Abigail Wadsworth

Family

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10461201

Wife of John Wadsworth (1638-1700).

Mother of

1. Lydia Wadsworth Peterson (1679-1756) and
2. Hopestill Wadsworth Brewster (1686-1773).

The following is from the Duxbury, MA vital records: "Abigail Wadsworth widow Relict of John Wadsworth Esqr, late of Duxborough, Decd Deceased about midnight betwixt ye 24th and 25th days of November Anno Domino .1723. being about 76 years of age." Link - http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Duxbury/Images/Duxbury_D430....

Origins

From https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2Y1L-T77

Abigail Andrews was NOT the the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Andrews. This was an error made by an early historian which has been resolved. The first clue is that Joseph Andrews did not name her in his will.
Abigail Andrews b 1646/7 in Taunton MA and who married in 1667 John Wadsworth of Duxbury was the daughter of Henry and Mary Andrews of Taunton and was named in her father's will.
See https://memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2007/20070619037he/20070...
I have also written the owner of the Find a Grave memorial and asked for a correction.

Family

John was a Deacon.

Children:

1. Mary 1668, Soule
2. Abigail 1670, Tomson
3. John 1671,
4. Christopher, 1685, married Mehitabel Wormall
5. Ichabod 1687,
6. Isaac (1724-1749);
7. Lydia, Peterson
8. Sarah, Wadsworth
9. Grace (m. William Sprague),
10. Hopstill (M. William Brewster),
11. Mercy[4], Wadsworth
12. Hannah, Peterson

He passed away at Duxbury in May 15, 1700 aged "about sixty-two years". [5][6]

Children

According to an article published in "The Mayflower descendant", by George Earnest Bowman, all of the daughters are mentioned in the inventory of the estate of Abigail Andrews Wadsworth. The title of the article is "Aaron Soule's wife Mary Wadsworth and the Marriages of Five of Her Sisters" and details the probate records for Deacon John and his wife Abigail, as well as additional links between the sisters.

The names listed, by drawing lots, in Abigail's inventory of her estate are as follows: Mary Soul, Abigail Tomson, Sarah Wadsworth, Hannah Peterson, Lydia Peterson, Grace Sprague, Hopestill Brewster and Mercy Wadsworth[7]

References

• Wadsworth, Horace Andrew . Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Wadsworth Family in America: Containing an Account of the Family Reunion, at Duxbury, Mass., September 13, 1882, and a Genealogical Register. Lawence: 1883. p 202. GoogleBooks
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001 Image Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31537-7543-58 — FamilySearch.org." Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001 Image Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1627-2001; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31537-7543-58 — FamilySearch.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2014.. “John Wadsworth and Abigoll Andrews married July 25 1667” http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Plymouth/Duxbury/aMarriagesA.shtml "(Andrews) Abigail [Abigell. dup.] and John Wadsworth, July 25, 1667"

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GEDCOM Note

Biography

In 1897, Joshua Drummond states that he was not able to trace Abigail Andrews daughter of Andrews-82|Henry Andrews and Pool-56|Mary Pool.<ref name=NEHGS>On Archive.org New England Historic Genealogical Society. (1847). The New England historical and genealogical register. Boston, etc.: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Drummond, Josiah H. (Hon), Henry Andrews of Taunton, Volume 51, 1897, p. 454</ref> Abigail's father died early in 1653. Abigail's name was mentioned in his will.<ref name=NEHGS /> He left Abigail and her sister, Sarah, 130pounds to be divided among them equally. Her mother died early in 1654. She left her "two little daughters Sarah Andrews and Abigaill Andrews" certain articles with reversionary interest.<ref name=NEHGS /> In the will of Mary Andrews, undoubtedly thewife of Henry, she specifically refers to Henry in her will, and mother of the same four children mentioned in Henry's will.

Notes

• New England Families , http://nefamilies.com/ Cites: Will of father Henry Andrews dated 13 Mar 1652, and "Joseph Augustus Pitts his Borebears and Descendants" (no longer available 3/20/2019)

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