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Abigail Smith (Emerson)

Also Known As: "Martha"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: October 1720 (48)
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Michael Emerson and Hannah Emerson
Wife of Samuel Smith
Mother of Hannah Roberts; Samuel Smith, Jr; Jonathan Smith; Abigail Smith; Mehitable Higginson Messer and 5 others
Sister of Hannah Dustin, Indian Captive; John Emerson, died young; Mary Emerson; Thomas Emerson; Captain Samuel Emerson and 9 others

Managed by: Erin Ishimoticha
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About Abigail Smith

Abigail Emerson or Emmerson was a daughter of Michael Emerson and Hannah Webster and was born November 20th, 1671. She was also the sister of folk hero Hannah Duston.

Her life took a different path than her sister's as she married a man named Samuel Smith on November 30th, 1693 and had many children. They were:

Nathaniel Timothy Hannah Samuel Jr Jonathan Abigail Mehitable Mary Sarah Susannah

She passed away in October of 1720.

Sources:

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHL1-K3T : 4 December 2014), Abygail Emersen, 20 Nov 1671; citing Haverhill, Norfolk, Massachusetts, 46; FHL microfilm 877,468.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZSY-4GH : 4 December 2014), Samuel Smith in entry for Abigail Smith, 08 May 1700; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ39-LH5 : 4 December 2014), Abigail Emerson in entry for Jonathan Smith, 22 Aug 1698; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZST-LHN : 4 December 2014), Abigail Emerson in entry for Mary Smith, 18 May 1704; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ39-PG8 : 4 December 2014), Samuel Smith, 01 May 1696; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZS1-VBK : 4 December 2014), Abigail Emerson in entry for Mehetabell Smith, 22 Feb 1701; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ39-THV : 4 December 2014), Timothy Smith, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 14,767.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZS1-ZF8 : 4 December 2014), Hanah Smith, 17 Aug 1694; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.

Jane Emerson James, "The Haverhill Emersons: Revised & Extended" p14   and    Early VR of MA to 1850 v1, p122.

*b: Jane Emerson James, "The Haverhill Emersons: Revised and Extended", (Jane Emerson James, Lake Winnebago, MO, 1983), p29; Charles D. Hendrick, "The Hendrick Genealogy," p55 and Early VR of MA to 1850, Haverhill v1 p279.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 on NEGHS, www.newenglandancestors.org, New England Historical & Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, www.newenglandancestors.com.

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Abigail Smith's Timeline

1671
November 20, 1671
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1694
August 17, 1694
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
1696
May 1, 1696
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1698
August 23, 1698
1700
May 8, 1700
Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1702
February 22, 1702
Massachusetts
1704
May 18, 1704
Haverhill, Essex County, MA, United States
1706
June 2, 1706
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1708
1708