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Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols 1617 – 1675 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Mar 1617

Birth Location: Ardleigh, Essex, England

Death Date: 22 Sep 1675

Death Location: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Thomas Josselyn

Mother: Jude Marlowe

Spouse(s): Thomas (ancestor)

Children(s): Hannah Whitcomb

Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols was born in 1617 in Ardleigh, Essex, England, the child of Thomas Josselyn and Jude Rebecca Marlowe. Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols married Thomas Nichols (ancestor), and had children including Hannah Nichols Whitcomb. Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols passed away in 1675 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols was born in 1617 in Ardleigh, Essex, England, the child of Thomas Josselyn and Jude Rebecca Marlowe.
  • Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols married Thomas Nichols (ancestor), and had children including Hannah Nichols Whitcomb.
  • Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols passed away in 1675 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Josselyn
1591 – 1661
Birth Location: Roxwell, Essex, England
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Jude Marlowe
1592 – 1669
Birth Location: London, Sussex, England
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Spouses(s)

Thomas (ancestor)
1615 – 1696
Birth Location: Coggeshall, Essex, England
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Children(s)

Hannah Whitcomb
1647 – 1692
Birth Location: Lancaster, Massachusetts
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Rebecca Nichols's Ancestors

Self
Rebecca Nichols
1617 – 1675
Birth Place: Ardleigh, Essex, England
Parents
Thomas Josselyn
1591 – 1661
Roxwell, Essex, England
Jude (Rebecca) Marlowe
1592 – 1669
London, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Ralph Josselyn
1556 – 1631
Chignal-Smealy, Essex, England
Mary Bright
1558 – 1604
Roxwell, Essex, England
Edward Marlowe
1577 – 1630
Egham, Surrey, , England
Donna (P) Arterburn
1577 – 1630
Royal Oak, England
Great-Grandparents
John Josselyn
1525 – 1579
Hester Puckering
1554 – 1592
Zink Arterburn
1560 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sarah Arterburn
1531 – 1585

Rebecca Nichols's Descendants

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Rebecca (Joslyn (Joslin)) Nichols (27 Mar 1617 – 22 Sep 1675) m. Thomas (Nichols) (ancestor) (21 Feb 1615 – 08 Nov 1696)
  1. 1. Hannah (Nichols) Whitcomb (04 Feb 1647 – 18 Jul 1692) m. Jonathan (Captain) Whitcomb (1628 – 1691)
    1. 1. Jonathan Whitcomb (1669 – 1715) m. Mary Blood (1669 – 1715)
      1. 1. Mary Whitcomb (1704 – 1798) m. John Cobleigh (1709 – 1781)
        1. 1. Mary Cobleigh (1749 – 1796) m. Joshua Lamb (1741 – 1823)

Rebecca Nichols's Timeline

2 Records

1617
27 Mar 1617
Birth of Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols in Ardleigh, Essex, England
Ardleigh, Essex, England
1675
22 Sep 1675
Age 58
Death of Rebecca Joslyn (Joslin) Nichols in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1617
    Event Place: Ardleigh, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1675
    Event Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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