Abigail Pierce
Wife of John Holbrook (c. 1650-1731) of Scituate, whom she married in 1671, and probably the mother of his children born 1671/2-1686, among them John Holbrook (b. 1686). A daughter of Michael Pierce, whose will of 1675/6 names her as Abigail Holbrook; she died at Scituate in 1723, aged 77.
Life
- c. 1646Bornc. 1646
Aged 77 at her death in 1723, from her gravestone.
documentedprobable - 1671Married John Holbrook1671compiledprobable
- 1723Died29 Sep 1723, Scituate, Massachusetts
"Abigal, w. Jo[h]n, Sept. 29, 1723. [Abigael, a. 77, G.R.2.]" (Scituate VR 2:397).
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Family
- Father
- Michael Pierce
Called his daughter in the Holbrook genealogies. His will of 15 Jan 1675/6, as printed in the Pierce Genealogy (pp. 34-35), gives "my daughter, Abigail Holbrook five pounds."
Pedigree
Notes
Wife of John Holbrook (c. 1650-1731) of Scituate, married 1671. Her father’s will of 15 Jan 1675/6 gives “my daughter, Abigail Holbrook five pounds” and £5 to “my grandchild Abigail Holbrook,” so she was married with a daughter by then (Pierce Genealogy pp. 34-35). Her daughter Abigail, born 11 May 1675, was the eight-month-old grandchild of the will (inferred).
The compiled sources disagree on her husband. Deane (1831, p. 325): “Abigail married Samuel Holbrook 1682.” The Pierce Genealogy (1889, p. 36): she married John Holbrook and had Thomas b. 15 Jan 1672 and John b. 19 Nov 1686. The will shows she was already “Abigail Holbrook” in January 1675/6, so Deane’s 1682 date cannot be her first marriage (inferred).
She died at Scituate on 29 Sept 1723, aged 77, and is buried beside her husband.
Connections
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