Abigail Davenport

Abigail Shaw

• Born 15 Jul 1672 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Daughter of John Shaw and Alice Phillips

Notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shaw-355

There are no confirmed marriage or death records for Abigail but there are the following records that suggest she married Richard Davenport.

Abigail and her husband, Richard Davenport's names appear in the administration papers of her father's estate dated March 11, 1705/06.

There is a record in the Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 suggesting that an Abigail Shaw, born abt 1680 and died before 1707, was the first wife of Richard Davenport, married about 1698. To confuse matters Richard married in 1707, as his second wife, Abigail Newcomb, b. 1677.

There is also in Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700, that Richard Davenport, married as his first wife, Abigail SHAW, dau John; by 1699(1700?); Weymouth/Bridgewater.

Finally, there is a birth record for DAVENPORT, (Will)iam, ch. (R)ichard and Abigail, Mar. 8, 1699. in the Weymouth (Births) - V1, Page: 93.

References

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• HISTORY OF WEYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS; IN 4 VOLUMES; GENEALOGY OF WEYMOUTH FAMILIES; BY GEORGE WALTER CHAMBERLAIN,M.S.; PUBLISHED BY THE WEYMOUTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PG. 612. *TOWN OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS; VITAL RECORDS; BIRTHS REGISTER; 1633- 1844; CLASSIFIED RECORD OF WEYMOUTH - BIRTHS, 1843-44; MICROFILM # 2031513; L.D.S. GENEALOGY LIBRARY, SALT LAKE CITY,UTAH. PG. 194.
• SHAW A GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SHAW AND MARY BURRELL UA/CAN 929.273SH26tSources: (115) p5 & (182) app & (339). p612 Married Richard Davenport. Parentage: uncertain, may have been another John Shaw, according to Savage.
• AFN:8GZ3-5H NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
• 98PN-GXQ Abigail in entry for William Davenport, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915" "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45T-KPG : 9 February 2018), Abigail in entry for William Davenport, 08 Mar 1699; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 55; FHL https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45T-KPG *M364-QS4 Abigail in entry for William Davenport, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915" "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQY-WWY : 10 February 2018), Abigail in entry for William Davenport, 08 Mar 1699; citing WEYMOUTH,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL micro https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQY-WWY This extracted record was used to create this person in Family *9DHS-SZH Encylo. of Mass.; Gen. & Biog , <I>Encyclopedia of Mass.; Genealogical and Biographical</i> (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Vol 4 p315; Abigail dau of John Shaw b 15 Jul 1672.
• MSF1-96M Abigail Shaw, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915" "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45Y-5G9 : 9 February 2018), Abigail Shaw, 15 Jul 1672; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 194; FHL microfilm 2,031,513. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F45Y-5G9
• 9XCN-YTB SHAW, Abigail(b1672)Pedigree chart of Father John Shaw hard copy original scanned https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/23686927 Pedigree chart of Father John Shaw Pedigree chart of Father John Shaw
• MS8L-N68 Legacy NFS Source: Abigail SHAW - birth: 15 July 1672; Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United *Savage James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Before 1692 - Co. 4 birth: 15 July 1672; Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States SHAW, JOHN, Weymouth, s. of Abraham, b. in Eng. by w. Alice, wh. outliv. him, had Elizabeth b. 26 Feb. 1656; Abraham, 10 Oct. 1657; Mary, 24 Mar. 1660; Nicholas, 23 Mar 1662; Joseph, 15 Apr 1664; Alcid, 6 July. 1674; beside John, prob. his first b. bef. the date of perfect rec. ought to ment. that some slight uncert. is felt, whether this man were s. of Abraham, since Weymouth rec. show, that one JOHN there m. 7 June 1658; Sara Waters, and he may have been of Abraham, and this h. of Alice have been br. of Abraham. However, as he nam. his eldest, or sec. s. Abraham(wh. serv. as a soldier on Conn. riv. Mar. 1676), my assumpt. may be good.

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Biography

There are no confirmed marriage or death records for Abigail but thereare the following records that suggest she married Richard Davenport. Abigail and her husband, Richard Davenport's names appear in the administration papers of her father's estate dated March 11, 1705/06. There is a record in the Legislators of Massachusetts General Court,1691-1780 suggesting that an Abigail Shaw, born abt 1680 and died before 1707, was the first wife of Richard Davenport, married about 1698. To confuse matters Richard married in 1707, as his second wife, Abigail Newcomb, b. 1677. There is also in Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700, that Richard Davenport, married as his first wife, Abigail SHAW, dau John; by 1699(1700?); Weymouth/Bridgewater. Finally, there is a birth record for DAVENPORT, (Will)iam, ch. (R)ichard and Abigail, Mar. 8, 1699. in the Weymouth (Births) - V1, Page:93.

Abigail was born in 1672. She passed away about 1704.

Sources

<references /> :Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Volume: Weymouth (Births) - V1, Page: 266: Abigaill [dup. Abigail],ch. John and Alice, July 15, 1672. :Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997.) :Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database.AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

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