Abigail Bailey Was not the wife of Deacon William Weeden, Sr., of Newport
Her husband and children are mentioned in the will of John Bailey of Newport in 1733, text is here:
https://books.google.com/books?id=f5g6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA233&lpg...
So who was this William Weeden ?
might help: Lieut. Thomas Bailey
'''Mary Weeden now Mary Carr (granddaughter of John Bailey), William Weeden (grandson of John Bailey), John Bailey (grandson of John Bailey)''' from will in his profile I updated his profile with find a grave and added Lieut Thomas Baley in his known as Is he DAR as a LT.
Will
Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745, 11:16. Account of John Bailey "the only Surviving Executor" of Estate of Thomas Bailey of Little Compton, dated 7 Oct 1746.
Legacies per will to:
Thomas Bailey (son), Constant Bailey (son), Berzillai Bailey (grandson), Joseph Wood guardian of Mary Bailey (daughter) and William Hall guardian of William Bailey (son).
Legacies from John Bailey to:
Mary Weeden now Mary Carr (granddaughter of John Bailey), William Weeden (grandson of John Bailey), John Bailey (grandson of John Bailey), Sarah Brownel (granddaughter of John Bailey), Pricilla Loreing late Pricilla Bailey (granddaughter of John Bailey), Comfort Grinnel guardian of Benjamin, Cornelius, Sarah and Abigail (grandchildren of John Bailey), Samuel Bailey (grandson of John Bailey), Abigail Arnold late Abigail Bailey (no relationship stated). William Weeden and Abigail his wife (daughter of John Bailey) and their 2 children William Weeden and Mary Weeden now Mary Carr (grandchildren of John Bailey). My mother Mary Bailey.
Witnesses: William Richmond, William Wilbour & Constant Southworth [11:199/200/1/2/3/4].
Comments
"some of these relationships are questionable. Comfort Grinnel guardian of Benjamin, Cornelius, Sarah and Abigail (grandchildren of John Bailey) -- these children are listed in Little Compton Births as children of William Bailey, born 1707, and wife Comfort Billings."
Sources
Records of the Bailey Family: Decendants of William Bailey of Newport, R.I., Chiefly in the Line of His Son, Hugh Bailey of East Greenwich, R.I. (Google eBook) Standard Printing Company, 1895 - 206 pages. Page 20
Links
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Bailey_(2)_