Abigail (Saunders) Pitman (1723 - abt. 1807)

Born 13 Jan 1723 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Descendants

Died about 5 Jan 1807 at about age 83 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Abigail was born 13 January 1723, the daughter of Henry Saunders and Mary Mitchell Saunders of Haverhill, Massachusetts^[1]

• Brown stated that she was the daughter of Edward Saunders (and Elizabeth Gage, of Scituate),^[2] however the consensus in other historical sources is that she was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Mitchell) Saunders of Haverhill.

In January 1754, she married Joseph Pitman, the son of Abiel Pitman and Abigail Hooper of Marblehead^[3] Tax records show they lived in Salem and then Beverly. In 1762, the family emigrated to Nova Scotia, and were among the first settlers of Yarmouth Township ^[4]

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They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters.

Their children included:

1. Mary, born January 19, 1755 married first Sealed Landers January 10, 1776 and then married second William Haskell on March 10, 1785 in Yarmouth
2. Abigail, born March 19, 1757, died September 03, 1761
3. John, born June 03, 1759 died January 1, 1778 in Yarmouth
4. Joseph, born August 23, 1761 married Abigail Lovett daughter of Andrew in 1785
5. Abiah, a twin born July 15, 1764 in Yarmouth married Captain Benjamin Redding in 1784
6. Abigail , a twin born July 15, 1764 in Yarmouth married Samuel Tedford in 1787
7. Benjamin, born April 02, 1767 married Eunice Tardy May 14, 1789
8. Thankful, born December 10, 1769 married Samuel Gullison in 1788

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Abigail (Saunders) Pitman died in January 1807 at age 84, and was buried in Brooklyn Cemetery in Yarmouth^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Haverhill, Volume 1, page 264, also found in NEHGS, which states Sanders (see also Saunders) Abigail, d. Henry and Mary (Mitchell), Jan. 13, 1726-7
2. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a sequel to Campbell's History by Brown, George S. (George Stayley); Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto; Digitizing sponsor MSN; - University of Toronto; See pages 180 and 190 for Joseph, and search for Pitman for his descendants.
3. ↑ name=genea/> name=Crowell/> name=Wright
4. ↑ A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia By John Roy Campbell Publisher J. & A. McMillan, 1876 Original from Harvard University; Digitized 6 Oct 2007; See pages 50, 56, 91 and 114 for Joseph
5. ↑ [https://archive.org/details/yarmouthnovascot00browuoft
6. ↑ name=Wright/>vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_D529.shtml Massachusetts Vital Records] Beverly Volume 2, page 529, also found in NEHGS, which states
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #168212216

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-8MTL : Mon Oct 23 21:11:37 UTC 2023), Entry for John Pitman and Joseph Pitman, 3 Jun 1759.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WY-GF2S : 9 September 2022), Abigail Saunders Pitman, ; Burial, Brooklyn, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Brooklyn Cemetery; citing record ID 168212216, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald], by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 555 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB398/i/12125/430/137060768

Family # 523, Pitman] 'New Englanders in Nova Scotia by Fred Crowell. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) name=Wright>Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a sequel to Campbell's History] by Brown, George S. (George Stayley); Topics Yarmouth (N.S.); Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto; Digitizing sponsor MSN; Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto; Not in copyright. See pages 180 and 190 for Joseph, and search for Pitman for his descendants.

See also:

• http://www.geni.com/people/Abigail-Pitman/6000000018667529102?through=6000000002766410003
• Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9HBK-TNL : accessed 2018-01-21), entry for Abigail SAUNDERS.