Abigail Jones

At Rowley Thomas Elithorpe married (2) Abigail (___) Sumner, widow of Thomas Sumner of Rowley. On 14 May 1654 widow Abigail Elithorpe, Hugh Smith and John Pickard petitioned for probate of the will of Thomas Elithorpe deceased. The will no longer exists, but the petition mentions eldest son (Nathaniel) and "three youngest children." On 6 April 1668 "'Abigaill Jones sometime wife unto Thomas Elithorp of Rowley deceased and Nathanill Elithorp sonn of sayd Thomas Elithorp and Henry Ryley and Mary his wife, and Joseph Pickworth and Abigail his wife, Daughters unto the aforesd Thomas Elithorp' gave power of attorney to 'our loveing Brother John Elithorp.'"

Thomas1 Elithorp's) widow, Abigail, married (3) in Boston, 25 June, 1657, Thomas Jones of Hull, and died before 1691.

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Abigail (Unknown) Jones (1605 - 1682)

Abigail Jones formerly [surname unknown] aka Sumner, Ellithorpe
Born Jan 1605 in Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Wife of Thomas Sumner — married [date unknown] (to 31 Oct 1643) [location unknown]
Wife of Thomas Elithorpe — married about 1643 [location unknown]
Wife of Thomas Jones — married 25 Jun 1657 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of John Ellithorpe and Abigail (Elithorpe) Pickworth
Died 9 Mar 1682 at age 77 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Abigail's family name and origins are unknown. The first record of Abigail is the probate of the estate of her her first husband Thomas 31 October 1643 when the "goods of Abigail, the late wife of Thomas Sumner, deceased, were appraised."[1] They had no children.

She married second Thomas Elithorp as his second wife by 1643. They had two children:

John Ellithorpe m Mary Todd
Abigail Ellithorpe m Joseph Pickworth
Thomas Ellithorpe died in 1654, and 25 June 1657 at BostonAbigail married a third time to Thomas Jones of Hull as is second wife.[2][3] They removed to Manchester. No record of Abigail's death has been found, but she probably died sometime before 1680. In her husband's estate probated 9 March 1680, his widow is named Elizabeth indicating he had already remarried.[4]

Research notes

There is a slight conflict in the dates with the birth of son John ( 13: 3m: 1643) and the inventory of her first husband. The original record should be consulted to see if she is referred to as Abigail Ellithrope. That Abigail remarried to Thomas Ellithorpe is clearly established in other records,[5] but there is some inconsistency.

Sources

↑ Essex County Probate, Vol 304, Page 408.
↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. 143, page 125
↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case 15230: Division
↑ 'Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, 1919) Vol 7, Page 208.
Blodgett, George. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (Amos Everett Jewett, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1887-1933). Pages 112 and 370-71.
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Inventory.
Coddington, John Insley. "The Elithorpe Family of Yorkshire, England, and New England." The American Genealogist, Jan 1955, 31:20-23 View with NEHGS Membership [Note: This article gives Abigail and Thomas Sumner a daughter Jane wife of Robert Coats which conflicts with the probate record in question which refers to her as Thomas's sister and the daughter of George Sumner].