Abigail (Sprout) Wadsworth (1709 - 1784)

Born 15 Sep 1709 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of John Wadsworth II — married 11 Dec 1729 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1784 at age 74 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography of Abigail Sprout

Birth

15 Sep 1709

Parents

Ebenezer Sprout and Experience Hawes

Siblings

1. Thankful Sprout
2. Abigail Sprout
3. Mary Sprout
4. Colonel Ebenezer Sprout
5. Reverend James Sprout

Spouse

John Wadsworth

Marriage

11 Dec 1729

Children

1. John Wadsworth
2. Abigail Wadsworth Sprout Miller
3. Elizabeth Wadsworth
4. Ruth Wadsworth Adams
5. Hannah Wadsworth Daniels

Death

12 Feb 1784

Burial

Life Story of Abigail Sprout

Abigail Sprout was the daughter of Ebenezer Sprout and Experience Hawes.

Birth record:

Name: Abigail Sprout

Event Type: Birth

Event Date: 15 Sep 1709

Event Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Gender: Female

Father's Name: Ebenezer

Mother's Name: Experience

GS Film Number: 423512

Digital Folder Number: 007009271

Image Number: 00100^[1]Other Vital and Town Records show her birth date as the 16th of September in 17909.

Birth record from the Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2

Name: Abigail Sprout

Birth Date: 15 Sep 1709

Death Date: 1778

Relationship: Child

Father: Ebenezer Sprout

Mother: Experience Hawes

Household Members:

Name Relation

Ebenezer Sprout Self (Head)

Experience Hawes Wife

Thankful Sprout Child

Abigail Sprout Child

Mary Sprout Child

Ebenezer Sprout Child

James Sprout Child^[2][3]

Christening record:

Name: Abigail Sprout

Gender: Female

Christening Date: 22 Jul 1711

Christening Place: SCITUATE,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS

Father's Name: Ebenezar Sprout

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50132-1

System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM

GS Film number: 0014791, 0496902 IT 1^[4]

Abigail Sprout married John Wadsworth, son of John and Elizabeth (Vose) Wadsworth, on 11 Dec 1729 at Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Their children were John, Abigail, Elizabeth, Ruth, Mary, Lucy and Hannah Wadsworth.

Sources

1. ↑ Citing this Record: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LQ-3X2 : 5 November 2017), Abigail Sprout, 15 Sep 1709; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512
2. ↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 for Abigail Sprout, Volume 2, page 255 under Samson
3. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992
4. ↑ Citing this Record: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-4TW : 4 December 2014), Abigail Sprout, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1