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Abigail (Dexter) Angell (1655 - 1711)

Abigail Angell formerly Dexter
Born in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, New Englandmap
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Wife of — married 8 Sep 1678 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 55 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, New Englandmap
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Biography

Abigail Dexter was born at Providence. Rhode Island on September 7, 1655 [24: 7: 1655], daughter of Rev. Gregory and Alice (Fullerton) Dexter. [1] [2] [3]

She married James Angell on September 8, 1678, likely at Providence. James was born about 1651, son of Thomas and Alice Angell. [4] [3] [2] [5]

They resided at Providence on the homestead that Jame's inherited in his father Thomas's will, written on May 23, 1685, and proved on September 18, 1694. [6] [2]

James Angell died at Providence on March 3, 1710/11. [1] [2] [6]

Leaving no will, his widow Abigail administered his estate which was valued at L381. [2] His house was substantial and included 4 or 5 rooms, a barn and lean-to, a workshop for 'loome and gears.' [6]

Widow Abigail was still living on September 9, 1718, when her son James Jr. deeded the northwest corner of the property to her. [6]

Children

  1. Abigail born on February 2, 1679; [2] died by 1742; married Richard Waterman April 1, 1697. [5] [1]
  2. Mary born on March 7, 1680. [2] [5]
  3. James Jr. born on November 22, 1682. [2] [5]
  4. Alice born on February 29, 1684. [2] [5]
  5. Joseph born on October 5, 1687 [2]; married Abigail ___; died on May 21, 1758. (p. 147)[7] [5]
  6. John born on October 4, 1691[3] [2]; died on February 11, 1785 [5]; married his cousin Mary Dexter, daughter of John and granddaughter of Rev. Gregory Dexter [6]on December 10, 1713.[1]
  7. Deborah born on April 4, 1695; [2] married John Smith Jr. [3] on June 12, 1716 [1] [5]; died on February 25, 1738. [7]
  8. Phebe born on October 10, 1697 [2]; died in May 1793; married William Olney on April 5, 1716. [1] [8] [5]

Source notes

Providence Births

1-4 Dexter, Abigail, of Gregory and Abigail, 24:7:1655 (p. 220)

Providence Marriages

1-60: Angell, John (weaver) and Mary Dexter, m. by Richard Waterman, Justice, Dec. 10, 1713. (p. 5)
1-7: Angell, Deborah and John Smith Jr., June 12, 1716. (p. 5: p. 171)
1-35: Olney, William Jr. and Phebe Angell, m. by Richard Waterman, Justice, April 5, 1716.
1-317: Waterman, Richard, of Nathaniel, and Alice Angell, m. by Joseph Williams, Asst., April 1, 1697. (p. 193)

Providence Deaths

5-532: Angell, James, (1: 209), March 3, 1710-11. (p. 260)[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Arnold, James N. Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series: Births, Marriages and Deaths: Providence County, Vol. 2. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1892
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690 (with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation), Genealogical Publishing Co., Albany, NY, 1887 p. 4; p. 290
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Newman, Sylvanus Chace. Dexter Genealogy: Being a Record of the Families Descending from Rev. Gregory Dexter; with notes and biographical sketches of each parent. A. Crawford Greene, printers. Providence, Rhode Island 1859.
  4. Bulkley, Abby Isabel Brown & Henry Truman Beckwith. The Chad Browne Memorial: Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an Appendix, Containing Sketches of Other Early Rhode Island Settlers, 1638-1888, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Book Printing Department, 1888
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Tingley, Raymon Meyers, Some ancestral lines : being a record of some of the ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and his wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers / collected by their son, Raymon Meyers Tingley, Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1935, p. 24
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Miner, George Leland. Angell's Lane : The History of a Little Street in Providence. Akermann-Standard Press, Providence, Rhode Island, 1948 p. 28-29: 38-39
  7. 7.0 7.1 Sterling, John E. North Burial Ground Providence, Rhode Island, Old Section 1700-1748, Special Publication No. 5, Rhode Island Genealogical, Society, Greenville, RI, 2000 p. 146
  8. Austin, John Osborne. Ancestry of Thirty-three Rhode Islanders (born in the Eighteenth Century): Also Twenty-seven Charts of Roger Williams' Descendants to the Fifth Generation, and an Account of Lewis Latham, Falconer to King Charles I; with a Chart of His American Descendants to the Fourth Generation, and a List of 180 Existing Portraits of Rhode Island Governors, Chief Justices, Senators, J. Munsell & Sons, Albany, New York, 1889 p. 83

See also

See also Numerous rootsweb.com trees including http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cole_lloyd&id=I995

  • Entered by Chris Hoyt, Feb 20, 2012
  • Thank you to Scott Grant for creating WikiTree profile Dexter-359 through the import of Scott Grant Ancestors_2013-01-23.ged on Jan 23, 2013.




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Dexter-359 and Dexter-64 appear to represent the same person because: plse merge to eliminate duplicate
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