Abigail Alden

Her husband:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LYH8-ST5/jonathan-alden-1631-...

Abigail Hallett about 1644–August 1725

Birth • 4 Sources about 1644 Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Age 81 Death • 6 Sources August 1725 Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Abigail Alden, "Find A Grave Index"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Jonathan Alden 1631-1697

Marriage: 10 December 1672 Duxbury, Old Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Abigail Hallett 1644-1725

Children (6)

Elizabeth Alden 1673-1757

Anna Alden 1678-1705

John Alden 1681-1739

Sarah Alden 1681-1738

Andrew Alden 1684-1754

Jonathan Alden 1686-1770

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Andrew Hallett Jr 1607-1684

Marriage: from 1640 to 1643 British Colonial America

Hallet -1660

Children (5)

Abigail Hallett 1644-1725

Ruhamah Hallett 1645-1714

Dorcas Hallett 1646-1647

Jonathan Hallett 1647-1717

John Hallett 1650-1726

Abigail Hallett

• Birth: Aug 1644 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Death: Aug 17 1725 - Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
• Parents: Andrew Hallett (1615-1683) & his 1st wife

Married

1. On 10 December 1672 to Jonathan Alden, son of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.1,2,3

Children of Abigail Hallett and Jonathan Alden

1. Col. John Alden1 ( - 24 Jul 1739)
2. Elizabeth Alden1
3. Sarah Alden1
4. Andrew Alden1,2
5. daughter Alden1
6. Deacon Benjamin Alden2 ( - 14 Apr 1741)
7. Jonathan Alden1,2 (Mar 1686 - )

Notes

Taken from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smason/combined/nti04966.htm

According to "According to The American Genealogist, vol. 37, no. 2, pg. 84-85 ... "Andrew (2) Hallet had at least two sons, Jonathan and John and three daughters, Ruhamah who married (1) John Bourn and (2) William Hersey of Hingham as his second wife; Abigail who married Jonathan (2) Alden; and Mehitable who married John Dexter. The first four were born before 1660, and thus were the children of a first wife whose identity seems to be entirely unknown, and Mehitable seems to be the only one who was born to Ann Besse".

"It is not strange that articles on Jonathan (2) Alden state that his wife was the daughter of Andrew (2) Hallet and Ann Besse. They quote her father's will and that of his widow, Ann (Besse) Hallet, in both of which she is called 'my daughter'. However, Ann Besse and Abigail Hallet were nearly the same age; possibly there is a difference of two or three years at the most".

It is often listed that the mother of Andrew Hallet's children (including John) was Ann Besse. However, since Ann was born in 1641 and John was born in 1648, Ann would have been only 7 years old when he was born. Clearly, he must have had a first wife who was the mother of John.

Citations

1. The American Genealogist, vol. 37, no. 2, pg. 84-85
2. Winsor, Justin. A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers. 1849. Reprint Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, Inc., 1999.
3. Mrs. John E. Barclay. Ann (Besse) Hallet, step-mother of Abigail (Hallet) Alden. The American Genealogist. Date: (October, 1950)
4. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr., & Melinda Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003
5. Landis, John T. Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages. 1922. Reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985.
6. Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. volume I (A-F). Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 1995.

Links

• http://www.theroyfamily.com/p26167.htm
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~smason/combined/nti04966.htm
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=barbpretz...