Abigail (Gardner) Johnson (1659 - 1725)

Born 15 Oct 1659 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 3 Sep 1725 at age 65 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Abigail Gardner Thompson Johnson was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the daughter of Richard Gardner and Anna Rolfe or Anna Blanchard or Sarah Shattuck.

She first married [Thompson-1030|James Thompson]] (1630-1682/16934), son of Simon Thompson and Mary Converse, 13 April 1687 in Charleston, Massachusetts as his second wife. They had three children:

• Richard
• Abigail m . Stephen Longfellow
• Simon m. Anna Thompson

She second married Deacon Edward Johnson (1658-1725), son of Captain John I. Johnson and Sarah Rickman Munter or Esther Wiswall, January 1705, in Woburn, Massachusetts . They had two children:

• Elizabeth m. Joseph Winn
• Joseph

She died 3 September 1725, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and is surmised, but nit verified, buried in the First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Research Notes

• Her parents are not Richard Gardner 1619-1698 • LJKG-HN1 and Anna Rolfe 1626-1678 • LZ2K-MQ2. It is important to note Richard and Anna did have a daughter named Abigail Gardner born 1665 in Charleston, Suffolk, MA. This is not this Abigail. They also had a daughter named Esther born 12 Oct 1659 who died 27 Dec 1706 in Woburn, MA. Esther Gardner married William Johnson (1652-1727) about 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA. Esther is also not this Abigail Gardner.

• Tim Dowling Tree. Sho ws Agigail Gardner, daughter of Richardmarrying Joseph Wise https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami03stea/page/1442/mode/2up1

​ Sources which list her parents:

Savage, shows Abigail is the daughter of Richard and Ann/Hannah (Blanchard) Gardner. Dda

Sources

• Stearbs, Ezra S., editor. Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut; A record rethe achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. New York, 1908. (4v.):1442.  ::https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami03stea/page/1442/mode/2up

Discussion of James Thompson, including marriage to Abigail and their children.

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)- Reads: "Name: Abigail Gardner, Birth Date: 1660, Birthplace: Massachusetts, Volume: 60, Page Number:346,

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-G3R : 20 May 2022), Abigail Gardner in entry for James Tompsons, 13 Apr 1687; citing Marriage, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDG-3KS : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Elizabeth Johnson, 1705.

Text: Manuscript

Text: [Hugh Darrell Miller, comp.]

Text: Genealogy: Ethel Peters Miller/Hugh Darrell Miller

Text: 1985

Text: copy in possession of author

• Thompson, Rev. Leander. Memorial of James Thompson of Charlestown, Mass., 1630-1642, and Woburn, Mass., 1642-1682 (L. Barta & Co., Boston, 1887)

Descendant of Henry Rolfe of Newbury

.://archive.org/details/memorialofjamest00inthom/page/22/mode/1up/ Page 22]

• Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0761394 & 0859998. m. James Thompson, 13 April 1687, Woburn, MA

• NEGRS, Vol. 59, p. 84

Descendents of Captain Edward Johnson

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?volumeId=11590&pageName=84&rId=241102185

• Marriage Record transcript

Abigail Gardner

Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1687

Marriage Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: James Tompson

• Find a Grave - no photo or records

Abigail Johnson

Birth Date: 1664

Birth Place: Massachusetts, United States of America

Surmised: First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176312686/abigail-johnson