Rebecca
LAWTON
(b.
10/19/1715
,
Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
d.
abt. 1740
,
Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
)
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Rebecca LAWTON was born 10/19/1715 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Rebecca LAWTON was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Rebecca married Ebenezer SHERMAN 28 May 1732 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ebenezer SHERMAN was born 10/10/1701 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Ebenezer died 09/21/1791 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts). Ebenezer was the child of Samuel SHERMAN and Martha TRIPP.
Rebecca LAWTON died abt. 1740 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Ebenezer SHERMAN-- Date: 28 May 1732 Place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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Ebenezer SHERMAN was the child of Samuel SHERMAN and Martha TRIPP
Name: Ebenezer Shearman
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 28 May 1732
Event Place: , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States
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Spouse's Name: Rebekah Lawton
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Digital Folder Number: 004250610
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"Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch.org : accessed 29 November 2018), Ebenezer Shearman and Rebekah Lawton, 28 May 1732; citing , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 91.
Children of Ebenezer SHERMAN and Rebecca LAWTON:
Phebe SHERMAN (b.abt. 1734, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 11/06/1782, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Samuel LEMUNYON 14 June 1750 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)
Ebenezer SHERMAN-- Date: 28 May 1732 Place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsSee marriage record for Rebecca LAWTON and Ebenezer SHERMANEbenezer SHERMAN was the child of Samuel SHERMAN and Martha TRIPP
Name: Ebenezer Shearman
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Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 28 May 1732
Event Place: , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States
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Father's Name: Samuel Shearman
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Spouse's Name: Rebekah Lawton
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Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph Lawton
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Reference ID: p 18
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Digital Folder Number: 004250610
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"Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch.org : accessed 29 November 2018), Ebenezer Shearman and Rebekah Lawton, 28 May 1732; citing , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 91.
Children of Ebenezer SHERMAN and Rebecca LAWTON:
Phebe SHERMAN (b.abt. 1734, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 11/06/1782, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )m. Samuel LEMUNYON 14 June 1750 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)
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Name: Rebeckah Lawton
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 19 Dec 1715
Birthplace: PORTSMOUTH,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND
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Father's Name: Joseph Lawton
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Mother's Name: Content
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50124-1
System Origin: Rhode_Island-ODM
GS Film number: 908270
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'Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F87K-79L : 10 February 2018), Rebeckah Lawton, 19 Dec 1715; citing PORTSMOUTH,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.
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Name: Rebeckah Lawton
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 19 Dec 1715
Birthplace: PORTSMOUTH,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND
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Father's Name: Joseph Lawton
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Mother's Name: Content
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50124-1
System Origin: Rhode_Island-ODM
GS Film number: 908270
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'Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F87K-79L : 10 February 2018), Rebeckah Lawton, 19 Dec 1715; citing PORTSMOUTH,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.
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1732 Marriage / PartnerRebecca LAWTON and Ebenezer SHERMAN 28 May 1732, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
She was 16 years old.
Added: 11/25/2018 1:00:10 PM
- Updated: 7/7/2025 5:54:57 PM
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state
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