Abigail (Tisdale) Hewitt (abt. 1711 - 1790)

Born about 1711 in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of James Hewett — married about 1729 in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 16 May 1790 at about age 79 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Abigail was born about 1714. She is the daughter of John Tisdale and Abigail Unknown.^[1]

Abigail Tisdale was born, probably at Taunton, MA, about 1711 based on her age at death. She is the daughter of John and Abigail (possibly Burt) Tisdale of Taunton and a descendant of Mayflower passenger THOMAS ROGERS.

She married, about 1729 based on the birth of her first child, James Hewett of Dighton, MA. James, son of Solomon and Sarah (Waterman) Hewett, was born at Marshfield, MA on November 21, 1706. He is a descendant of Mayflower passenger RICHARD WARREN.

They removed to Bridgewater, MA but when is unknown. All the births of their children are recorded there and their baptisms are recorded at West Bridgewater, MA.^[2]

• Abigail b 24 May 1730; m Timothy Jones
• Sarah b 15 Apr 1732; m Simeon Baker
• Susannah b Oct 1733
• Bathsheba b 2 Jun 1735;
• Unnamed Son b 2 Mar 1737; d Apr 1737
• Abiah b 25 Jun 1739
• Abraham b 18 Jun 1732

James died intestate. His inventory was taken on May 4, 1750 and on June 4, 1750 Abigail's brother, Israel, was appointed administrator.

Abigail returned to Taunton after her husband's death where she lived many years, passing away at the age of 79 in May of 1790 (Taunton VR's); her gravestone gave the date as May 16, 1790. She never remarried. She is buried at Phillips Cemetery.

Footnotes

1. ↑ #Walker
2. ↑ Mayflower Families, 2015. Page 364.

Sources

• Alice Westgate, comp., Ann T. Reeves, rev. 2000, Peggy M. Baker, rev. 2013, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Thomas Rogers, Volume 19, 2nd Ed., (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013), pp. 88, 363-365

• Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, comp., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Richard Warren, Volume 18, Part 3 of 3, (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001), pp. 32-33

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (death & cemetery)

• Find A Grave, Memorial #178398718

• #Walker: Walker, J. B. B. Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony ..., Northampton, Metcalf & Company Printers, 1861, Page 19. Copy in Erin Cole's personal collection.