Abner Lowden (1728 - 1776)

Born 4 Jun 1728 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Carver) Keen — married 28 May 1772 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died 2 Jan 1776 at age 47 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abner was born in 1728. He was the son of Richard Lowden and Elisabeth Ford.^[1]

He married Mercy Carver on 28 May 1772 in Duxbury.^[2]

He passed away in 1776.

Probate

Abner Lowden of Duxbury, yeoman died intestate and on 6 May 1776, his widow Mercy was granted the administration of his estate.^[3]

His inventory was taken on 23 July 1776 in Duxbury. The widow represented the estate as insolvent due to the estate being "under difficulties being in debt and many accounts open against it and was burnt out of his house". ^[4]

In 1778 a list of claims and creditors was recorded.^[5]

In 1784, an account of his estate by Mercy Keen, sole surviving administrator of his estate was recorded which included debts paid, depreciation of paper money, necessaries allowed to the widow, provisions to the family, and administration fees.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3V-NYF : 15 January 2020), Abner Lowden, 1728.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4Z-LY4 : 29 December 2022), Mercy Carver in entry for Abner Lowden, 1772.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-8CMP : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 675 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-Z3HC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 124-125 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-ZS8C : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 318 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-6CCS : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1780-1786 vol 28-29 > image 448 of 638; State Archives, Boston.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72259439/abner-lowden: accessed 08 September 2023), memorial page for Abner Lowden (4 Jun 1728–2 Jan 1776), Find a Grave Memorial ID 72259439, citing Center Cemetery, Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Beverly Burnett (contributor 46898315).