Abigail (Parker) Mitchell (1774 - 1856)

Born 1 Feb 1774 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Day Mitchell — married 24 Oct 1802 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jan 1856 at age 81 in Groveland, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abigail Parker was born in 1774, the daughter of Abraham Parker and Susanna Burbank.^[1] She grew up in a large family - besides her four full sisters, her parents had raised 11 other children in their prior marriages.

In 1802, Abigail married Day Mitchell, the widower of her half-sister Susannah Greenough.^[2] This was now the fourth marriage of her sisters and half-sisters with Mitchell brothers, Nathaniel, Day and Joseph.

In addition to the surviving child from Day's first marriage, Day and Abigail had the following children:

1. Abraham, b. 21 May 1803; m. Catherine Johnson Adams, 17 Nov. 1836; d. 19 Oct. 1863
2. William, b. 18 Mar. 1805; m. Nancy Hull, 21 Mar. 1833; d. 5 July 1837
3. Charles M., b. 20 Jan. 1807; m. Nancy Hull, 25 Apr. 1839; d. 28 Mar. 1885
4. Susan, b. Feb. 1810; d. 17 Mar. 1810, and
5. George, b. 9 Dec. 1817; m. Susan Maria Page, 2 Jan. 1853; d. 21 May 1911.

Abigail joined the East Bradford Congregational Church by profession on Nov. 1806, where her husband had been a member since 1790.^[3] Her husband was recorded on the 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840 censuses for Bradford, MA.

Abigail lost her husband in 1848. She continued to live in the East Bradford (then Groveland) homestead, where she was recorded on the 1850 census with her stepson Day Mitchell, her son George (who would marry 3 years later), and her granddaughter Abigail (daughter of her deceased son William).^[4]

Abigail passed away in Bradford in 1856, at the age of 81.^[5] She was buried along with her husband in the Second Congregational Church Burying Ground, Bradford, MA (now part of Riverview Cemetery, Groveland, MA).^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 126
2. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 246
3. ↑ Records of Second Congregational Church, East Bradford (later Groveland), Transcription of notes kept by Rev. William Balch, Member Nbr. 507
4. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, State of Massachusetts, Essex County, Groveland, House Nbr. 189, Line 32| 1850 US Census, "Abigail Mitchell, Age 76"
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N75T-L68 : 10 December 2014), Abagail Mitchell, 14 Jan 1856; citing Groveland, Massachusetts, 1, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,172.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #159337802 for Abigail Parker Mitchell

See Also:

• Family Search | Abigail Parker
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill,| Page 86, lower left-hand column

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Dave Bailey for building this profile (May 2020)