Eventually , Rebecca agreed to return to Boston . She set sail , first for Port Royal in Jamaica , and from there she planned to return to New England . Rebecca ’s ship arrived in June 1692 and was in port when the 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck . The earthquake killed 2,000 of the 6,500 people in Port Royal . Rebecca Rawson died in the earthquake at age 36 . The New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston has a 1670 portrait of Rebecca by the Freake Painter in its collection
1692 Jamaica earthquake
1692 Jamaica earthquake
Rebecca Rawson