Abigail (Unknown) White (abt. 1606 - bef. 1682)

Born about 1606 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Resolved White — married 5 Oct 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died before 27 Jun 1682 before about age 76 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

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Biography

Note: Her name should be Abigail (_____) Lord, whom "Resolved White" married on October 5, 1674 as his 2nd wife. Her maiden name was Unknown and she was the widow of William Lord.

Abigail ____ was born about 1606. 2:1:1679/80 she deposed that she was age seventy-four years.^[1]

In 1667, she and William bought a house from Ankias Horsman, and on other occasions she released her dower rights to property.^[2]

William Lord's will gave his entire estate to his wife Abigail, to her heirs and assigns, except some bequests to the children of his kinsman William Lord.^[3]

Abigail, widow of William Lord, married Resolved White on October 5, 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.^[4][5]

She and Resolved are mentioned in the Salem records, several times while settling the estate of her first husband William Lord.^[6]

Abigail died at Salem, Massachusetts between 15 June and 27 Jun 1682.^[4]

Abigail had no recorded children or children who survived to adulthood.

Will

Will of Mrs. Abigail White, late wife of William Lord proved in court June 1682.^[7]

Will of Abigall (her mark) White. wife of Mr. Resolved White of Salem, dated Apr. 26, 1682: "Whereas in the last will and Testament of my former husband William Lord, there was liberty & power giuen & granted unto me the said Abigal, then his wife, that whatsoeuer Estate of his was left at my decease should be giuen & disposed of to the children of his kinsman William Lord of the same towne, according as I should thinke fit. I therefore the said Abigal being now ancient & weake with age, but of good understanding & memory in order thereunto, & to discharge my duty in fullfilling the will of my said husband, doe dispose of the said estate, to ye aforesaid children as followeth

"Imprimis, whereas three of the children being married, haue already receaued their portions, that is, Abigall, William, & Elizabeth, therefore what remaines of the said estate, at my decease, which I know not how soon it may be, I diuide among the rest of the Children, as followeth, viz: I bequeath to Margaret, one halfe of the dwelling house where her brother in law William Godsoe now liues, by the rivers side, below my dwelling house in Salem, namely the East end of ye said house, with this ground adioyning thereto

"Item, I apoint unto Joseph Lord that dwelling house of mine where Thorne now liues, scituate neere the meeting house in Salem, betweene the houses of Edward Winter on the north & Samuel Gray on the South & adioyning to ye said houses, together with ye ground behind the said houses, & all profitts, priueledgcs & apurtenances thereto belonging

"Item, I apoint to Jeremy Lord, one Acre of fresh meadow, or bastard marsh, lying in the South field of the said towne, neere unto ye fence, hauing the land sometyme belonging to ye widdow Spooner, on the one side thereof, & some land of Capt. John Corwin, on the other side, & some land of Willm Lord on ye west.

"Item, what is left undisposed of shallbe deuided betweene the other two girls Jane & Dinah Equally but the household goods that is left betweene Joseph Jeremy Jane & Dinah equally & all this to be done diuided & disposed of after my decease but not before.

"Item. I apoint or desire Mr Joseph Grafton senior, & Mr John Tawly, to be ouerseers of this my last will & testament, allowing them ten shillings apiece to be paid out of the houshold goods, or by the Children, among whom the said houshold goods shallbe diuided." Wit: Edw. Norrice and Elessabeth Tawly.

Abigall (her mark) White "upon further & serious con sideration doe will & bequeath to Resolued White my now husband my wainscott bedsteed & the bed & beding & all apptenances yt doe belong thereto & 2 pr of my best pr sheets (being the best bed on which wee ly) alsoe my cheast standing in the roome where wee ly: & alsoe soe much more of the housold stuff at his choyce as to make up the before mentioned pticulers twenty pounds:" Mr. Joseph Grafton, executor. Wit: John Higginson, sr., Hilliard Verenf and Elessabeth Tawly.f Hilliard Veren made oath in court before B. Gedney, assistant.

Sources

1. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 Vol. 7 (1919) 1678-1680 (The Essex Institute, 1911-1975)p. 330
2. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB394/i/12108/335/235149161 Cites Essex land records 3:35, 3:36, 3:41, 3:60, 3:115.
3. ↑ Puritan Great Migration. cites Essex Probate 2:352-53 and Essex Quaterly Court 5:200-1]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Lainhart, Ann Smith, & Wakefield, Robert S. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2004-) Volume 13 (2006). William White family, p 3; Resolved White family pp 6-8
5. ↑ Essex Institute, Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1916-1925),Vol. 4:462

   "White, Resolved, and wid. Abigaile Lord, 5 : 8 m : 1674. CT.R." (i.e. 05 Oct 1674)

6. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts Vol. 7 (1919) 1678-1680 p. 301, p. 336, 337, p. 347
7. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, 1911-1975) Vol. 8 (1921) 1680-1683 pp 361-362

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