Abigail (Barnard) Fellows (1657 - aft. 1730)

Born 20 Jan 1657 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Fellows Jr. — married 2 Jun 1681 (to 5 Dec 1729) in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 27 Feb 1730 after age 73 in Salisbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Abigail (Barnard) Fellows descends from Thomas Barnard, a Nantucket founder.

Biography

Abigail Barnard was born in Salisbury, Essex County, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 20 January 1657, the daughter of Thomas and Helen "Eleanor" (Morse) Barnard of Salisbury, Essex, (then) Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] A duplicate record of her birth is found in the collected vital records in Shelburne, based on a privately held record.^[2]

She married Samuel Fellows on 02 June 1681 in Salisbury.^[3]

Abigail Fellows sent in a letter to the Essex Co. Probate Count dated 27 February 1729/30, refusing administration on her husband's estate due to reasons of old age, and asking that her son Thomas Fellows be granted administration.^[4]

Their children born Salisbury:^[5]

Samuel, b. 1683?

Thomas, b. 29 Jan 1685

Joseph, b. 23 Apr 1688

Ann, b. 28 Apr 1690

Ebenezar, b. 10 Nov 1692

Hannah, b. 20 July 1697

Ellinor, b. Dec 1699

Birth

Date: WFT Est 1643-1669^[6]

Marriage

Husband: Samuel Fellows Jr.

Wife: Abigail Barnard

Date: 2 JUN 1681^[7]

Child: Ebenezer Fellows

Record ID Number: MH:F272

Record ID Number: MH:FF143

Death

Record ID Number: MH:IF875

Date: WFT Est 1695-1756^[8]

Research notes

No death record is found in the Essex County vital records for an Abigail Fellows after February 1730.

Acknowledgements

Contributors: Linda Cato, Russell Griffin.

Sources

1. ↑ "Barnard, ______, d. Tho[mas] and Hellena, 20 : 11 : 1656:" Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, p. 18. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
2. ↑ "Barnard, Abigail, d. Thomas and Eleanor, of Salisbury, Jan. 20, 1657. P. R. 10." [PR10: Private record in possession of Miss Mary Fellows of Greenfield in 1913]: Essex Institute, Vital Records of Shelburne, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1840 (Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss Co., 1931), p. 18. Also available online at ma-vitalrecords.org.
3. ↑ "Felloes, [Sam[ue]ll. T.C.], jr., and Abigail Barnerd, June 2, 1681:" Topsfield Historical Society, Vital records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), p. 350.
4. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Samuel Fellows (1730), packet #9361.
5. ↑ Topsfield Historical Society, Vital records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), pp. 90-91.
6. ↑ Source: #S2
7. ↑ Source: #S2
8. ↑ Source: #S2

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees
• Brøderbund Software, Inc.: LDS Website - www.familysearch.com: Publication: Name: Release date: January 12, 1997;
• Brøderbund Software, Inc.: World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1: Publication: Name: Release date: November 29, 1995;: Customer pedigree.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998.
• Source: S2 Record ID Number: MH:S2 User ID: 583FA28D-4992-49E7-8DA2-4DFC1C461CA4 Title: Mary Louisa Ewing.ftw Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
• Source: S0001 Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 Publication: FamilySearch LDS Note: #N282 15 JAN 2017 Time: 12:07:48 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3K-B7D Book 1 pg 12 Certainty: 2 4 DEC 2014 Father Thomas Barnard, mother Hellena in entry for Barnard, 20 Nov 1656; citing Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, Book 1, page 12; FHL microfilm 890,246.
• Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Published by The Topsfield Historical Society, Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1915.

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 [1]

Samuel Jr. Fellows

Marriage Event Date: 2 Jun 1681

Event Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse's Name: Abigail Barnard