Dickinson, Abigail

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Abigail is identified in the estate settlement of her father, John Dickinson of Hadley, 10 Jan 1676/7, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:187 (FHL #879184). Date and place of birth are approximations based on family history and chronology.
MAR #1: "Births, Marriages, and Deaths, [Hampshire] County Court," entries for Hadley, p. 71 (FHL #760648). He died at Hadley, 27 Feb 1691 (Hadley Vital Records, 1:20 [FHL #186152]).
MAR #2: Hadley Vital Records, 1:26 (FHL #186152).
DEATH: Year of death is from Sylvester Judd, HISTORY OF HADLEY (Northampton, MA, 1863), 474 (FHL #824493). Not confirmed by original source records.

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Frances is identified as a a 15-yr-old dau in the adm and distribution of estate of her father, Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Conn., 20 Nov 1644, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles R. Manwaring, ed, A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:12 (FHL #974.6 P2m).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Frances, widow of John Dickinson, entered into a pre-nuptial agreement with her 2nd husband, Francis Barnard of Hadley, 20 Aug 1677 (Hampshire Co. Deeds [Springfield Reg], A:87 [FHL #844486]). A "daughter Barnard" is mentioned in the will of Elizabeth Welles of Wethersfield, widow of Nathaniel Foote and Gov. Thomas Welles, 28 Mar 1678, no probate act, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:379-81. Francis Barnard was included among the heirs in the distribution of the estate. Hence, Frances Foote married (1) John Dickinson and (2) Francis Barnard.
MAR #2: See discussion, above.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the inv of estate of Frances Barnard of Hadley, presented on "last Tuesday" in Mar 1690, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:266 (FHL #879184).

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Nathaniel is identified in the will of his father, Robert Foote of Shalford, Essex, 27 Jan 1608/9, proved 15 Feb 1608/9, P.C.C., 21 Dorset (FHL #092038). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. Children of Nathaniel Foote and his wife Elizabeth were baptized at Colchester St. James, Essex in 1617 and 1619 (FHL #1565420 item 17).
DEATH: No death rec found. See inv of estate of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, 20 Nov 1644, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 12-13.

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Nathaniel married Elizabeth about 1616. Elizabeth was born about 1596 in of Colchester,Essex,Eng; died on 28 Jul 1683 in Wethersfield,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place are approximations. The earliest record of Elizabeth is at Colchester St. James, Essex, where her first two children were born. She is often called Elizabeth Deming because she called John Deming "my beloved brother" in her will, below. However, other possibilities exist and are, perhaps, even more likely. See George E. McCracken, "John Deming and Elizabeth Foote," TAG, 55(1979):28-31 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Foote were baptized at Colchester St. James, Essex in 1617 and 1619 (FHL #1565420 item 17).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. The children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Foote are identified as her own in the will of widow Elizabeth Welles of Wethersfield, 28 Mar 1678, no probate act, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:379-81 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Thomas Welles of Wethersfield deeded his interest and right in the house of Nathaniel Foote to the latter's son Nathaniel on 10 Oct 1646. Nathaniel was to pay his brother Robert and sister Sarah, as their portion due from Welles (Wethersfield Deeds, 1:159 [FHL #005991]). Hence, it is clear that Elizabeth married (1) Nathaniel Foote and (2), before 10 Oct 1646, Thomas Welles.
DEATH: No death rec found. Elizabeth was dead by 1683 when her estate was distributed to her heirs (Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:380-81). The death date of 28 Jul 1683 is provided in Abram W. Foote, FOOTE FAMILY, 2nd ed, 2 vols. (Rutland, VT, 1907; repr Hughson, CA, 1974), 1:17 (FHL #929.273 F739faw). No evidence has been found in original source records.

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Robert is identified in the will of his father, John Foote of Royston, Cambs, n.d., proved 18 Jul 1558, P.C.C., 34 Noodles (FHL #091931). Date of birth is an approximation. Robert was very likely born in Royston, where his father died in 1558, and where his brother John stated that he was born in his own will.
MAR: St. Leonard Eastcheap, London par reg (FHL #535720).
BUR: Shalford par reg (FHL #1472680 item 29). Also see the will of Robert Foote of Shalford, 27 Jan 1608/9, proved 15 Feb 1608/9, P.C.C., 21 Dorset (FHL #092038).
OCC: Yeoman, citizen and fishmonger of London.

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Robert married Brooke, Joan on 18 Jun 1576 in St Leonard Eastcheap,London,Eng. Joan (daughter of Whatman, Elizabeth) was christened on 11 May 1555 in St. Leonard Eastcheap,London,Eng; died after 27 Jan 1608/1609. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: St. Leonard Eastcheap, London par reg (FHL #535720).
MAR: Ibid.
DEATH: No death/bur rec found. Joan is mentioned in her husband's will, 27 Jan 1608/9.

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