Abigail Holbrook

Abigail Wright was born 1622 in England and died 18 May 1712 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She is buried in the Milton Cemetery.

Robert Sharp was her 1st husband. When Robert died at Muddy River, Abigail married Thomas Clapp of Weymouth who died in Scituate Apr 20, 1656. They had 2 children, John who died young & another Abigail who married another Tilden-Stephen. Abigail married for the third time to William Holbrook of Scituate.

Parents: daughter of Richard Wright (a 1595-after 15 Mar 1667) of Lynn, Braintree, Rehoboth and Boston and Margaret?, his first wife, who died before 1630 in England. (87)(fn1)

Married:

1. 1st bef. 1640 Robert Sharp as his second wife [Sprague #4248]
2. 2nd ca 1657 to Thomas Clapp, not Nicholas Clapp as stated in Pope's Pioneers (Sprague #4248R) as his 2nd wife; he had 6 children by his previous wife.
3. 3rd before Nov.1696, William Holbrook(2) of Weymouth & Scituate.

Children of Abigail Wright and Robert Sharpe:

1. Abigail Sharp born about 1647. Married Edward Vose.
2. John Sharp born March 12, 1648. Married Martha Vose.
3. Mary Sharp born December 5, 1652. Married Nathaniel Tilden.

Children of Abigail Wright and Thomas Clapp:

1. John Clap (18 Oct 1658-ca 1671) died young
2. Abigail Clap (19 Jan 1659/60-) married Stephen Tilden

Notes

She deposed Nov.4,1701, aged about 78 that she came over with her father Richard Wright in the first fleet 1630. (Register Vol.31) In 11/1701, Abigail (Wright) Holbrook, age about 78 years, deposed that she was the daughter of Richard Wright.

In her will, written on 11/28/1702, her daughters Abigail Vorce, Abigail Tilden and her son-in-law, Stephen Tilden; grandsons William Sharp, Nathaniel and Jospeh Tilden and granddaughters, Elizabeth Tilden, Elizabeth Crafts and Martha Buckmaster were mentioned.

Her inventory was taken 10/31/1707 and presented 2/13/1707/8 by Stephen Tilden of Marshfield. [Robert Vose and His Descendants, p. 15].

In "Col. Humphrey's Farm at Lynn," NEHGR, Vol 31, July, 1877, p. 308 : "Abigail Holbrook, aged 78 yeares or thereabouts, 'who dewlleth at Scituate but now being at roxbury' made oath November 4th, 1701 that she was about 8 yeares of age when she came first into this country 'with her father Richard Wright' &c &c. Her deposition is to the same purport as her sister Eleanor.

Citations

• 87. George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Boston, 1923.
• 5. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: immigrants to New England 1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995, Three volumes.

Footnotes

1. Richard Wright, b. c. 1598 Stepney, Middlesex, England, to Lynn, Mass., with the Winthrop Fleet 1630 bringing his mother Margaret and at least three daughters. He was of Boston and Braintree both before coming to Seekonk, Plymouth Colony, in 1643 and with his three sons-in-law all settled beside each other in the new Plantation which they helped to found and which later became Rehoboth. Wife unknown, b. and d. in England; order of children uncertain."

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Abigail Wright Holbrook

• Birth: 1622 in Greater London, England
• Death: 1707 (aged 84–85) Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA [? Date & place???/ps]
• Burial: Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Family links: 

• Parents:
  • Richard Wright (1598 - 1644)
  • Margaret Adams Wright (1599 - 1678) 
• Spouse: 
  •  Robert Sharpe (1614 - 1653) 
  • William Holbrook (1620–1699) (m. 1696)
• Children:  
  • John Sharp (1648 - 1676)* 
  • Abigail Sharp Vose (1648 – 1712)
• Siblings:
  •  Abigail Wright Holbrook (1622 - 1702) 
  • Mary Wright Sabin (1625 - 1660)*
  • Elizabeth Wright (1627 - 1701)*
• In 11/1701, Abigail (Wright) Holbrook, age about 78 years, deposed that she was the daughter of Richard Wright.

• In her will, written on 11/28/1702, her daughters Abigail Vorce, Abigail Tilden and her son-in-law, Stephen Tilden; grandsons William Sharp, Nathaniel and Jospeh Tilden and granddaughters, Elizabeth Tilden, Elizabeth Crafts and Martha Buckmaster were mentioned.

• Her inventory was taken 10/31/1707 and presented 2/13/1707/8 by Stephen Tilden of Marshfield. [Robert Vose and His Descendants, p. 15].

• In "Col. Humphrey's Farm at Lynn," NEHGR, Vol 31, July, 1877, p. 308 : "Abigail Holbrook, aged 78 yeares or thereabouts, 'who dewlleth at Scituate but now being at roxbury' made oath November 4th, 1701 that she was about 8 yeares of age when she came first into this country 'with her father Richard Wright' &c &c. Her deposition is to the same purport as her sister Eleanor.

• p. 307 of the same source : "Eleanor Clarke aged fourscore yeares or thereabouts testifyeth & saith that to her best remembrance she was about nine or ten yeares of age when she came first into this country, and that she came ouer with her father Richard Wright, who came over in the first fleet ye came hither he took up Lands ye were said to be granted to him said Colonel Humphryes, and built upon that part of ye said Land called by ye Indian name Saugus or Sangus according to ye best remembrance of this deponent near to a place called the great plaine or plaine farme which also this deponent remembers was reputed ye land of ye said Colonel Humphryes, and his cattle used to feed & range thereon: & further this deponent testifyeth that some yeares after ye said Col. Humphryes came over into New England, & after his arrival this deponent lived with ye said Col. Humphryes upon ye farm aforesd called Saugus or Sangus..."
• Abigail Wright was married three times.

  • Her surname on this memorial should be Holbrook, since it was her last surname when she died.

  • She married first to Robert SHARP, then Thomas CLAPP ca 1656, then to William HOLBROOK. aft 1679

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Abigail Wright

• • b.Abt 1622 England
• • d.Bef 13 Feb 1707 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• • Name Abigail Wright
• • Gender Female
• • Birth[1] Abt 1622 England
• • Marriage Bef 1643 to Robert Sharp
• • Marriage Bef 24 Apr 1656 to Deacon Thomas Clapp
• • Marriage Bef 9 Sep 1696 to Captain William Holbrook
• • Death[1] Bef 13 Feb 1707 Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
• Nov. 4, 1701 Abigail Holbrook, aged about 78, who dwelleth at Scituate but now of Roxbury, made oath that she was about 8 years of age when she came first to this country with her father, Richard Wright. [Register of Swansea, Suffolk Co. Court Files, original papers No. 5, 400; WA GRC, 1957, p. 248]
• Will of Abigail Holbrook, widow, of Scituate[1], dated 28 Nov 1702, probated 13 Feb 1707, mentions grandchildren Elizabeth Tilden, Elizabeth Crafts, William Sharp, Martha Buckmaster, Nathaniel Tilden, Joseph Tilden. Residue to two daughters Abigail Vorce [%E2%80%89Abigail Sharp m. Edward Voce] and Abigail Tilden [%E2%80%89Abigail Clapp m. Stephen Tilden]. Executor son-in-law Stephen Tilden.

▼References

• 1.Davis, Walter Goodwin. The Ancestry of Joseph Neal: 1769-c.1835 of Litchfield, Maine. (Portland, Maine: Portland, Maine : Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945, 1945), 100.
  • Richard Wright came to New England in the Winthrop fleet with wife and two daughters, one being Abigail, b. abt. 1622, m. (1) abt 1642 Robert Sharp, m. (2) Thomas Clapp of Scituate, m. (3) Capt. William Holbrook of Scituate.

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Family with ‪Robert Sharpe‬ - View Family

• husband: ‪Robert Sharpe‬ [1st husband/ps]
  • • Birth 1615 53 - ‪Islington‬, ‪Norfolk‬, ‪England‬
  • • Death July 1653 (Age 38) - ‪Muddy River‬, ‪Suffolk‬, ‪Massachusett‬, ‪Americas‬
  • • Marriage: 1640 -- ‪Roxbury‬, ‪Suffolk‬, ‪Massachusetts‬, ‪America‬
• Child:
  • Abigail Sharp‬
    • Birth 1647 32 27 - ‪Dorchester‬, ‪Suffolk‬, ‪Massachusetts‬, ‪America‬
    • Death May 18, 1712 (Age 65) - ‪Milton‬, ‪Norfolk‬, ‪Massachusetts‬
  • Lt. John Sharp
    • b. 12 Mar 1643,
    • d. 18 Apr 1676

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Widow of Robert Sharp

Child of Abigail Wright and Richard Sharpe

1. Lt. John Sharp b. 12 Mar 1643, d. 18 Apr 1676

notes

Her inventory was taken 10/31/1707 and presented 2/13/1707/8 by Stephen Tilden of Marshfield.
[Robert Vose and His Descendants, p. 15].

In "Col. Humphrey's Farm at Lynn," NEHGR, Vol 31, July, 1877, p. 308 : "Abigail Holbrook, aged 78 yeares or thereabouts, 'who dewlleth at Scituate but now being at roxbury' made oath November 4th, 1701 that she was about 8 yeares of age when she came first into this country 'with her father Richard Wright' &c &c. Her deposition is to the same purport as her sister Eleanor.

• http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p1964.htm#i98197
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16390935

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Not a known child of Jane Holbrook