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Rebeccah <I>Manter</I> Downs

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Rebeccah Manter Downs

Birth
Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
16 Jun 1849 (aged 74)
Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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REBECCAH (MANTER) DOWNS

b. Tisbury; dau. Jonathan and Sarah (Chase) Manter. Rebecca was the 8th of 11 known children of Jonathan and Sarah Manter. Jonathan Manter was a yeoman. H e served in Militia Co. 1757 and in Sea Coast Defence 1776. *

Marriage: 14 Sep 1820. First marriage for Rebeccah; 2nd marr. for William Downs who married 1st) Love Chase (d. 1819) with whom he had 9 children.

There is no record of children from Rebeccah and William Downs.

Death: 16 Jun 1849: in Tisbury; Cause: Consumption. Widowed at time of death, age 75.
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* Source: The History of Martha's Vineyard, Vol. III; Charles Edward Banks, MD; for Jonathan Manter family; page 287
Source: FamilySearch.org ; vital records of Tisbury for Manter and Downs family.
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REBECCAH (MANTER) DOWNS

b. Tisbury; dau. Jonathan and Sarah (Chase) Manter. Rebecca was the 8th of 11 known children of Jonathan and Sarah Manter. Jonathan Manter was a yeoman. H e served in Militia Co. 1757 and in Sea Coast Defence 1776. *

Marriage: 14 Sep 1820. First marriage for Rebeccah; 2nd marr. for William Downs who married 1st) Love Chase (d. 1819) with whom he had 9 children.

There is no record of children from Rebeccah and William Downs.

Death: 16 Jun 1849: in Tisbury; Cause: Consumption. Widowed at time of death, age 75.
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* Source: The History of Martha's Vineyard, Vol. III; Charles Edward Banks, MD; for Jonathan Manter family; page 287
Source: FamilySearch.org ; vital records of Tisbury for Manter and Downs family.

Gravesite Details

Buried in same plot as husband William Downs and his first wife, Love Downs



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233173514/rebeccah-downs: accessed ), memorial page for Rebeccah Manter Downs (14 Sep 1774–16 Jun 1849), Find a Grave Memorial ID 233173514, citing Tisbury Village Cemetery, Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by jbsweet (contributor 47731621).