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Rebekah Fettyplace <I>Hooper</I> Picket

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Rebekah Fettyplace Hooper Picket

Birth
Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
10 Sep 1804 (aged 42)
Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.807213, Longitude: -70.875786
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Mrs. Rebekah (Fettyplace) (Hooper) Picket was born in Marblehead and baptized at First Congregational Church. She was the daughter of Capt. Edward Fettyplace, Esq. and Elizabeth Hinds of 19 Orne Street, Marblehead. The spelling Fittyplace on this memorial is a corruption of the surname Fettyplace.

Rebekah Fettyplace married 1st. on 8 Jul 1783, Henry Hooper, a "shoreman" in Marblehead who was bpt. 12 Jul 1761 the son of Robert D. Hooper and Abigail Blaney. Henry Hooper died 14 Nov 1793. There are no children recorded in Marblehead from the marriage of Rebekah Fettyplace and Henry Hooper. [Robert D. Hooper was bpt. 24 Nov 1706 the son of Henry Hooper and Mary Norman.]

Mrs. Rebekah (Fettyplace) Hooper married 2nd. on 12 Nov 1795 Capt. William Picket bpt. 25 Aug 1754 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Marblehead. He was the son of Joseph Picket and Bethia Jackson who married in Marblehead 16 Jul 1753.

Capt. William Picket and Rebekah Fettyplace had 2 children bpt. at First Religous Society (Unitarian) in Newburyport.

1. Rebecca Picket bpt. 12 Oct 1797.

2. Elizabeth Picket bpt. 10 Jul 1801.
Mrs. Rebekah (Fettyplace) (Hooper) Picket was born in Marblehead and baptized at First Congregational Church. She was the daughter of Capt. Edward Fettyplace, Esq. and Elizabeth Hinds of 19 Orne Street, Marblehead. The spelling Fittyplace on this memorial is a corruption of the surname Fettyplace.

Rebekah Fettyplace married 1st. on 8 Jul 1783, Henry Hooper, a "shoreman" in Marblehead who was bpt. 12 Jul 1761 the son of Robert D. Hooper and Abigail Blaney. Henry Hooper died 14 Nov 1793. There are no children recorded in Marblehead from the marriage of Rebekah Fettyplace and Henry Hooper. [Robert D. Hooper was bpt. 24 Nov 1706 the son of Henry Hooper and Mary Norman.]

Mrs. Rebekah (Fettyplace) Hooper married 2nd. on 12 Nov 1795 Capt. William Picket bpt. 25 Aug 1754 at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Marblehead. He was the son of Joseph Picket and Bethia Jackson who married in Marblehead 16 Jul 1753.

Capt. William Picket and Rebekah Fettyplace had 2 children bpt. at First Religous Society (Unitarian) in Newburyport.

1. Rebecca Picket bpt. 12 Oct 1797.

2. Elizabeth Picket bpt. 10 Jul 1801.

Inscription

In memory of
Mrs. Rebecca Picket
wife of
Capt. William Picket
& daughter of
Capt. Edwd Fittyplace of Marblehead
who died Sept. 10th 1804
aged 42 years 6 mons & 8 days
She left two children to mourn the loƒs of a
tender parent
Be careful to instruct our babes
In every thing that's good
And teach them piety by times
Learn them to fear their God

Gravesite Details

In the parish register at First Congregational Church in Marblehead, her name is spelled Rebekah Fettiplace. In later years she adopted the more common spelling Rebecca.



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