Bethia Blackwell

Bethiah Taber was born on 3 Sep 1687 in Dartmouth, MA and died in Rochester, MA, on 6 Aug 1758; she was 70.

Parents: Mary Tomson and Thomas Taber.

Married:

1. Caleb Blackwell. Born ca 1685. Caleb died on 28 Aug 1762 in Rochester, MA. He was the son of John Blackwell & Sarah Warren.

Children

1. JANE5 , b. 07 February 1710/11; d. Bef. 1730.
2. SARAH , b. 1714; d. 25 June 1761, Rochester,Plymouth County,Massachusetts.
3. JOHN , b. 21 March 1717/18.
4. MARY , b. 20 June 1720.
5. BETHIA , b. 31 December 1722; m. ICHABOD NYE.
6. ALICE , b. 18 May 1725; m. NICHOLAS CRAPO. 
7. SETH , b. 01 November 1729.

Notes

• Named in 1732 will of Thomas Taber ".... and where I did give to my daughter Bethyah Blackwell & to her husband Caleb Blackwell 20 acres of land within ye 400 acre division of lands in said Dartmouth & ye said Caleb blackwell hath sold ye same unto my said son Joseph Taber I do ratify & confirm ye same unto my sd son Joseph Taber and to my daughter Bethyah Blackwell and her husband I give ye above said 20 Acres.. also six pounds be paid by my ...son John Taber within three years after my decease' (May Des, 16:232 Bristol County Probate,7:515)

Sources

1. Randall, George L. (George Leander). Taber genealogy: Descendants of Thomas, son of Philip Taber. (New Bedford, Mass.: Vining Press, 1924), 10.Bethia Taber, d/o Thomas, b. Dartmouth 2 Sep 1687, d. Rochester 6 Aug 1758, m. Caleb Blackwell
2. Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929-1930), 1:267. Taber, Bithiah [dup. Bethia] (Tabar) [Taber], d. Thomas, [born] Sept. 3, 168[torn, 1687 dup.].
3. Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914), 2:349. Blackwell, Bethiah, w. Caleb, [died] Aug. 6, 1758, in 70th y. G.R.1.[Age is 69, so birth about 1689. GR1=First Parish Cemetery on New Bedford Road, Rochester Centre.] Links

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