Abigail (Varney) Blackstone (1669 - 1757)

Born 10 Jul 1669 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of William Blackstone Sr. — married 1711 in Dover, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1757 at about age 87 in Newcastle, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Abigail Varney, daughter of Humprey and Sarah (Starbuck) (Austin) Varney, was born 10 July 1669 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.^[1][2][3]

She married William Blackstone,^[2][3][4] with whom she had seven children, and is mentioned in her father's will of 1713 by her married name.^[1]

Abigail died in 1759 in Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Barber, Kathleen Canney, and Janet Ireland Delorey. "William Varney of Ipswich and Gloucester, Massachusetts". The American Genealogist. (Jul 2006), p. 317
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Collacott, Margaret Oliver. The ancestors and descendants of Zephaniah and Silence Alden Hathaway: with notes on allied families. (Mentor, Ohio: unknown, 1961), p. 223
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939) Vol 5, p.703.
4. ↑ Blackstone, Nathaniel Brewster. The Biography of The Reverend William Blackstone and his Ancestors and Descendents (Homestead, Florida) 1974 . transcription?/digital copy? on-line. accessed 8 February 2017
5. ↑ Abigail Varney Blackstone, Memorial# 116012960, Created by jeffrey sprague 24 Aug 2013, Find A Grave. accessed 8 February 2017.
   Note: this is a memorial, not a cemetery recording. Burial is unknown, there are no photographs, and no source citations.

See also:

• Genealogical Items relating to the Early Settlers of Dover, New Hampshire, Samuel G. Drake, Page number: 55. Source cited for [Abigail Varney 27CH-LJT], FamilySearch Family Tree. Has no included information.
  NOTE: Correct author is Alonzo Hall Quint, and is apparenly only available in book form at the Hemet California FamilySearch Center (See also: WorldCat.) According to the Hampshire Historical Library, the material original appeared in early volumes of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.

  Quint, Alonzo H. "Geneaglogical Items Relating to the Early Settlers of Dover, N. H.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct 1851), pp. 449-456.
  p. 450 references Humphrey Varney and Sarah Starbuck, but does not mention Abigail. Some information for the Varney family is seriously out of date.

• Vital Records of Dover, New Hampshire 1686-1850, Dover Historical Society Heritage Books, Inc., 1977. Source cited for [Abigail Varney 27CH-LJT], FamilySearch Family Tree.
  Attached Notes: Abigail the daughter of Humpr. Varny by Sarah his wife born 10th July 1669

Acknowledgements

This person was created by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.