Abigail Williams
Probably the mother of Theodia (Porter) Walbridge. Born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1674, probably the daughter of Samuel Williams and Theodia Park, she married Experience Porter of Hadley in 1698, bore ten children there between 1699 and 1717, and went with him to Mansfield, Connecticut, about 1725. Widowed in 1750, she died at Mansfield in 1765, aged ninety.
Life
- 1674Born12 Jul 1674, Roxbury, Massachusetts
"Abigall, d. Samuel, July 12, 1674" (Roxbury births, under Williams).
documentedprobableSources
- Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
- Sylvester Judd, History of Hadley, with family genealogies by Lucius M. Boltwood (Springfield, 1905)
- William Gedney Wallbridge, Descendants of Henry Wallbridge, Who Married Anna Amos, December 25th, 1688, at Preston, Conn. (Litchfield, Conn., 1898)
- 1698Married Experience Porter
- 1765Died20 Apr 1765, Mansfield, Connecticut
"ae. 90" (Judd).
Family
- Father
- Samuel Williams
Of Roxbury, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams (Wallbridge). Not researched further.
documentedprobableSources
- Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
- Sylvester Judd, History of Hadley, with family genealogies by Lucius M. Boltwood (Springfield, 1905)
- William Gedney Wallbridge, Descendants of Henry Wallbridge, Who Married Anna Amos, December 25th, 1688, at Preston, Conn. (Litchfield, Conn., 1898)
- Mother
- Theodia Park
Born at Roxbury, daughter of Deacon William Park and Martha Holgrave (Wallbridge). Not researched further.
- Spouse
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Mother of Theodia (Porter) Walbridge. Born at Roxbury in 1674, the daughter of Samuel Williams (source), she married Experience Porter of Hadley on 26 May 1698, bore ten children at Hadley between 1699 and 1717, and went with him to Mansfield, Connecticut, about 1725. Widowed in 1750, she lived to be ninety and died at Mansfield on 20 Apr 1765 (source). The Wallbridge genealogy sets out her ancestry as part of Theodia’s: “Deacon William Parke, son of Robert Parke, of England, m. Martha Holgrave, dau. of John Holgrave, of Salem, Mass. They had Theodia Parke, b. at Roxbury, Mass., and m. Samuel Williams, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams. They had dau. Abigail Williams, b. Roxbury, Mass., July 12, 1674” (source).
Research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md.