Born in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Brown
and Elizabeth (Bowen) Brown
Sister of
Mary (Hunt) Remington [half], Enoch Hunt [half], Elizabeth (Brown) Adams, James Brown, Micah Brown and Lydia (Brown) Pierce
Wife of
Josiah Humphrey
— married
12 Jan 1738 in Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Died
at age 83
in Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Nov 2018
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Biography
Abijah was born in 1717 at Swansea, Massachusetts, the daughter of James Brown and Elizabeth Bowen.[1] She was named in her father's will.
Abijah married Josiah Humphrey at Barrington in 1738.[2][3] They had children:[4]
- Elkanah b. 18 February 1739
- Rachel b. 16 April 1742
- Lillis b. 7 May 1745
- Josiah b. ~1753
She passed away in 1801 and is buried at Prince's Hill Burial Ground in Barrington.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Mayflower Families, John Howland v.23 part 2, page 15
- ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Barrington Marriages, page 11
- ↑ Arnold: Vol. 10, page 232
- ↑ The first three are recorded: see Arnold: Vol. 6, Barrington Births, page 28. Josiah is buried next to his mother. Mayflower Families and census records suggest there may be additional children.
- ↑ Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission, image online
- Lainhart, Ann Smith. Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 23, Part 1, Family of John Howland, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004.
- Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)
- Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
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