Abigail Roberts Perkins

Abigail _____ Perkins

Born 1680 in Strafford, New Hampshire

Marriage 1)

Spouse: William Roberts

Children:

• Mary Roberts, b. before 1715; d. after 1736

Marriage 2)

Spouse: Unknown Weare

Marriage 3) 15 March 1715 Dover Neck, Stratford,New Hampshire

Spouse: Nathaniel Perkins, b. 5 June 1679, Dover Neck, Strafford, NH; d. 1748

Children:

• Nathan Perkins birth: 15 July 1716
• Hannah Perkins birth: 15 July 1716
• Lemuel Perkins birth: 16 December 1718
• Abigail Perkins birth: 16 February 1721
• Ann Perkins birth: 6 September 1723
• Abner Perkins birth: 7 April 1736 death: 1803

Notes:

Biography

"Abigail's birth name and her parents are not known. The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (542) says that Abigail, the wife of Nathaniel Perkins, was the widow of William Roberts, and this is confirmed by a deed made in 1736 by the spinster Mary Roberts in which Nathaniel and Abigail Perkins surrender their right of dower. She was named Abigail Wear at her marriage to Nathaniel, which shows that she was married to a man by that name between her marriages to William Roberts and to Nathaniel Perkins.

I have not removed the link to Abner Perkins [1] as Nathaniel and Abigail's son , although I believe it is unlikely that he was. It is claimed, without any known evidence, that Nathaniel and Abigail were the parents of Abner. Abner's age at his death in 1803 was reported as 71, which would place his birth about 1732, and a secondary source says he was born in 1736 (see his profile for sources). Abigail's daughter Mary was at least 21 in 1736, when she executed a deed, and since she was a daughter of Abigail's first marriage, she was probably somewhat older. Abigail's last recorded child was born in 1723. Based on these dates, I think it is more likely that if Abigail was related to Abner that she was his grandmother, possibly through her son Lemuel."

Abigail (Unknown) Perkins (1680 - 1740) ~ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-447716

Sources:

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S52N-7DV

Abigail (Unknown) Perkins (1680 - 1740) - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-447716

"New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL62-4ZQ : 26 September 2017), Nathanil Perkins and Abigail Wear, 15 Mar 1715; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,294, for her marriage to Nathaniel Perkins

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 542 for her marriage to William Roberts

Maine: Early Wills and Deeds, online 1640-1760, online database at AmericanAncestors.org, XVIII:267-268, for the deed executed by Mary Roberts

GEDCOM Source

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