Born in Winchester, Province of New Hampshire
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Nathaniel Brooks
and Abigail (Allen) Brooks
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Elisha Wells
— married
9 Jan 1754 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at age 37
in Greenfield, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]
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Biography
Abigail Brooks was born on April 6, 1735, in Winchester, New Hampshire to Nathaniel Brookes 24, and Abigail Allen, 17. She married Elisha Wells on January 9, 1754, in Greenfield, Massachusetts. They had four children during their marriage. She died on December 20, 1772, in Greenfield, Massachusetts, at the age of 37, and was buried in Hatfield, Massachusetts.
Marriage
- Husband: Elisha Wells
- Wife: Abigail Brooks
- Marriage:
- Date: 9 Jan 1754
- Place: Greenfield, Massachusetts
Children
- Elisha Wells 1759–1836
- Amasa Wells 1762–1816
- Elizabeth Wells Simmons, Sheldon 1765–1830
- Mary Wells Severance 1767–1845
Burial
- Main Street Cemetery
- Hatfield
- Hampshire County
- Massachusetts, USA
- Inscription:
- Elisha Wells/Died Oct 5 1792/AE 60 yrs/
- Abigail Brooks/His Wife/Died Dec 20 1772/AE 33 yrs/
- Mabel Matoon/His Wife/
- Rhoda Graves/His Wife/Died Dec 7 1817/AE 84 yrs
Notes
Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry.com
- Beverly McNeal Huff family research
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0760648 & 1887384.
- Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com.
- Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900, Ancestry.com
- New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, Ancestry.com.
- Rootsweb - Michael York Title: GEDCOM file submitted by Michael York,
- The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
- Find A Grave: Memorial #38275460 retrieved 2017-11-24
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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~0.78%
Victoria (VanAllen) DeLuca
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A083507 [compare], Ancestry member vvdeluca
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~0.39%
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