Abigail (Wheeler) Barker (abt. 1656 - 1743)

Born about 2 Feb 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Wife of Ebenezer Barker — married 25 May 1686 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1743 at about age 87 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abigail (Wheeler) Barker was accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials

Abigail Wheeler. ^[1]

Marriage Husband Ebenezer Barker. Wife Abigail Wheeler. Marriage 25 May 1686. United States. ^[2]

Massachusetts Remediation

1. 17 October 1710, Convictions Reversed, The General Court of Massachusetts Bay, An act, the several convictions, judgments, and attainders be, and hereby are, reversed, and declared to be null and void.^[3]
2. 17 Dec 1711, Compensation to Survivors, Governor Dudley, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, approved compensation to such persons as are living, and to those that legally represent them that are dead
3. 28 Aug 1957, No Disgrace to Descendants, General Court of Massachusetts, ...such proceedings, were and are shocking, and the result of a wave of popular hysterical fear of the Devil in the community, and further declares that, as all the laws under which said proceedings...have been long since abandoned and superseded by our more civilized laws, no disgrace or cause for distress attaches to the said descendants or any of them by reason of said proceedings.^[4]
4. 31 Oct 2001, Additional Victims Included, Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives in General Court, AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE WITCHCRAFT TRIAL OF 1692, chapter 145 is hereby further amended by adding Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd.^[5]

Name: Abigail Barker. Abigail Wheeler Barker . ^{[6] [7] [8]} Found multiple versions of name. Using Abigail Barker. Born 1656 ^[8] Died 16 Oct 1743. Andover, Massachusetts. ^[6] Marriage Husband Ebenezer Barker. Wife Abigail Barker. Marriage 25 May 1686. New England, USA. ^{[9] [10]}

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-904883980
2. ↑ Source: #S-904883980
3. ↑ “Salem Witchcraft : with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects : Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875, Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, January 1, 1970. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17845/17845-h/salem2-htm.html#Page_ii.480.
4. ↑ https://www.mass.gov/doc/resolves-of-1957-chapter-145/download
5. ↑ https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2001/Chapter122
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Source: #S364278642 Ancestry Record 2495 #71076408
7. ↑ Source: #S364278648 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry Record 3824 #139218
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Source: #S364631299 Source number: 1159.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DH1 Ancestry Record 7836 #1308407
9. ↑ Source: #S364278648 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry Record 3824 #39218
10. ↑ Source: #S364631299 Source number: 1159.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DH1 Ancestry Record 7836 #59970

• The Salem Witchcraft Papers (SWP No. 007) Abigail Barker
• Source: S-904883980 Repository: #R-1597007623 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Repository: R-1597007623 Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S364278642 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Record Collection 2495
• Source: S364278648 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 3824
• Source: S364631299 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Record Collection 7836