Abigall (Brooks) Preston (1667 - 1746)

Born 1667 in Woburn, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Levi Preston — married 16 Oct 1695 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1746 at about age 79 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

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Biography

Abigail Brooks was born at Woburn, Massachusetts.[1] She removed with her family to Swansea, where she married, 16 Oct 1695, Levi Preston, son of Roger Preston and Martha (–?–).[2], [3] Sister Abigail Press "Living in West Jersey:" is mentioned in the will of her brother John Brooks of Swansea, 9 Apr 1713.[4], [5] She died 24 Nov 1746 (g.s.)6, and was buried in Cohansey Baptist Cemetery, Roadstown, New Jersey.[6] "At Fairfield, now Fairton, in Cumberland Co., New Jersey, there was a settlement of New England and Long Island people as early as 1705. Most of the settlers were located at a section about two miles southeast of the Fairton post office at a village, which they termed, 'New England Cross Roads.' Here came Levi Preston with his wife, Abigail Brooks … about the year 1709."[7]

Sources

TRIBUTARIES Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New England[[1]]

[1] S298 Cutter & Loring, Brooks Family of Woburn (1904), 7, Abigail (3.xii.) Brooks.

[2] S192 Swansea VR, 24, Levy Preston/Abigall Brooks m.

[3][S1081] Mason, Swansea Records, 101-3, Levy Preston/Abigall Brooks m. [4] [S216] Craig, NJ Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, 62-63, John Brooks.

[5] [S692] Rounds, Bristol Co. Probate, 3:212-213, John Brooks.

[6] [S1455] Ann Kessler.

[7] [S1455] Ann Kessler, citing Robert Peacock Brooks, "Henry Brooks and his Descendants."

[8] [S183] Craig Beeman, citing Virkus, Comp. Amer. Genealogy, 5:519.

BIRTH:

SPRINGFIELD, MASS BIRTHS-MARRIAGES & DEATH; 1638-1843;Vol 2, Thos. B. Warren, Apr. 5th 1897; p 130; FHL #0185408; NOTE: Springfield is now in Hampden Co. !BIRTH-MARRIAGE: William and John Pinchot, INDEX TO HAMPSHIRE RECORDS OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS; 1638-1696; Hartford, Connecticut State Library 1957; Springfield p 6; FHL Film 1033996; pp 6 & 60 in original record.

BIRTH: Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts Births (1639-1694), Abigaill ye daughter of William and Mary Brooks born Jan 25th 1665/6

DEATH:

George Sheldon, A HISTORY OF DEERFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS WITH GENEALOGIES Vol II; 1636-1886; Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA, 1896; p 316; FHL Film #0924557.