Abigail Severance

Biography

Richard and Ursula had eleven children. The first eight were born in Rattlesden Parish, Suffolk county, England, the ninth at Watertown, Massachusetts, the last two at Ipswich:

Abigail, listed first in her grandfather's 1625 will, died June 17, 1658; married John Severans; she died in Salisbury, Massachusetts, mother of twelve children. Not on the "Elizabeth" passenger list; may have been married by that time.

Abigail Kimball was christened 5 Nov 1617. Some believe she was the same as Ursula and called Ursula Abigail. (Clarification needed.)

She married (1 July 1633/4 or 1645 in Ipswich, MA) John Severance. She died 19 JUN 1658.

From "History of the Kimball Family" [2]

Abigail(2), b. Rattlesden, County of Suffolk, England; d. in Salisbury, Mass., June 17, 1658. She married in England

John Severans, b. - , d. April 9, 1682, of Salisbury, Mass., who is first styled a planter, afterwards a victualler and vintner. She is not mentioned in the list of passengers, with the others of her father’s family, on the Elizabeth. She was in the prime of life at the time of her death. Mr. Severans married, second, Oct. 2, 1663, Susanna, widow of Henry Ambrose. Mr. Ambrose, after having lived in Hampton, N.H., Salisbury, Charlestown, and Boston, died in Boston in 1658.

CHILDREN OF ABIGAIL AND JOHN SEVERANS

• i. Samuel Severans(3), b. Sept. 19, 1637; d. young.
• ii. Ebenezer Severans(3), b. March 7, 1639; d. 1667; unmarried.
• iii. Abigail Severans(3), b. Jan. 7, 1641; Sept. 1, 1642.
• iv. Abigail Severans(3), b. May 25, 1643; m. Nov. 29, 1664, John Church
• v. Mary Severans(3), b. Aug. 5, 1645; m. Nov. 3, 1663, James Coffin of Nantucket.
• vi. John Severans(3), b. Nov. 24, 1647; m. Mary -.
• vii. Joseph Severans(3), b. Feb. 14, 1649-50.
• viii. Elizabeth Severans(3), b. April 8, 1652; d. Feb. 5, 1652-53.
• ix. Benjamin Severans(3), b. Jan. 13, 1654-5.
• x. Ephraim Severans(3), b. April 8, 1656.
• xi. Dau. b. June 17, 1658; d. June 23, 1658.
• xii. Elizabeth Severans(3), b. June 17, 1658; m. 1686, Samuel Eastman of Salisbury. Her granddaughter, Abigail Eastman(5), b. July 10, 1737, daughter of Thomas(4) and Abigail (French) Eastman, m. Ebenezer Webster and was the mother of Daniel Webster(6) the statesman.

Abstract of Grandfather Henry Scott's Will

An abstract of the will of Henry Skott, citing Bury Wills Book, Pearle, L. 117[3]

Henry Skott of Rattlesden, Suffolk, yeoman, 24 September 1623, proved 10 January 1624. To my wife Martha the house wherein I dwell &c. during term of her natural life; after that to my son Roger Skott and his heirs forever. To Abigail Kemball my grandchild forty shillings at her age of one and twenty years. To my grandchild Henry Kemball twenty shillings at age of one and twenty and the same sum each to grandchildren Elizabeth and Richard Kemball at same age. To son Thomas Skott five pounds within one year after my decease. To Mr. Peter Devereux, minister of Rattlesden, ten shillings. Wife Martha to be executrix.

References

1. The Great Migration IV:154, < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached); < AncestrySharing >
2. ""History of the Kimball Family in America, 1634-1897"; by Leonard Allison Morrison and Stephen Paschall Sharples; 1:18; Damrell & Upham; Boston, Massachusetts; 1897 page 18-19
3. http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Kimball%20Family/KimballAbig...
4. coy1944 - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coy1944&i...
5. source of christening date and place and death date and place is from the following website: http://halefam.org/FamilyHistory/ancestry.php?rootid=I3487 added by mike kiraly
6. Category:Salisbury, Massachusetts Category:Rattlesden, Suffolk
7. Category:K2b1a1a FS mtDNA Haplogroup
8. Salisbury Vital Records, Deaths p 615