Abigail (Potter) Hood
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Abigail (Potter) Hood (1713 - abt. 1791)

Abigail Hood formerly Potter
Born in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 13 Nov 1735 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 77 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Profile last modified | Created 19 Mar 2011
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Biography

Abigail Potter was born on 6 Sep 1713 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts to parents Samuel Potter and Sarah Chilson. According to Topsfield Vital Records Abigail was baptised September 6, 1713.[1] She married Nathaniel Hood Jr. on 13 Nov 1735 in Topsfield[2]. The marriage record states Abigail was "of Ipswich".

'There is no record for a death or subsequent marriage of Abigail (Potter) Hood.' Nathaniel, her husband died in 1755, a resident of Marblehead, Essex County, according to probate papers. On 22 Mar 1756 Abigail made her mark, swearing that the inventory of Nathaniel's belongings was correct, she being executor of the estate.[3]

Sources

  1. Topsfield V.R., page 89.
  2. Topsfield V.R., page 180.
  3. Essex County Probate.
  • American Genealogical Biographical Index
  • Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
  • Vital Records of Topsfield, to the end of the year 1849, Topsfield Historical Society, Newcomb and Gauss Printers, Salem, Mass, 1903, pp. 89, 180
  • Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881
  • Genealogies of the Potter families and their descendants in America to the present generation with historical and biographical sketches, edited by Charles Edward Potter, published 1888 by A. Mudge & Son in Boston
  • Massachusetts Marriages
  • Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
  • North America Family Histories 1500-2000




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