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.