Abigail (Ellis) Maxham (1720 - aft. 1783)

Born 19 Nov 1720 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Edmund Maxhim — married about 1741 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1783 after age 62 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Abigail Ellis, daughter of Gideon Ellis and Anna Clark was born in 1720 in Plymouth Colony. Abigail “Ellece” b. 19, Nov 1720, child of “Gedian” & Ann, his wife, Book 1, p. 63, NEGHS MA vital records, 1620-1850, Plymouth, MA.^[1] Abigail and Edmund Maxham were married about 1741 and they had either eight or nine children together. ^[2]

In late 1753, accusations of adultery were entered against Abigail Ellis in the Wareham Church. She apparently believed that Lemuel was the child of Dr. Joseph Benson. She was excommunicated thirty years later in July of 1783, after Edward's death.^[2]

Children

1. Rebecca bp 10 Oct 1742; m John Coltrain
2. Jabez b 27 Apr 1743
3. John b 07 Feb 1745
4. Dinah bap. 25 Mar 1747; m Josiah Howard
5. Thomas bap. 20 Nov 1748
6. Lemuel b by 1753 (uncertain paternity)
7. Adonijah bap. 17 Jun 1750; prob died young
8. Edmund bap. 10 May 1752
9. Ellis b 1756

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GQGX : 18 February 2020), Abigail Ellece, 19 Nov 1720; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934186.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Leppman, John A. "The Maxim-Maxham-Maxam Family." The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: Volume 57, 1981. Page 213. (Online database. American Ancestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12607/213/24379880