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About Abigail Preston
Biography
https://www.tributaries.info/p734.htm#i7331
Abigail/3w Brooks, born at Woburn, Massachusetts,1, removed with her family to Swansea, where she married, 16 Oct 1695, Levi/2 Preston, son of Roger/1 Preston and Martha (–?–).2,3 Sister Abigail Press "Liveing in West Jersey:" was mentioned in the will of her brother John/3w Brooks of Swansea, 9 Apr 1713.4,5 She died 24 Nov 1746 (g.s.)6, and was buried in Cohansey Baptist Cemetery, Roadstown, New Jersey.6
"At Fairfield, now Fairton, in Cumberland Co., New Jersey, there was a settlement of New England and Long Island people as early as 1705. Most of the settlers were located at a section about two miles southeast of the Fairton post office at a village, which they termed, 'New England Cross Roads.' Here came Levi Preston with his wife, Abigail Brooks … about the year 1709."7
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Two Abigails were merged - one married to Levi Preston and one married to Samuel Stebbins.
This is the Abigail who was born in Woburn, MA, lived in Swansea, MA, and died in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Wife of Levi Preston. Daughter of Rev. Timothy Brooks and Mary Russell.
Below from WikiTree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Brooks-7167, based on some primary sources and matches what Geni had before a bad merge...
Abigail Brooks was born at Woburn, Massachusetts.[1] She removed with her family to Swansea, where she married, 16 Oct 1695, Levi Preston, son of Roger Preston and Martha (–?–).[2], [3] Sister Abigail Press "Living in West Jersey:" is mentioned in the will of her brother John Brooks of Swansea, 9 Apr 1713.[4], [5] She died 24 Nov 1746 (g.s.)6, and was buried in Cohansey Baptist Cemetery, Roadstown, New Jersey.[6] "At Fairfield, now Fairton, in Cumberland Co., New Jersey, there was a settlement of New England and Long Island people as early as 1705. Most of the settlers were located at a section about two miles southeast of the Fairton post office at a village, which they termed, 'New England Cross Roads.' Here came Levi Preston with his wife, Abigail Brooks … about the year 1709."[7]
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- TRIBUTARIES Genealogies of the Brooks Families of New EnglandAmos Eagle Elliston
- [1] S298 Cutter & Loring, Brooks Family of Woburn (1904), 7, Abigail (3.xii.) Brooks.
- [2] S192 Swansea VR, 24, Levy Preston/Abigall Brooks m.
- [3][S1081] Mason, Swansea Records, 101-3, Levy Preston/Abigall Brooks m. [4] [S216] Craig, NJ Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, 62-63, John Brooks.
- [5] [S692] Rounds, Bristol Co. Probate, 3:212-213, John Brooks.
- [6] [S1455] Ann Kessler.
- [7] [S1455] Ann Kessler, citing Robert Peacock Brooks, "Henry Brooks and his Descendants."
- [8] [S183] Craig Beeman, citing Virkus, Comp. Amer. Genealogy, 5:519.
Below from a different Abigail who married Samuel Stebbins
BIRTH: Descendants of Rowland Stebbins has birth in Springfield, Massachusetts.
BIOGRAPHY: Of Billerica, Massachusetts.
DEATH: Jacobus has death in 1720. Solomon Stebbins, Russell Hitchcock and Stebbins Ancestral Society have death on March 13, 1754.
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Abigail Preston's Timeline
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1667
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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August 14, 1703
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Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1705 |
1705
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near, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
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| 1707 |
September 10, 1707
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Fairfield, Essex, New Jersey, USA
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| 1714 |
June 29, 1714
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Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States
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| 1746 |
November 24, 1746
Age 79
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Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey
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| 1951 |
April 16, 1951
Age 79
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June 5, 1993
Age 79
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December 2, 1993
Age 79
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