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Abigail Murdock (White)

Also Known As: "widow of Samuel Read"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Weymouth, Suffolk County , Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: October 09, 1761 (79)
Uxbridge, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lt. Ebenezer White, of Weymouth and Hannah White
Wife of Samuel Read, Jr. and Robert Murdock
Mother of Lieutenant John Read; Samuel Read, III; Ebenezer Read; Daniel Read; Thomas Read and 3 others
Sister of Rev. Ebenezer White; Dea. Thomas White, of Weymouth; Dea. Samuel White, of Weymouth; Hannah Alden; Benjamin White, of Middleboro and 3 others

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About Abigail Murdock

Abigail White

  • Birth: Mar 3 1682 - Weymouth, MA
  • Death: after 12 Dec 1727 - Mendon, MA
  • Parents: Ebenezer White, Hannah Phillips
  • Husband: Samuel Read, Jr. (son of Samuel Read & Hopestill Holbrook); 2nd wife; Robert Murdock, 2nd wife

Children born at Mendon include

  1. Samuel Read. Born 7 Jul 1707. Married 1) Ruth Brown 2) Elizabeth Hunt
  2. Daniel Read Sr. Born 29 Oct 1712. Married Sarah Taft.
  3. Sarah Read. Born 10 Feb 1717. Married John Spring.

Notes

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34089489/robert-murdock

[Robert Murdock’s] ... wife Hannah died August 17, 1727, at the age of sixty, and afterwards married Mrs. Abigail (White) Read, the widow of Samuel Read of Mendon, Massachusetts. He died April 28, 1754, his will, signed June 18, 1747, bequeathing personal property only, to the amount of ₤536, his eldest son Robert receiving a double portion and being named executor. The widow Abigail moved to Uxbridge, Massachusetts, where she lived with some of her children and died October 9, 1761.

References

  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-20409
  • Mendon Marriages Read, Samuel and Abigal White, Jan. 7, 1703-4. (p. 370) from The Vital Records of Mendon Massachusetts to the Year 1850, compiled by Thomas Baldwin, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1920
  • http://www.famouskin.com ; Ancestry of Allen Dulles, Ahnentafle# 241.
  • Twigs and Springs of the Read family book pg 71.
  • "History of the Reed Family in Europe and America," by Jacob Whittemore Reed, Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1861, page 195.
  • "Annals of the town of Mendon, Mass."
  • Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, birth, Weymouth, parents; Hezekiah White and Hannah Phillips.
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116236566/abigail-murdock “Abigail (____) Murdock b. ca 1683 [as per death info]; d. 09 Oct 1761 Uxbridge, MA [vr pg 389] [78y]. She was the wife of Robert Murdock.“ (She was moved from Uxbridge Center to Prospect Hill Cemetery 1865-1875)
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Abigail Murdock's Timeline

1682
March 3, 1682
Weymouth, Suffolk County , Massachusetts, Colonial America
1704
1704
1707
June 7, 1707
Mendon, MA, United States
1709
August 8, 1709
1712
October 29, 1712
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1715
November 24, 1715
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, US
1717
February 10, 1717
1721
1721
1724
June 11, 1724