Abigail Perkins, the daughter of Abraham Perkins and Mary Wyeth, was born 12 Apr 1655[1] in Hampton, New Hampshire Colony.[2]
On November 10, 1675, Abigail married Deacon John Folsom, Jr. (bap. 3 Oct 1641, d. c 1715), son of John Folsom and Mary (Gilman) Folsom, Sr., in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. They had the following children:[2]
Abigail, b. 23 Dec 1676, m. Edward Gilman;
Abraham, b. c 1678, m1, Anna Chase of Newbury 27 Oct 1703; (m2. Elizabeth ____ - needs source);
John III, (b. c 1680, m. Mary Sewall - needs source);
Sarah, m. Nathaniel Stevens abt 1703 (as his second wife - needs source);
Mary, b. 27 Sep 1684, d. 14 Feb 1710/1, m. Daniel Morrison 27 May 1707;
Dea. Jonathan, m. Anna Ladd;
Jeremiah, d. c 1757, m. 26 Jan 1708/9 Mary Basford [d. 8 Oct 1744];
Lydia, m. Robert Stockman [b. 8 Aug 1683, d. c 1741], she survived him; (he was of Kingston, NH - needs source);
Mercy, married Lt. James Dudley [b. 11 Jun 1690], (lived in Brentwood, NH - needs source).
Abigail and John "Foulsham" are buried in the Congregational Church Burial Ground, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.[3]
Research Notes
On John Folsom's Find A Grave profile, there is a photograph of his headstone, which clearly shows the spelling of his surname is FOULSAM.[3]
At 12/2/18, unsourced info re: their children is in parentheses, other info is from Mortensen, as cited.
Contacted Find A Grave 12/2/18 - asked them to change (1) Abigail's dod from 1716 to unknown (DONE at 12/3/18), (2) death place from Hampton NH to Exeter NH (DONE at 12/3/18), and (3) marriage place from Hamden MA to Hampton NH (not done - 2nd request on 12/3/18). tt
Sources
↑ Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Portland, ME: The Southward Press, 1928. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007 at Ancestry.com, p.541: ch. of Abraham/Mary .. add more later.
↑ 2.02.1 Mortensen, Paula Perkins. English Origin of Six Early Colonists by the Name of Perkins. Baltimore MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1998. Accessed online at LDS.org, p. 16-17, #34 (12th gen.): dob, m., & all info on ch. not in ().
Porter, Joseph W. "An Account of Part of the Family of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, NH, who Lived in Plymouth Co., MA," published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: NEHGS. (Online database: American Ancestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018). Jan 1896, Vol. 50, page 35.
Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 2 Dec 2018, Abigail Perkins Folsom (12 Apr 1655–1716), Find A Grave: Memorial #27512944, citing Congregational Church Burial Ground, Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH, USA: 9 ch., m. 10 Nov 1675 in "Hamden, Hamden, MA" - unsourced.
Fitts, James Hill. History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911. Rumford Press: Newfield, N.H., 1912, page 501.
Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA, 2006: name, DOB 2 APR 1655 in Hampton, dod aft 1685
Folsom, Elizabeth Knowles. Genealogy of the Folsom Family (N.H: Printed by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.); Vol I, p. 44
Dingwell, Paul Douglas Jr. Genealogy of the Folsom Family (N.H: Printed by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.); Vol III, p. 1206
WikiTree profile Perkins-2328 created through the import of Bowden-Riley Family.ged on Apr 16, 2012 by Sam Bowden.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
From this source it looks as if Abigail was married to John Folsom-67 rather than his father, John Folsom-94. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?idwu.89066140468;view1up;seq=66
Recommend deleting the other spouse info. Thank you.
Recommend deleting the other spouse info. Thank you.