Abigail Starbird

Abigail Dam (1663 - 1723)

• aka Dame
• Born 5 Apr 1663 in Dover MM, Strafford, New Hampshire
• Died Apr 1723 in Dover MM, Strafford, New Hampshire
• Daughter of John Dam and (unknown) Hall
• Sarah Dam, John Dam [half], Alice Dam [half], Mary Dam [half], Moses Dam [half] and Bethia Dam [half]
• Wife of Thomas Starbird — married 4 Jan 1687 in New Hampshire
• Mother of Thomas Starbird II, John Starbird and Samuel Starbird

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Abigail Dam was named as grand daughter in the 1677 will of John Hall of Dover.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dam-31 Profile last modified 31 Oct 2018 | Created 3 Mar 2012]
• [page 110] Collections of the Dover, N.H., Historical Society. ... V.1 1686-1850. Archive.Org Dam : daughr of Jn° Dam Junr bo : y' 5"' Aprill 1663
• A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, Volume 4 ... By James Savage. page 1832. GoogleBooks (STARBOARD), or STARBIRD, THOMAS, perhaps of Dover, m. 4 Jan. 1688, Abigail Dam, wh. may have been (1. of John,) had Jethro, b. 28 Aug. 1689; Thomas, 19 Oct. 1691; Agnes, 4 Oct. 1693; Abigail, 29 Sept. 1695; Eliz. 15 Feb. 1699; John, 10 Mar. 1701; and Samuel, 22 Apr. 1704.
• page 702 of New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey
• Sergt. John Dam (2), in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939), 181. “Abigail, b. 4 Apr. 1663, m. Thos. Starbird”
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Abigail_Dam_%282%29
• http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_dea.htm
• “The pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660; a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns, churches, courts and other contemporary sources,” by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918. Page 88. Archive.Org John Hall of Greenland (N. H.) made will 29 Aug. 1677, prob. Oct. 31, 1677; beq. to wife Elizabeth, son Joseph, dau. Sarah, gr. ch. Abigail Dame; to church of Dover, to be laid out for the communion table.