Born in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Dustin Jr
and Hannah (Emerson) Dustin
Sister of
Hannah (Dustin) Cheney, Elizabeth (Duston) Emerson, Mary Duston, Thomas Duston, Nathaniel Dustin, John Duston, Sarah (Dustin) Watts, Jonathan Dustin, Timothy Dustin, Mehitable Duston, Martha Dustin and Lydia Duston
Wife of
Samuel Watts
— married
25 May 1715 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel H. Watts III, Hannah (Watts) Emerson, Thomas Watts, Joseph Watts, Abigail Watts and Mary Watts
Died
at age 36
in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Hannah Abagail Duston
Abigail Dustin
- Birth OCT 1690 Haverhill, Essex, MA
- Death 05 MAY 1727 Haverhill, Essex, MA
- Burial MAY 1727 Haverhill, Essex, MA
Notes
Are Mary Duston and Abigail Duston the same person? Ditto for their husbands, Samuel Watts and Samuel Watts?
Sources
- Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 transcription NEHGS
- Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts Publication: Name: Topsfield Historical Society; Location: Topsfield, Massachusetts; Date: 1911;
- Thomas/Hannah Duston Pg 552-553 History of Henniker pg 1220, Gen. and Family History of the State of NH by Stearns 1992 IGI NH pg 5655 and MA pg 24,986
- "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHK-X51 : 30 December 2022), Abigail Duston in entry for Samuel Watts, 1715.
- FamilySearch Person: L6MX-ZT9
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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Steve Matz
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Steve Matz
Duston-111 and Duston-25 do not represent the same person because: Samuel and Mary Watts of Woburn raised a family at the same time as Samuel and Abigail (Duston) Watts of Haverhill raised a family. Thus, they cannot be the same couple. However, it may also be true that Samuel and Mary (Duston) Watts of Haverhill and Samuel and Abigail Watts of Haverhill may be the same couple. Based on auDNA pedigree triangulation it seems likely Zeda Knox, 3rd great-granddaughter of Samuel and Mary of Woburn, is a Duston-Watts descendant. The simplest explanation is that Samuel and Mary (Duston) Watts of Haverhill, not Samuel and Abigail (Duston) Watts of Haverhill, were her ancestors. See note at Duston-111 for argument and sources.
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Steve Matz
I have them in a hypothetical tree, but seem to remember marriage records for Abigail & Sam in Haverhill and records for Mary and Sam in a nearby town. That kept me from pulling the trigger until I could triangulate with DNA. Give me a couple of days to look into my research again. Thanks, Steve
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Danna (Bellefontaine) Snow
Duston-111 and Duston-25 appear to represent the same person because: It was Abigail Duston, the 7th child of Thomas and Hannah (Emerson) Duston who married Samuel Watts II. Abigail had a sister named Mary who died in 1696. It's uncertain why the marriage record lists her name as Mary instead of Abigail. Abigail Duston Watts died May 5, 1727, listed as "Abigail (Duston) Watts w. Samuel." [Massachusetts: Vital records 1620-1850 Haverhill V-2, pg. 483]
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by Danna (Bellefontaine) Snow
Rejected matches › Mary (Duston) Watts (bef.1700-aft.1734)
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