Sarah Strong (1656–1733), daughter of Elder John Strong (abt. 1610–1699) and Abigail Ford (1619–1688), married a second time after her husband Joseph Barnard (1650–1695) died. She had been left with 9 children living at home and one child was born six months after her husband’s death.
In September of 1698, three years to the month after her husband’s death, she married the widower Captain Jonathan Wells. Together they had the child David, born 31 January 1700, who died soon.
Rebecca Barnard (1686–1718) was 11 years old when she became part of the combined household of Jonathan and Sarah Wells. Jonathan Wells Jr. (1684–1735), son of Jonathan Wells and Hepzibah Colton, was two years older than Rebecca, a teenager living in their same household. Ten years later, on 13 March 1717/18, they married. They were not related by blood, but indeed we had mother and daughter marry father and son!
Rebecca, sad to say, died 14 November 1718, merely eight and a half months after her marriage.
The rest of this article quotes verbatim from Francis Barnard (ca. 1616–1698) and his Descendants Part D by Dr. Walther M. Barnard, pages 1019–1020, used with permission. This is all the information he gathered about Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Barnard and Sarah Strong.
Rebecca Barnard3 (1686–1718) (Joseph Sr.2, Francis1)
Rebecca Barnard (1686 — ), per Ruth Emily Barnard, per Evans, and per Jones, Matt Bushnell, 1909, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont: George E. Littlefield, Boston, MA, p. 221
Rebecca Barnard (1686 — 1718), per William Asher Barnard
Rebecca Barnard (1686 Deerfield MA — 14 Nov. 1718), per www.northrim.net/humphri/d0002…
Rebecca Barnard (1686 — 14 Nov. 1718), per FTM WFT Ped. #4509 Vol. 7
Rebecca Barnard (25 Dec. 1686), per SFAA and Dwight, Vol. 2, p. 1465
Rebecca Barnard (25 Dec. 1686 — 14 Nov. 1718), per Edward Carleton Barnard
Rebecca Barnard (25 Dec. 1686 — 14 Nov. 1718, age 32), per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, p. 65, 358
Rebecca Barnard (25 Dec. 1686 — ), per Boltwood, L. M., Genealogies of Hadley Families, p. 9, in Judd, Sylvester, 1905, History of Hadley: H. R. Huntting & Co., Springfield, MA
Rebekah Barnard, d. of Jos. and Sarah, born Dec. 25, 1686, per Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, page 27, compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B., member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1920, reproduced in Early Vital Records of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts to about 1850, Search & ReSearch Publ. Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO
Rebecca married Jonathan Wells, Jr. per Edward Carleton Barnard
Rebecca married Jonathan Wells, Jr., in 1718, per Dwight, Vol. 2, p. 1465
Rebecca married Jonathan Wells, Jr. (ca. 1684 — ), on 3 Mar. 1718, per Edward Stilson Barnard
Rebecca married Jonathan Wells (1684 — 1735), per William Asher Barnard
Rebecca married Jonathan Wells (20 May 1684 — 7 May 1735), son of Jonathan Wells and Hepzibah Colton, on 3 Mar. 1717/18; Jonathan married Mary Hoyt on 4 July 1723, following death of Rebecca, per FTM WFT Ped. #4509 Vol. 7
Rebecca married Jonathan Wells, III, son of Jonathan Wells and Hepzibah Colton, 14 Nov. 1718, Mar. 2. 1718. He m2. Mary Hoyt m.3 Mary Edwards. Jonathan was a Ensign in Father Rasle’s War. “Boy Hero” of the fight at Turner Falls; see Story on SFAA Internet site. [NOTE: The “Boy Hero” was actually this Jonathan’s father, Jonathan Wells (later second husband of the widowed Sarah [Strong] Barnard—WMB)
Rebecca married Jona. Wells, Jr. ( — ), 13 Mar. 1718, per Jones, Matt Bushnell, 1909, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont: George E. Littlefield, Boston, MA, p. 221
Rebecca married Jonathan Wells, Jr., 1718, per Boltwood, L. M., Genealogies of Hadley Families, p. 9, in Judd, Sylvester, 1905, History of Hadley: H. R. Huntting & Co., Springfield, MA
Rebecca married Jona. Wells, Jr. (20 May 1684 — 7 May 1735), son of Jonathan Wells and Hepzibah Colton, 3 Mar. 1717–18; Jonathan married (2) Mary Hoyt ( — 22 Nov. 1750, age 47), daughter of David Hoyt, 4 July 1723, by whom he had six children [listed], per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, p. 65, 358. Marriage date of Rebecca to Jonathan amended to 13 Mar. from 3 Mar., per Sheldon, A History of Deerfield, MA, II, Appendix, p. 397
Rebekah married Ensign Jonathan Wells, Mar. 13, 1717–8 [intention not recorded], per Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, page 158, compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B., member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1920, reproduced in Early Vital Records of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire Counties, Massachusetts to about 1850, Search & ReSearch Publ. Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO