Abigail (Wilkins) Peabody (1797 - 1850)

Born 21 Feb 1797 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Peabody — married 10 Sep 1812 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1850 at age 53 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Abigail was born 21 February 1797, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of David Wilkins and Sarah Tainter. ^[1]

On 10 September 1812, in Danvers, Massachusetts, Nabby married Joseph Peabody (1787-1837) ^[2][3]

Their children:

1. Abigail, b. 5 Dec 1813, m. Moses Brown
2. Mary W., (twin) b. 2 Jul 1815, died 13 Oct 1883, unm.
3. Joseph, (twin) b. 2 Jul 1815
4. William Henry Harrison, b. 1 Mar 1818
5. Harriet M. b. 1820, m. Thomas Gifford
6. Adaline A., b. 17 Jun 1823, m. John Brown
7. Emily F., b. 1827, m. Charles Farnum
8. Charles Augustus, b. 31 Jan 1829
9. Lucy Ann, b. 23 Mar 1831, m. William Boswell
10. Frances Allen, b. Oct 1831, died Jul 1832
11. Edward Henry, b. 2 May 1837

Abigial's husband Joseph, a victualler, died intestate in 1837. His probate case 20859 was dated 20 February 1838, in Salem, Massachusetts.^[4] His wife Abigail was administratrix. She states she has a family of nine children, the youngest being eight years old.

Abigail died at age 57 on 7 June 1850, in Salem, Massachusetts.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-9T6 : 15 January 2020), Nabby Wilkens, 1797.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC47-M3R : 24 January 2020), Nabby Wilkins in entry for Joseph Peabody, 1812.
3. ↑ Peabody, Selim Hobart, 1829-1903. [from old catalog]; Hooper, Thomas, 1856- [from old catalog; Peabody (Paybody. Pabody, Pabodie) genealogy; Pub: Boston, Mass., Charles H. Pope, 1909; Page 169 https://archive.org/details/peabodypaybodypa00peab/page/169/mode/1up
4. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13789/20859-co1/245855610
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-D62K : 29 November 2018), Abigail Peabody, 7 Jun 1850; citing Death, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011222.