Abigail was a daughter of Nicholas Stoughton of Taunton, Massachusetts, probably by his third wife, Sarah Hoar, who he married in Taunton on 25 February 1691/2.[1]
Jonathan Willis and Abigail Stoughton were married in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, on 14 January 1713.[2]
Children
Bowman's transcription of the Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, listed the following births of children of Jonathan and Abigail Willis (sequence rearranged from the original to put births in chronological order):[3]
Jonathan Willis was born Feb 26 Anno Dom 1713/14
Abigail Willis was born April 3d Anno Dom 1716
Lydia Willis was born July 9th Anno Domi 1718
Stoughton Willis was born June 27th Anno Domi 1720
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVJ-NRZ : 12 April 2016), Abigal Stoughton in household of George Stoughton, Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States; citing family 10, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Sources
↑ Young, Malcolm A. "The Two Wives of Benjamin Booth of Early Scituate and Middleborough, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist, vol. 74 (1999), page 178.
↑ Marriages in the Town of Bridgewater Previous to its Division, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 21 (1867), page 227. Marriage date is stated as Jan. 14 1712/13 in Bridgewater Vital Records at vol. 2, page 358.
↑ Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010). Vol. 15 (1913), page 45.
↑ Luce, Michael Wayne. Family Portrait The Luce-Auborn Ancestry. Seatle, WA. Privately Printed. ISBN 978-0-692-90944. 2017.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58M-HVC : 9 February 2018), Jonathan Willis and Abigail Stoughton, 14 Jan 1712; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-4V9 : 10 February 2018), Abigail in entry for Jonathan Willis, 26 Feb 1713; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FG-59W : 10 February 2018), Abigail in entry for Lydia Willis, 09 Jul 1718; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-FF4 : 10 February 2018), Abigail in entry for Stoughton Willis, 27 Jun 1720; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FG-L37 : 10 February 2018), Abigail in entry for Keturah Willis, 18 Apr 1722; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-YCP : 10 February 2018), Abigail in entry for Sarah Willis, 18 Apr 1724; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
See also:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998). Ancestral File Number: JT93-95. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). [1]
Abigail STOUGHTON
Marriage 1712
Location Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text Abigail and Jonathan Willis, Jan. 14, 1712/13.*
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