 1651 - 1729 (77 years)
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| Name |
Penniman, Abigail |
| Born |
27 Dec 1651 |
Braintree,Norfolk,MA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
25 Jun 1729 |
Bristol,Bristol,RI |
| Buried |
Cong'l Church Yard,Bristol,Bristol,RI |
| Notes |
- BIRTH: Braintree vital recs, "Earliest Records of Boston," NEHGR, 12(1858):107 (FHL #974 B2ne). Birth is also recorded in Samuel A. Bates, ed, RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE, 1640-1793 (Randolph, MA, 1886), 632 (FHL #974.47/B3 N2b).
MAR: Abigail is called Abigail "Carie" in the will of her mother, Lydia Wight, 22 Dec 1673, proved 27 Jul 1676, Suffolk Co. Probate, #816, (o.s.) 6:160 (FHL #584128). She is no doubt the "aged" widow Abigail Cary of Bristol, whose will, 7 May 1722, proved 12 Feb 1729/30 mentions "my husband Deacon John Cary deceased" (Bristol Co., Mass. Probate Records, 6:353-55 [FHL #461883]). Abigail's age of 79 yrs on the gravestone inscription at Bristol, below, is also a good match for the age of Abigail Penniman, who was born in 1651. John Cary and Increase Robinson (another brother-in-law) were among the commissioners who divided the estate of Lt. John Hall of Taunton, 29 Dec 1694 (Bristol Co. Probate, 2:66-67 [FHL #461882]). Also see the deed from John Cary of Bristol to the heirs of "my Brother in law Increase Robinson, deceased," 25 May 1704 (Bristol Co. Deeds [Taunton Registry], 4:283 [FHL #465798]). The land was in the town of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Mass. Increase Robinson was the husband of Abigail's sister Sarah, while John Hall married Abigail's sister Hannah. Hence, it is believed that Abigail Penniman married John Cary of Bridgewater. The mar of John Cary, Jr, and (----), 7 Dec 1670, is recorded in VITAL RECORDS OF BRIDGEWATER (Boston, 1916), 2:75 (FHL #974.482/B2 V2v). A private record, written many years later, calls the wife Abigail "Allen." However, in light of the above evidence, this identification seems incorrect. The mar of Abigail Penniman and Samuel Neal on 18 Apr 1678 is recorded in Bates, RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE, 719. The original entry, however, shows that she was actually Abigail "Benjamin."
DEATH: Date of death is from gravestone inscription, below. Also see the will of Abigail Cary of Bristol, RI, above.
BUR: Mrs. William Leonard Manchester, ed, "Copies of Inscriptions taken from Gravestones in...Bristol, Rhode Island (typescript, 1929; DAR Bristol Chapter), unpaginated (FHL #912789 item 2). Inscription was copied from the Congregational churchyard.
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEP: IGI
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| Person ID |
I6595 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2004 |
| Father |
Pennyman, James, c. 29 Jul 1599, Chipping Ongar,Essex,Eng , d. 26 Dec 1664, Braintree,Norfolk,MA (Age ~ 65 years) |
| Mother |
Eliot, Lydia, c. 1 Jul 1610, Nazeing,Essex,Eng , d. (inv) 19 Jul 1676, Medfield,Norfolk,MA (Age ~ 66 years) |
| Married |
26 Jul 1631 |
High Laver,Essex,Eng |
| Family ID |
F2840 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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