Abigail (Bailey) Tenney (1672 - 1689)

Born 9 Mar 1672 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Tenney — married about 28 Nov 1688 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1689 at age 17 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abigail Bailey was born in March 1671/72,^[1] the oldest of eight children of Joseph Bailey and Abigail Trumble.^[2] She was baptized in the home church of Rowley on 12 May 1672,^[3] it being another 7 years before the First Church of Bradford was established.

In 1688, Abigail married Samuel Tenney.^[4] They had one child, Abigail, born 22 Nov 1689.^[5] This daughter Abigail Tenney married Nathaniel Haseltine and settled with him in Haverhill, where they went on to have a large family of 11 children (from 1712).

Abigail passed away in 1689 at the age of only 17 (in her 18th year per her gravestone), and only 6 days after giving birth to the above daughter.^[6] She was buried in the Ancient Burying Ground in Bradford.^[7] Her husband Samuel signed the legacy from Abigail's father in 1713, on behalf of their daughter.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 14
2. ↑ Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (Amos Everett Jewett, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1887-1933)| Page 14
3. ↑ Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849" (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 14
4. ↑ Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (Amos Everett Jewett, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1887-1933)| Page 374
5. ↑ The Bailey Family, by Jeanne Bailey Ransom, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991 | Page 39 | Available at FamilySearch.org
6. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 364
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #38216381 for Abigail Bailey Tenney.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Probate Records, Essex County, Film #004482183| Image #112

See Also:

• Family Search | Abigail Bayley
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill,| Page 77, right-hand column
• The Tenney Family, Or, The Descendants of Thomas Tenney of Rowley, Massachusetts (Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1904)| Page 22

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jodie Beeson for creating WikiTree profile Bailey-5608 through the import of Beeson_Lemmer Family Tree.ged on Oct 27, 2013.