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Abigail Reed (Kendall)

Also Known As: "Abigale Kendall"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Death: October 12, 1734 (68)
Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Francis Kendall and Mary Kendall
Wife of Capt. William Reed
Mother of Abigail Fiske; Elizabeth Munroe; Rebecca Johnson; Capt. William Reed, Jr.; Mary Stone (Reed) and 6 others
Sister of John Kendall; Thomas Kendall; Mary Reed; Elizabeth Pierce; Hannah Green and 4 others

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About Abigail Reed

Some sources say "she had extra large fingers and toes", while other sources just say "extra fingers and toes".

Abigail was the Daughter of Francis Kendall(alias Miles) and Mary Tidd Kendall. She married William Reed, Son of George Reed and Elizabeth Jennison Reed of Woburn.

Children: Abigail Reed Fiske, Rebecca Reed Johnson, William Reed Jr, Mary Reed, Benjamin Reed, Samuel Reed, Joshua Reed, Hepsibah Reed, and Elizabeth Reed.

Supporting data

  • 'Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the ..., Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=Bc8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1518&lpg=PA1518&...
  • Pg. 1518
  • (V) William, supposed to be son of Thomas (4) and Mary Reed, of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, was born in England in 1587 and was the oldest of the immigrants of this surname. He sailed from London in the ship "Defence" July 4, 1635, Captain Edward Fostick, and arrived in Boston October 6, same year. with his wife, who was Mabel Kendall, born 1605. . . . .
    • (VI) George, son of William Reed, was born in England in 1629. . . . . He married (first) August 4, 1651, Elizabeth Jennison, daughter of Robert Jennison, of Watertown. She died February 26, 1665, and he married (second) November 9, 1665, Hannah Rockwell, of Charlestown. Children, all by first wife: . . . .
      • ' (VII) Captain William (2), son of George Reed, was born September 22, 1662, died May 12, 1718. He was a large land owner in Cambridge Farms, Woburn and Billerica. He settled in Cambridge Farms, now Lexington. He held a justice's commission, and was captain of the militia. He was one of the first board of selectmen in 1713. He purchased land within five days of his death. He married, May 24, 1686, Abigail Kendall, his father's cousin. She had a unusual number of finger and toes (a characteristic of the whole Kendall family in America). She died October 12, 1734, and he and his wife are buried in the old Lexington graveyard and headstones mark the graves. Children: 1. Abigail, born May 29, 1687, married Deacon Jonathan Fiske. 2. William, July 18, 1693. 3. Mary, April 8, 1695, married Deacon John Stone. 4. Benjamin, October 22, 1696, married Rebecca Stone. 5. Samuel, October 24, 1699. 6. Joshua, January 20, 1702. 7. Hepsibah, December 10, 1705, married Daniel Tidd. 8. Elizabeth, married Joseph Monroe. 9. Rebecca, married Edward Johnson, of Woburn.
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  • 'New England marriages prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley Pg.616
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA616&lpg=PA616&dq...
  • 'Reade, William (1662-1718) & Abigail Kendall (1666-1734); 24 May 1686; Woburn/Cambridge
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, through Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho; and Chester W . Maynard of Lakeland, FL

!BUR: Old Lexington Burying Ground.

!HISTORY: As quoted from Mrs. Watkins notes: "Abigail, his wife, had extra
fingers and toes, which affliction popped up now and then in later generations."

!MARR: Research by Avis M. Watkins of Exeter, New Hampshire, throug h Christel Nourse Richardson of Boise, Idaho; and "History of The Reed
Family in Europe and America" by Jacob Whittemore Reed, Boston 1861 , page 65.
"William...married Abigail Kendall..., his father's cousin" meaningt hat
Abigail Kendall and George Reed were cousins.

!BIR-MARR: "Kendall Family of Woburn, Mass" by William R. Cutter, Esq .,
Librarian of the Public Library, Woburn, Mass [Supplementary to Sewall's History of Woburn] as printed in NEHGS Register Vol 39 p17 Jan 18 85

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Abigail Reed's Timeline

1666
April 6, 1666
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1687
May 29, 1687
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1691
April 7, 1691
Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1691
Lexington, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1693
July 18, 1693
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1695
April 8, 1695
Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1696
October 22, 1696
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1699
October 24, 1699
Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1702
June 20, 1702
Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America