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Abigail Treat (Willard)

Also Known As: "Abgail", "Abigail Eastbrook"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: December 27, 1746 (81)
Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Samuel Willard and Abigail Willard
Wife of Rev. Benjamin Estabrook and Rev. Samuel Treat
Mother of Benjamin Estabrook, Jr.; Richard Estabrook and Eunice Paine
Sister of Major John Willard of Jamaica; Samuel Willard died young; Mary Melville; Elizabeth Willard; Simon Willard and 1 other
Half sister of Judge Josiah Willard; Eunice Willard infant; Richard Willard, died young; William Willard; Margaret Willard and 4 others

Managed by: Ivy Jo Smith
Last Updated:

About Abigail Treat

ID: I18590

Name: Abigail Willard 1 2 3

Sex: F

Birth: 5 JUL 1665 1 4

Death: 1746 5

Reference Number: 18592

Father: Samuel Willard b: 31 JAN 1640 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother: Abigail Sherman b: 1 DEC 1648 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Marriage 1 Benjamin Estabrook b: 24 FEB 1671 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Married: 29 NOV 1694 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 6

Marriage 2 Samuel Treat b: 1648

Married: 29 AUG 1700 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts 5

Sources:

Title: Groton Records

Author: Jane Devlin

Note: From Groton records

Repository:

Note: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ma/groton_ma_early...

Media: Internet

Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1987

Note: With an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

Toledo Public Library, Toledo, Ohio #929.74 Tor & Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana #G974 T63n

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Pages 239 & 753

Text: 753 - "Abigail (Willard) Easterbrook/Estabrook"

Title: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts

Author: Henry Bond, M.D.

Publication: N.E. Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston, 1860

Note: Actual title of the book is: 'Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston; to which is appended The Early History of the Town. with Illustrations, Maps and Notes."

Also available at:

Allen County Libary #974.402 W31b

Toledo Library #974.44 Bon

The cover of the book reads: "Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown. Second Edition"

NOTE: All page references are from Volume ONE unless otherwise noted.

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Page 205

Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1987

Note: With an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

Toledo Public Library, Toledo, Ohio #929.74 Tor & Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana #G974 T63n

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Page 239

Text: "1665"

Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1987

Note: With an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

Toledo Public Library, Toledo, Ohio #929.74 Tor & Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana #G974 T63n

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Pages 239 & 753

Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1987

Note: With an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley.

Toledo Public Library, Toledo, Ohio #929.74 Tor & Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana #G974 T63n

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Page 239


SAMUEL, Groton, sec. s. of major Simon, began to preach there 1662, was ord. 13 July, and m. 8 Aug. 1664, Abigail, d. of John Sherman, the min. of Watertown, and of that Mary Launce of wh. is told in the Magn. the preposterous myth, of her being gr.d. of Earl Rivers, as also of the happiness of the two ws. of Sherman, the latter count. by the score, in bring. him ch. He had Abigail, b. 5 July 1665; Samuel, 25 Jan. or 17 Mar. 1668, d. young; Mary, 10 Oct. 1669; John, 8 Sept. 1673, H. C. 1690, merch. at Kingston, Jamaica (wh. was f. of Rev. Samuel, H. C. 1723, wh. was f. of the Rev. Joseph, H. C. 1765, and presid. of the Univ. from 1781 to his d. 25 Sept. 1840); Elizabeth 27 Feb. 1675; and Simon, the latter b. at Boston, aft. the ind. destr. Groton, 6 Dec. 1676, H. C. 1695. But two more ch. of the first m. are report.' wh. d. too young to have names. His w. d. soon after, and he m. a. 1679, Eunice, d. of the first Edward Tyng, had Edward, 6 July 1680, d. young; Josiah, 21 June 1681, H. C. 1698 (wh. was long Secr. of our prov. a counsel. and judge of pro. d. 6 Dec. 1656); Eunice, Jan. 1683, d. young; Richard, May 1684, drown. 28 June 1697, few hrs. after ent. coll. in his 13th yr. says Sewall's diary; William, bapt. 14 Feb. 1686; Margaret, b. 3 Dec. 1687; Edward, again, Sept. 1689, d. young; Hannah, Dec. 1690; Sarah, Feb. 1693, d. young; Eunice, again, bapt. 16 June 1695; Sarah, again, b. 10 June 1697, d. young; and Richard, again, Sept. 1699. Only six of these twelve by the sec. w. outliv. their f. and only the sec.

Eunice and Josiah liv. to mid. age. Nor is there now remain, any male descend. of the progenit. exc. in the line of John through Rev. Samuel. He was freem. 1670, instal. 31 Mar. 1678 at the O. S. ch. as success. to Thacher, the first min. and was highly esteem. call. by the Gen. Ct. to preach their sermon on a fast, in the anxious days of Feb. 1683, and doing gr. service, in recov. the public judgm. from the horrible delusion of the witchcraft cruelty, and on the forced resignat. of Increase Mather, as Presid. of the coll. was made his success. as vice-presid. 6 Sept. 1701, without the obligat. of resid. at Cambridge, the fatal necessity that disgusted his predecess. He resign. 14 Aug. 1707, and d. 12 Sept. foll.


ID: I56

Name: Abigail Willard

Sex: F

Birth: 19 JAN 1702/1703 in Plympton Plymouth Massachusetts

Baptism: 24 JAN 1703/1704

Death: 1776 in Seekonk Bristol, Massacusetts

Burial: Seekonk Common

_IFLAGS: 0

Note:

Had 6 siblings, only her branch survived.

Source: Willard Genealogy, Sequel to Willard Memoir.

Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker, 1915, Boston, MA.

Change Date: 8 AUG 2004 at 23:35:26

Father: Simon Willard b: 6 FEB 1676 in Groton Middlesex Massachusetts

Mother: Elizabeth Alden b: 9 APR 1665 in Massachusetts

Marriage 1 Joseph Bridgham b: 16 APR 1701

Married: 18 OCT 1722

Children

John Bridgham b: 22 NOV 1723
Joseph Bridgham b: 1732 or 11-22-1723
Abigail Bridgham b: 21 NOV 1724
Mercy or Mary Bridgham b: 27 DEC 1725
John Bridgham b: 27 AUG 1729 in Boston Suffolk Massachusetts
Hannah Bridgham b: 2 AUG 1730

Her father was the rector of Old South Church, Boston, Mass.


Estabrook, or Easterbrook, Benjamin, Lexington, s. of Joseph, m. 20 Nov. 1693, Abigail, d. of Rev. Samuel Willard, ord. 21 Oct. 1669, d. 28 July foll. DANIEL, Cambridge, br. of the preced. JOSEPH, Concord, came a. 1660 from Enfield,Middlesex, Eng. it is said, with two brs. (one of wh. Thomas, in 1673 was of Swanzey, but after at Concord), was gr. H. C. 1664, ord. a. 1667, collea. with Edward Bulkley, freem. 1665, m. 20 May 1668, Mary, d. of Capt. Hugh Mason, had Joseph, b. 6 May 1669 Benjamin, 24 Sept. 1671, H. C. 1690, bef. ment.; Mary, 28 Feb. 1673; Samuel, 7 Jan. 1675, H. C. 1696; Daniel, 14 Feb. 1677; and Ann, 30 Jan. 1678. He d. 23 May 1711. Daniel d. at Sudbury 7 Jan. 1737; Mary m. Jonathan Green of Newton; and Ann m. 26 Jan. 1710, Joshua Haynes of Sudbury. JOSEPH, Lexington, s. of the preced. m. 31 Dec. 1689, Melicent, d. of Henry Woodhouse, had only Joseph, b. 10 Oct. 1690; his w. d. 20 Mar. 1693, and he m. 25 Aug. foll. Hannah, wid. of Joseph Loring, d. of John Leavitt, had Jon, 28 July 1694; Solomon, 22 Dec. 1696; Hannah, 2 Aug. 1698; Melicent, 21 Mar. 1700; and Elijah, 25 Aug. 1703; was deac. and d. 23 Sept. 1733. SAMUEL, Canterbury, s. of the first Joseph, taught sch. and help. his f. at Concord, bef. ord. 13 Jan. 1712, d. 26 June 1727. THOMAS, Swanzey, by w. Sarah had Eliz. b. 19 Dec. 1673. Six of this name had, in 1834, been gr. at Harv. and four at other N. E. coll. Often it is spelt Easterbrook.


ID: I10417

Name: Abigail Willard

Sex: F

Birth: 5 JUL 1665 in Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death: 28 DEC 1746 in Boston, Suffolk, MA

Note:

Sources:

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915 & "Willa rd Me mo ir ," Jo se ph W illard, 1858.

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 78

Title: History of the Town of Groton, Including Peppe re ll a nd Sh ir le y: fr om the First Grant of Groton Plantation

Author: Caleb Butler

Publication: Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1848

Repository:

Note: www.Ancestry.com

Call Number:

Media: Book

"Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," J am es S av ag e, 18 60 -1862 & "Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858.

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 18

Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

Author: Clarence Almon Torrey

Publication: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997

Repository:

Note: Own book

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 753

Title: Deaths in Boston 1700 to 1799

Author: Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart

Publication: Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999

Repository:

Note: Own book

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 908

"Gen. Dictionary of the Early Settlers of New England," J am es S av ag e, 18 60 -1862.

Title: A Report of the Record Commissioners: Boston Bir th s, M ar ri ag es & De aths, 1630-1699, Volume 9

Publication: Boston: 1908; reproduced on CD by Search & Re Se ar ch Pu bl is hi ng Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 1997

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 217

"Willard Memoir," Joseph Willard, 1858.

Title: Paine Ancestry, The Family of Robert Treat Paine

Author: Sarah Cushing Paine, ed. Charles Henry Pope

Publication: Boston: 1912

Repository:

Note: NEHGS Library

Call Number:

Media: Book

Page: pg. 86

"Willard Genealogy," Charles Henry Pope, 1915.

Title: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Sett le rs of N ew En gl an d, Vo l. IV

Author: James Savage

Publication: 1860-1862

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Family Archive CD

Page: pg. 791

"First Settlers of Eastham, MA," NEHGS "Register," Vol 7, pg. 347.

Title: Eastham & Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records as or ig in al ly pu bl is hed in "The Mayflower Descendant"

Publication: reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publis hi ng Co rp or at io n, Wheat Ridge, CO

Repository:

Call Number:

Media: Other

Page: Vol. 8, pg. 243

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Source:

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Father: Samuel Willard b: 31 JAN 1639/40 in Concord, Middlesex, MA

Mother: Abigail Sherman b: 1 FEB 1647/48 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Marriage 1 Samuel Treat b: BEF. 3 SEP 1648 in Milford, New Haven, CT

Children

Eunice Treat b: 27 SEP 1704

Marriage 2 Benjamin Estabrook b: 24 FEB 1670/71 in Concord, Middlesex, MA

Married: 20 SEP 1693 in Boston, Suffolk, MA

Children

John Estabrook b: 28 JUL 1694
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Abigail Treat's Timeline

1665
July 5, 1665
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1695
December 13, 1695
1697
July 5, 1697
1704
September 27, 1704
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1746
December 27, 1746
Age 81
Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts