Abigail (Pierce) Holbrook (1646 - 1723)

Born 26 Dec 1646 in Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Holbrook — married 1670 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1723 at age 76 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Abigail PIERCE was born on September 29, 1645, in Scituate, Massachusetts Bay Colony to parents Michael Pierce and Persis (Eames) Pierce. She married John Holbrook in 1670 in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay. She died on September 29, 1723, in her hometown, having lived a long life of 78 years, and was buried in Groveland Cemetary, North Scituate, Massachussets. ^[1]

• abt 1670 when Abigail was 24, she married John HOLBROOK, (1650 - 3 May 1731), son of Capt. John HOLBROOK (abt 1618 - 23 Nov 1699) and Elizabeth (STREAM) Holbrook (abt 1624 - 25 Jun 1688). John was born in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

John died in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 3 May 1731; he was buried in Groveland Cemetery, North Scituate, Massachusetts. They had the following children: i. Thomas HOLBROOK51,52 (15 Jan 1671-bef 1699) ii. Elizabeth HOLBROOK52,53,51 (2 Feb 1672-1699) iii. Abigail HOLBROOK51 (11 May 1675-16 Mar 1761) iv. Experience HOLBROOK53 (22 Feb 1677-15 Dec 1757) v. Hannah HOLBROOK51 (11 Jan 1679-) vi. Sarah HOLBROOK (11 Jul 1680-bef 5 Jul 1699) vii. Deborah HOLBROOK53,51 (22 Aug 1683-12 Apr 1766) viii. John HOLBROOK53,51 (19 Nov 1686-) ix. Persis HOLBROOK

Notes

Note NI02720Hingham, Volume 3, Page 108.

PEIRCE (Pierce, Pearce, Perse) - birth,

Abigail, not recorded.

Abigail, marriage not recorded.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Birth

ID: A1F512E9-E803-43C7-B497-D6EAB1387FAA

ID Number: MH:IF5795

26 DEC 1662

Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Death

ID: 13B1B273-CD7C-476E-AE61-153A1A68EE61

ID Number: MH:IF5796

29 SEP 1723

Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Baptism: 09 MAY 1665. Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Burial

Groveland Cemetery,Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ (“Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850,” NEHGS, http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/vital_records/default.asp, Book II, part 4, p. 397)
2. ↑ [[1]]

Massachusetts\u002C Town and Vital Records\u002C 1620-1988 Millennium File//Name: Abigail Pierce Gender: Female Christening Date: 9 May 1665 Christening Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Death Date: 29 Sep 1723 Death Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Mother: Anna James Spouse: John Holbrook Children: Elizabeth Holbrook Book Title: A Genealogy of the descendants of Richard Porter, who settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1635, and Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• Source; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 April 2020), memorial page for Abigail Pierce Holbrook (1646–29 Sep 1723), Find a Grave Memorial no. 23939306, citing Groveland Cemetery, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Carole (contributor 46836381) .

Acknowledgments

• This profile was created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.

• This profile was created on Mar 12, 2013 by Pierce-2688 through the import of Cockrill gedcom.GED