Abigail (Church) Harlow (1666 - 1727)

Born 11 Dec 1666 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Harlow — married 17 Mar 1691 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 13 May 1727 at age 60 in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abigail Church, was born December 16, 1666, in Hingham,^[1] the daughter of Nathaniel Church and Sarah Barstow. ^[2]Abigail was a descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.

Abigail married first, James Buck, son of Isaac and Frances Buck, born September 6, 1659. They had one daughter, Mary, born circa 1688. On March 17, 1691, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Abigail (Church) Buck married Nathaniel Harlow. Abigail and Nathaniel were the parents of at least three children.

Child of Abigail and James Buck-

1. Mary Buck, born circa 1688

Children of Abigail and Nathaniel Harlow-

1. Abigail Harlow, born January 27, 1693, at Plymouth, died October 25, 1727 at Kingston, married Robert Cooke and had five children
2. Nathaniel Harlow, born February 27, 1695, at Plymouth, died November 28, 1756, at Plympton, married Patience Lucas
3. James Harlow, born August 1, 1698, at Plymouth, died February 10, 1759 at Plympton, married Hannah Shaw, on April 9, 1719

Abigail’s brother Joseph married Nathaniel’s sister Judith.

Abigail died May 13, 1727, at Plympton, Massachusetts and is buried in the Hillcrest Cemtery there.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.126
2. ↑ HARLOW FAMILY: Descendants of Sgt. William Harlow [1624/5 - 1691] of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Compiled by The Genealogy Committee of the http://www.harlowfamily.com/ Harlow Family Association, edited by Alicia Crane Williams. Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1997. Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-73701. Pages 18-20, 65-66.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #30598918

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