Abigail (Eames) Turner (abt. 1633 - abt. 1709)

Born about 1633 in Fordington, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Stockbridge — married about 1657 (to 28 Dec 1683) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Nathaniel Turner — married 1691 (to Mar 1709) in Scituate, Plymouth. Colony

Descendants

Died about May 1709 at about age 76 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

• "...will of Capt. Michael Pierce whose first wife was Persis Eames [Abigail's] elder sister...In his will he named as overseers 'my brother Mark Eames and my brother Charles Stockbridge' [Plym. Col. Wills 3:2:8]l. The inventory of Charles Stockbridge's estate was taken 23 Feb. 1683/4 and after debts were paid amounted to over 292 pounds. Division of the estate names Charles, eldest son, Thomas, Joseph, Abigail wife of Henry Joselyn, Sarah and Elisabeth; wife Abigail, the house and mill until Samuel the youngest son is of age, then Benjamin to have them...Although no record of the marriage was found, evidence exists in Plymouth Deeds 1:113, deed dates 31 Mar. 1691 in which Nathaniel Turner and wife Abigail 'who is administratrix of the estate of her late husband Charles Stockbridge deceased' sold certain lands...

• "She therefore seems to have married first Charles Stockbridge (1633-1683) about 1657. They settled initially in Boston where their first child John was baptised on 2 Dec 1659, but unfortunately he was buried there 14 months later on 1 Feb 1660/1. They may also have lived for a time in Charlestown as their second child Abigail was baptised there just 3 weeks later on 24 Feb 1660/1, but perhaps after the trauma of a recent child death Charlestown may have had special significance for them as the place Abigail Eames first set foot on American soil. In any event their third child another boy they again named John was baptised back in Boston on 29 Sep 1662. By 1664 they had certainly moved to Scituate in Plymouth County Massachusetts where the last 6 children were born.

• "Abigail remarried after the death of her first husband to a widower called Nathaniel Turner.

In 1691, Abigail and her husband Nathaniel Turner sold land that had been her late husband, Charles Stockbridge to Thomas Macomber, of Marshfield.^[1]

In 1700, Abigail Turner, and her two sons, Benjamin Stockbridge and Samuel Stockbridge all of Scituate requested the appraisal of their portion of their father, Charles Stockbridge's estate.^[2]

She died at the age of 78 and was buried at Scituate in May 1709/10."^[3]

Name

Name: Abigail /Eames/^[4][5]

Death

Date: Mar 1709/1710

Marriage

Second marriage at Scituate:
Nathaniel Turner married, second, by 1691 Abigail (____) Stockbridge, widow of Charles Stockbridge.^[6] "TURNER, Nathaniel & 2/wf Abigail (James?) STOCKBRIDGE (-1710), w Charles; bef 31 Mar 1691; Scituate."^[7]

Persis Eames, ... m. by 1645 Michael Pierce; in his will of 15 Jan 1675[/6], Michael Pierce appointed "my brother Mark Eames and my brother Charles Stockbridge" as overseers [PCPR 3:2:8]). (On the basis of this extract from the will of Michael Pierce, it has been suggested that Charles Stockbridge also married a daughter of Anthony Eames, but this is only one of several possibilities^[8]

Court

Charles and Abigail sued Joseph Turner, Sr., in 1669 for defamation and slander at a damage of £200, claiming that Turner had called Charles "a coocally rogue" and... Abigail "as very a strumpett as any in New England" and "a brasen faced whore." Turner was found guilty and fined £100. Two weeks later Joseph Tilden sued Charles Stockbridge for £1000 for slander and defamation, "for saying and reporting that Nathaniel Turner and Joseph Turner could kisse Elizabeth the wife of the said Tilden, as ofte as they listed." The complaint was "not suited." ^[9]

Note

Married Charles Stockbridge; see Mrs. John E. Barclay, "The Family of John Stockbridge of Scituate, Mass.," TAG 38, (1962)184ff.

• In his will, Michael Pierce mentions "my father Eaimes", "my brother Marke Eames", and "my Brother Charles Stockbridge". The latter married Abigail Eames, a sister of the first wife of Michael Pierce. ^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-PZ33 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1664-1711 vol 1-5 > image 69 of 652; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JD9J : 22 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 183 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/FordingtonAnthonyEames.html Pilgrims from Fordington, The EAMES Family An Account of the life of Captain Anthony Eames (1595 – 1686) Churchwarden of St Georges Church & Constable of Fordington Manor]©Compiled by Michael Russell OPC for Fordington December 2009 (Revised March 2010 - updated May 2011 with additional information on Jonathan Eames (1628-1702) update Aug 2015 to take account of Anthony, Margery and their son Mark being beneficiaries under the Will of Rogere Kete (d.1620)
4. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21888859&pid=633 Note: @N752@
5. ↑ Source: #S1Page: Ancestry Family Trees: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21888859&pid=1169536675. Note: #N641
6. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) p. 1845, citing NEHGR 133:191-92
7. ↑ Clarence A. Torrey, compiler, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (CD Version) (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2001), citing Plymouth Deeds, 1:113
8. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, Vol.II, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)"Anthony Eames", pp. 389-390, citing NEHGR' 133:187
9. ↑ Roger D. Joslyn, NEHGR, "The Descendants of John (1) Stockbridge," Vol. 133:190 (July 1979)
10. ↑ NEHGR. Register of the New England Genealogical & Historical Society. 56:409.
11. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Pierce-299-2

See Also:

• Fordington, Pilgrims of Fordington and Dorchester, 1620-1640, compiled by Michael Russell, OPC, 2008. Pilgrims arriving in New England included Abigail Eames, child of Anthony Eames, so she was either born in England or aboard ship.
• Source: Abbreviation: Charles Walden Title: GEDCOM file imported on 22 Sep 1998. (Ancestry.com)
• Source: Title: Mayflower Gedcom File from the Internet
• Source: Repository: #REPO8 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Repository: Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
• Source Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.

Notes

Note: Great Migration suggests some small doubt that she was the daughter of Anthony Eames.

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 9MZC-9N

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