Abigel (Herrick) Rea (1701 - 1747)

Born 15 Jun 1701 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Rae — married 22 Apr 1718 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1747 at age 45 in Preston City, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Abigail was born June 15, 1701, daughter of Stephen Herrick and Elizabeth (Trask) Herrick, in Beverly, Massachusetts.^[1][2] She was baptized 28 June 1701 at the First Parish Unitarian Church in Beverly^[3]

Abigail Herrick and John Rea, of Salem, married at Salem, Apr 22, 1718.^[4] The marriage is recorded in Beverly, & Salem [Salem Vital Records to 1849] and in Preston, CT [Barbour Collection].

Abigail Rea, w of John died in Preston, Conn. Jan 1 1746/7 in Preston.^[5]

Children: Apparently the town records listed the children of John Rea and Abigail in some cases three times, with varying dates. Vol 1:10 also records the marriage of John and Abigail. Vol 1:113 records the death of wife Abigail.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Herrick, Jedediah. Genealogical Register of the name and Family of Herrick, from the Settlement of Henerie Hericke in Salem, Massachusetts 1629, to 1846 Bangor: Samuel S Smith, Printer, 1846. birth, parents p. 15, Children p. 18
2. ↑ Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I – Births. Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1906.
3. ↑ Herrick, Richard Leon. Herrick genealogical register [3rd edition, 2008], Vol. 1, Part 1 : a genealogical register of the name and family of Herrick from the settlement of Henerie Hericke, in Salem, Massachusetts
4. ↑ Vital Records of Beverly Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II – Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} White, Lorraine Cook, ed. Preston The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.