Abigail Upton

Family

“The Upton Memorial: A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John Upton ...”. By John Adams Vinton. Page 34. GoogleBooks

SAMUEL UPTON 2, brother of the preceding, and son of John and Eleanor l'pton of Danvers and North Reading ; born in Danvers, October, 1664 ; married ABIGAI. Frost of Danvers, Jan. 14, 1702–33. She was baptized Aug 3, 1707, at Danvers, probably on "owning the covenant," as it was termed; for her name is not found among the members of the church in that place.*

• It was held by the churches of Massachusetts, in the early times, that the church of Christ, according to Scripture, consisted of visible believers, joined together by a public covenant, and their infant offspring, included in the same covenant.

The names of William and Samuel Upton often appear together, at least in the county and parish records. They were but sixteen months apart in age. Their names are coupled together in their father's will; and what they inherited from him, they held and enjoyed together, as has been stated, till 1708, and notwithstanding the division made of their real estate at that time, they still lived together on Wood Hill, all their days. At least half a century they occupied the same house. They owned land together, not only in Danvers, but in North Reading and in Middleton. They were always taxed together and taxed alike in the town and parish books. They held their negro servant together; they together manumitted him in 1717; they sat together in the meeting-house, and their wives sat together. It is likely that their deaths were not far apart; that of William There is no will of Samuel Upton on record. ' nor any account of the administration of his es. tate, nor any means of knowing the time of his death, except as above mentioned. Nor is there any record of the births of his children, and we obtain their names from the church records, where their baptisms are registered.

They were as follows:

• 35. † Samuel 3, born June 30, 1704 ; baptized Aug. 3, 1707 ; married Ruth Whipple. *36. Abigail 3, boru 1705; baptized Ang. 3, 1707.
• 37. + Noithaniel 3, | twins, baptized married Mary Eaton.
• 38. Jemima, Mar. 27, 1709; married Israel Eaton.
• 39. Anna3, baptized April 6, 1712; living 1740.
• 40. † Benjamin 3, baptized May 10, 1713 ; married Sarah Swinnerton.
• 41. Eunice3, baptized April 24, 1715; married Twist; living 1768.
• 42. † Amos 3, baptized Oct. 20, 1717; married Sarah Bickford.
• 43. Lois 3, married - McIntire; living 1768.
• 434. Noah 3, baptized Sept. 17, 1721.

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• Essex Deeds, 93 : 103.

+ The records of Salem, for more than a century following 1730, are shamefully defective. Even the Probate Records, in the present case, fail us.