Origins

8/14/2021 edit. The wife of Thomas Josselyn was Rebecca Jude. Her maiden name WAS NOT Marlowe. That is a common error due to a mistake in early genealogy and in Torrey's New England Marriages as [Marlowe?]. Roger Joslyn wrote an article in 2004 revealing the proof from finding a deed prior to their c. 1613 marriage.

Read the article. It is attached in the Source Tab. Rebecca, wife of Thoms Josselyn of Hingham and Lancaster, Massachusetts by Roger D. Joslyn, NEHGR Vol 158, Pgs 330-340 (pub 2004)

After Thomas Josselyn (he wrote his name Joslin) died 3 Jan 1661, she then married William Kerley 16 May 1664.

Also, her parents are UNKNOWN as of 8/14/2021, but the father would assume to have the last name Jude. Her actual relationship to John Jude cited in 9 Sep 1613 deed prior to their marriage (from the article above) has not been confirmed, and could have been a father, older brother, uncle, or grandfather. The name William Jude was also listed as a possible father in the article, who was a son of a John Jude.

The following comments where not edited 8/14/2021, as it shows typical listings of this person.

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Rebecca Jocelyn (Marlowe)
Birth: 1592 London, London, England
Death: 1673 (81) Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts
Daughter of Edward Marlowe
Wife of Thomas Josselyn
Mother of Rebecca Nichols, Nathaniel Joslin, Nathaniel Joslin, Sr, Rebecca Josselyn, Abraham Josselyn, Dorothy Josselyn, Elizabeth Josselyn, Mary Josselyn and Nathaniel Josselyn

Best known
Rebecca Jude
Birth: 1592, England
Death: before 26 Jul 1669 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Rebecca Jude, born about 1592 (aged 43 on 17 April 1635). Married by about 1615 to Thomas Josselyn (1592-1661.
They had 7 children: Abraham, Rebecca Nichols, Mary, Dorothy, Nathaniel, Elizabeth Yeomans Kilby, & Mary Sumner.
She married (2) at Lancaster on 16 May 1664 William Kerley.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.

Family links:

Spouse:

• Thomas Josselyn (1592 - 1660)*

Children:

• Rebecca Joslin Nichols (1617 - 1675)*
• Abraham Josselyn (1619 - 1670)*
• Nathaniel Joslin (1627 - 1694)*
• Mary Josselyne Sumner (1633 - 1711)*

Calculated relationship

Burial: Old Settlers Burial Yard

References

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via daughter Mary Sumner (born Josselyne) by SmartCopy: Mar 30 2015, 3:56:35 UTC
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252299105/rebecca-josselyn_kerley: accessed April 9, 2025), memorial page for Rebecca Jude Josselyn Kerley (1592–26 Jul 1669), Find a Grave Memorial ID 252299105, citing Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129).
• Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873. The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; ... ... Page 55. < Archive.Org > "a husbandman THO: JOSTILIN, age 43, REBECCA his wife age 43, ELIZA. Ward, a maid servant, age 38. Children: Rebecca age 18, Dorothy age 11, Nathaniel age 8, Eliza. age 6, Mary age 1."
• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635; sketch for Thomas Joslin. Great Migration, Vol 4, I-L. Page 117-121. < Ancestry.com >