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Abigail Read (Leonard)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: 1729 (24-33)
Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Leonard, Sr. and Deborah Leonard
Wife of Isaac Reed
Mother of Abigail Monroe; Amity Welch and Isaac Reed, Jr
Sister of Mercy Adams; Mary Leonard; Samuel Leonard and Phebe Canaday
Half sister of Mary Newton; Mercy Adams; Elizabeth Clark and Samuel Leonard, Jr.

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About Abigail Read


Biography

Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, p. 58: birth & parents listed. p. 95: marriage listed

m, parent of 2 children. It is believed she is the daughter of Samuel & Deborah though no record of birth or baptism has been found.

Research Notes

In January 2018 the Mayflower Society began approving applications through Abigail Leonard. The Mayflower Society accepts that Abigail was the child of Samuel Leonard and his second wife Deborah. She was named after Samuel's deceased wife, Abigail.[1]


References

  1. Memorial: Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of Solomon Leonard, 1637, Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and some of His Descendants. By Manning Leonard, Southbridge, Mass. Press of Knapp, Peck & Thomson, Auburn N.Y. 1896, p36. < Archive.Org >
  2. https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spegler&...
  3. http://ralphhodgefamily.com/g0/p199.htm discusses her vital info with citations.
  4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leonard-706
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Abigail Read's Timeline

1700
1700
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1723
April 29, 1723
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
1725
June 10, 1725
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1727
July 4, 1727
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1729
1729
Age 29
Norwich, New London, Connecticut