Abigail (Phillips) Walter (1645 - aft. 1687)

Born 2 Oct 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of David East — married 1678 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 19 Sep 1687 after age 41 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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[Note: RE: Marriages: Abigail is thought to have married first, Jonathan Woodbury: second David East, and third, Thomas Walter. From the probate records noted below, she likely was the wife of Jonathan Woodbury and David East was likely the son of Francis and Mary East of Boston]

Biography

Abigail Phillips, daughter of Henry and Ann (Hunting) Phillips was born at Dedham. ^[1]

She likely was the wife of Jonathan Woodbury, who died in 1677.

Jonathan and Abigial Woodbury had a son Jonathan, born at Boston on February 22, 1672. ^[2]

• 1677: May 7: Relict widow Abigai Woodbury, Henry Phillips and John ?Dobins posted bond and petitioned the court for administration of the estate of her husband, Jonathan Woodbury, late of Boston, deceased. ^[3]

She married David East, mariner of Boston. In her father Henry's will, written on August 7, 1682, he names, among others, his daughter Abigial East. ^[4] David East was born at Boston, Massachusetts on January 26, 1647 [26:11:1646], son of Francis and Mary East, and baptized at the First Church 3 days later. ^[2]

David East died intestate, prior to May 7, 1685, when bond was posted for his estate. ^[5]

• 1685: March 24: Francis East submitted testament that he had received of Henry Phillips, butcher of Boston, the sum of L200, for a dwelling house, land and orchard at Boston. Samuel Philips, aged 24 and RIchard Griffin, aged 18, testified as witnesses that they did see Francis East sign the document. ^[6]
• 1685: April 7: The estate inventory was taken and on April 29th, widow Abigail East, submitted it to the court. ^[5]
• 1685: May 7: Abigail East, relict widow of David East, mariner, deceased, Henry Phillips, butcher and Samuel Phillips, bookseller, all of Boston, posted L300 as bond for David's estate. Abigail was allowed administration. ^[5]
• 1685: August 26: Henry Phillips, victualler of Boston, his wife Mary Phillips and daughter Abigail East, relict widow of David East, mariner deceased, sold a parcel of land in Boston to Jabez Negus for L11. ^[6]

Thomas Walter and Abigail East, both of Boston, were married on September 19, 1687. ^[7]

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-YZQ : 15 January 2020), Abigail Phillips, 1645.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM3-GFR : 15 January 2020), Abiga in entry for Jonathan Woodberry, 1672.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWP-XRZ : 14 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Nathaniel Walter, 1688.

1. ↑ Hill, Don Gleason. Editor. The Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, In the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, Parts I & II, 1635-1845, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1886, p. 2-4: 126-7 https://archive.org/details/earlyrecordsofto01dedh
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Appleton, William S. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, City Document 130, Registry Dept. City of Boston, Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883 p. 24-5: 125
3. ↑ Case 891:p. 1-7: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
4. ↑ Case 1450: p. 1-18: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Case 1402: p. 1-5: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Trask, William Blake, Frank Bradish (Eliot), Charles A. Drew, A. Grace Small, editors. Suffolk Deeds, Volume 13, Rockwell & Churchill Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903. p. 98-9: 208-10: 330-1: 368-9
7. ↑ Bailey, Frederic William, editor. Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, With the Addition of Plymouth County Marriages 1692-1746, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland,1897 p. 30