Abigail (Freeman) Smith (1692 - 1737)

Born 22 Feb 1692 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Lothrop Smith III — married 9 Oct 1712 (to 14 May 1737) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 May 1737 at age 45 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts

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Biography

Abigail Freeman was born in 1692, the daughter of Nathaniel Freeman and Mary Howland of Eastham, Massachusetts^{[1] [2] [3]}

On October 9, 1712, she married Capt. Samuel Smith, stepson of Samuel Freeman of Eastham^{[2] [4] [5] [3][6]}, and their children included:

1. Mary, born June 23, 1723^{[2] [4] [3]}, who married Thomas Mulford, Jr^[5]
2. Zoeth, born December 11, 1716^{[7] [2] [4]}, who graduated from Harvard College in 1736^[3]. He married Hannah Sears and Ruth Mayo^[5]
3. Abigail, born December 17, 1718^{[2] [4] [3]}, who married Jesse Eldredge, and lived in Mansfield and Wellington, Connecticut^[5]
4. Martha, born August 23, 1721^{[2] [4] [3]}, who married Reuben Rich^[5]
5. Bashua, born May 9, 1723^{[2] [4] [8] [3]}, who married William Atwood^[5]
6. Grace, born June 15, 1725^{[9] [2] [4] [3]}
7. Susanna, born August 25, 1727^{[2] [4] [3]}, who married Christopher Atwood^[5]
8. Samuel, born Feb 21, 1729^{[2] [4] [3]}, who married Lydia (Godfrey) Merrick^[5]

Abigail (Freeman) Smith died May 17, 1737 at Eastham^[2], and is buried in Wellfleet^{[5] [3]}, ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-332 : 10 February 2018), Abigail Freeman, 22 Feb 1692; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Brewster, William, MFIP (Patience), page 112 Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>. Abigail is person 327
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by by Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Publication date 1875; Publisher Boston : Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co. Abigail is person #135, found on pages 42 and 67
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Richard Warren Volume 18, part 3, page 36 of Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>. See Sarah Winslow, second wife of Samuel Smith, person #748
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8} Stephen Hopkins Volume 6, page 330 Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>. Samuel Smith is person 353
6. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-9XHD  : 28 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 127, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 45.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-8H8 : 10 February 2018), Abigail Freeman in entry for Loeth Smith, 11 Dec 1716; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-WXK : 10 February 2018), Abigail Freeman in entry for Bathsha Smith, 09 Aug 1723; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,350.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-QFL : 10 February 2018), Abigail Freeman in entry for Grace Smith, 15 Jun 1727; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
10. ↑ Find-A-Grave Memorial #21383229 in Chequessett Cemetery