Rebecca Minot Prescott

Rebecca Minot Prescott (1743 – 1793) was the daughter of Benjamin Prescott and Rebecca Minot Prescott from Salem, Massachusetts; and the niece of Roger Sherman?s brother Reverend Josiah Sherman.

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1743 - 1793 - Roger Sherman

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Rebecca was Sherman?s second wife his first wife Elizabeth Hartwell died during child birth) of and Roger Sherman, married on May 12, 1763.

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May 12 - 1763

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US flag designer Betsy Ross allowed Rebecca Sherman the privilege of sewing on three of the flag?s stars. Rebecca then requested, and was chosen to make the first official flag of the State of Connecticut.

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Betsy Ross - Connecticut

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Rebecca Sherman became the mother of seven of Roger's fifteen children, named: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Roger, Mehitable, Oliver, Martha, and Sarah. Of those seven children, daughter Sarah Sherman was the mother of George Frisbie Hoar a United States Senator and Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar a United States Attorney General; daughter Elizabeth Sherman became the mother of Roger Sherman Baldwin, a Governor of Connecticut and a United States Senator and daughter Martha Sherman became the mother of the William Maxwell Evarts, also a United States Attorney General and a United States Senator as well.

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George Frisbie Hoar - Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar - Roger Sherman Baldwin - William Maxwell Evarts

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