773 – )
      10. 10. Ann Widdicombe (20 FEB 1775 – 1851)
      11. 11. Joanna Widdicombe (04 SEP 1777 – 1851) m. Edward Mathews
        1. 1. Samuel (Widdecombe) Mathews (Abt. 1815 – )
        2. 2. Richard Mathews (Abt. 1819 – 31 Mar 1866)
        3. 3. Richard Matthews
        4. 4. Elizabeth Mathews (Abt. 1820 – Abt. Jan 1869)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Widdicombe (12 Apr 1737 – Dec 1815) m. William Whiteway
    7. 7. Rebeccah Widdicombe (28 May 1739 – 28 Nov 1742)
    8. 8. John Widdicombe (1741 – ) m. Mary Soper
      1. 1. john widdicombe
    9. 9. William Widdicombe (27 Jan 1741 – 28 Nov 1742)
    10. 10. WILLIAM WIDDICOMBE (11 Oct 1743 – 1804) m. Jenny ((Jane)) Hannaford (28 Oct 1759 – 19 Nov 1804)
      1. 1. Jane Widdicombe (25 Nov 1778 – 5 Apr 1784)
      2. 2. William (Henry) Widdecombe (9 Jul 1780 – 18 May 1860) m. Mary Smerdon (3 Jan 1783 – 21 Nov 1815) m. Jane (Faremouth nee) Smerdon (5 Nov 1790 – 14 Feb 1853)
        1. 1. William Widdicombe (12 Aug 1802 – 21 April 1879)
        2. 2. John Widdicombe (18 Jan 1804 – Abt. Jul 1864)
        3. 3. Jane Widdicombe (24 Dec 1805 – )
        4. 4. Mary Widdicombe (15 Jan 1808 – )
        5. 5. Elizabeth Widdicombe (14 Nov 1809 – )
        6. 6. Thomas Widdicombe (3 Jan 1812 – Abt. Jun 1887) m. Mary (Ann) Crocker (24 Sep 1815 – Abt. May 1865)
        7. 7. Samuel Widdicombe (2 Mar 1814 – 1824)
        8. 8. Robert Widdicombe (14 Jan 1817 – )
        9. 9. Richard Widdicombe (11 Mar 1819 – ) m. Elizabeth (Widdicombe) Andrews (abt 1820 – )
        10. 10. Joseph Widdicombe (1821 – )
        11. 11. Jemima Widdicombe (23 Jan 1825 – )
        12. 12. Samuel Widdicombe (6 Apr 1828 – )
        13. 13. Charlotte Widdicombe (1831 – )
        14. 14. Emily Widdicombe (23 Aug 1835 – )
        15. 15. Richard Widdicombe (Abt. 1819 – Abt. Jun 1861)
      3. 3. JOHN WIDDICOMBE (31 Jul 1782 – 16 Nov 1862) m. Elizabeth Smerdon (13 October 1786 – 20/03/1847)
        1. 1. Elizabeth ((Betsy)) Widdicombe (22 January 1805 – Dec 1870) m. William Harris (1801 – 27 Feb 1879)
        2. 2. Jane Widdicombe (4 Mar 1807 – 1863)
        3. 3. Mary Widdicombe (28 Feb 1809 – Abt. Apr 1882) m. Nicholas Wakeham (abt 1808 – )
        4. 4. Ann Widdicombe (29 May 1811 – 1864) m. William Haddy (Abt. Mar 1809 – 1 Mar 1887)
        5. 5. Susanna Widdicombe (17 Nov 1813 – Abt. Jan 1888) m. John Crudge (1811 – )
        6. 6. Sarah (Ann) Widdicombe (13 Nov 1816 – Aft. 1871) m. Richard Partridge (1816 – ) m. Peter Loye (abt 1818 – 7 Apr 1868)
        7. 7. JOHN WIDDICOMBE (31 Jul 1819 – Abt. Jan 1887) m. Louisa (Clarke) Richards (abt 1816 – 5 September 1883)
        8. 8. WILLIAM WIDDICOMBE (1823 – 24 Apr 1892) m. SARAH (ANNE) WAY (09 Aug 1828 – 16 Nov 1883)
    11. 11. Thomas Widdicombe (3 Dec 1745 – 13 Sep 1809) m. Suzanna Huxham (4 Sep 1747 – )
      1. 1. Thomas Widdicombe (17 Mar 1767 – 13 May 1829) m. Catherine Sparke (1770 – 10 Apr 1822)
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Widdicombe (1791 – )
        2. 2. Ann Widdicombe (Abt. 1791 – Apr 1867)
        3. 3. William Widdicombe (21 Nov 1794 – 15 Feb 1870) m. Maria Goodridge (20 Nov 1804 – Sep 1902)
        4. 4. Catherine (Trounsell) Widdicombe (27 Jan 1797 – 12 May 1876)
        5. 5. Robert Widdicombe (26 Mar 1799 – 02 Sep 1876)
        6. 6. Tryphena Widdicombe (19 Jun 1801 – 09 Feb 1865)
        7. 7. Thomas Widdicombe (17 Dec, 1803 – 4 Sep, 1879) m. Ann Rendle (abt 1808 – 27 JAN 1871) m. Anne Whiteway (1853 – )
        8. 8. Elizabeth Widdicombe (10 Mar 1806 – 03 Oct 1832)
        9. 9. Honor Widdicombe (26 Aug 1808 – )
        10. 10. John (Tremblet) Widdicombe (11 Mar 1811 – 29 April 1886) m. Louiza (Ellen) Tavenner (1815 – 2 January 1869)
        11. 11. Mary (Jane) Widdicombe (1815 – 1866)
      2. 2. Rebecca Widdicombe (12 Jan 1769 – ) m. John Watson
      3. 3. Robert Widdicombe (12 Dec 1771 – 1835)
      4. 4. John Widdicombe (17 Mar 1774 – Jan 1810) m. Mary Waymouth (1782 – 4 Feb 1848)
        1. 1. Mary Widdicombe (28 Dec 1802 – 1878)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Widdicombe (1804 – )
        3. 3. John Widdicombe (18 Jan 1804 – Abt. 1860) m. Grace Willis (Abt. May 1809 – 14 Sep 1869)
        4. 4. Thomas Widdicombe (2 Dec 1804 – 2 Oct 1888) m. Anne Peters (19 Oct 1807 – April 1888)
        5. 5. Caroline Widdicombe (25 Oct 1809 – 1883)
      5. 5. William WIDDICOMBE (1781 – 23 Jul 1853)
      6. 6. Sarah (Coram) Widdicombe (31 Jan 1786 – ) m. Thomas Trist (30 Oct 1810 – )
    12. 12. Rebekah Widdicombe (25 Apr 1748 – ) m. Thomas Huxham
    13. 13. Jenny Widdicombe (12 Aug 1750 – 10 Mar 1763)
    14. 14. Joanna Widdicombe (7 Jul 1752 – ) m. John Tucker
    15. 15. Sarah Widdicombe (26 Jun 1754 – )
  3. 3. Rebeccah Widdicombe (Abt. 1702 – )
  4. 4. John Withycomb (Abt. 1707 – )
  5. 5. Sarah Withycomb (Abt. 1709 – )
  6. 6. Jane Widdicombe
  7. 7. John Widdicombe
  8. 8. Thomas Widdicombe ( – 6 May 1737)

REBECCA MATHEWS's Timeline

2 Records

1664
26 Nov 1664
Birth of REBECCA MATHEWS in Paignton,Devon,England
Paignton,Devon,England
1720
8 Feb 1720
Age 56
Death of REBECCA MATHEWS in Harberton, Devon, England
Harberton, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Nov 1664
    Event Place: Paignton,Devon,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1720
    Event Place: Harberton, Devon, England
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