Abigail Mumford

Not the daughter of James Kenyon & Ester Smith

Abigail (unknown)

• Born: Abt. 1658 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
• Died: 20 May 1707
• Burial: Thomas Mumford Burial Ground, Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island Also known as: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Narragansett #8
• Marriage: Abt. 1678
• Husband: Thomas Mumford b: Nov 25, 1656, Portsmouth, RI; d. April 11, 1726, South Kingston, RI. His 1st wife.

Children:

• Benjamin Mumford, b. April 10, 1696 in South Kingston, Rhode Island.
• Thomas Mumford, b. April 01, 1687 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; died 1760.
• George Mumford, b. July 15, 1689 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; died Abt. 1745. m. Mary Robinson Abt. 1709
• Joseph Mumford, b. Sept 17, 1691, Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
• Richard Mumford, b. September 06, 1698, Portsmouth, Rhode Island; died 1745. m. Sarah Abt. 1727; Richard was a Captain of a company in the Louisburg Expedition and died there in 1745.
• William Mumford, born February 18, 1693/94 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Origins

Abigail, the wife of Thomas Mumford, is never listed as a Kenyon in any Mumford family memoirs or in The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kenyon-3074
Abilgail, the wife of Thomas Mumford, was born in 1670.[1]

Abigail was murdered by a servant in 1707. [2]

General Ass'y Records: murdered by a negro slave belonging to Mr. Mumford of Kingston. The body of the slave was found on the shore of Little Compton in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay. It was thought that he threw himself into the sea rather than be taken alive. It was ordered that his head, legs and arms be cut off from his body and hung in some public place near the town, and his body be burnt to ashes "that it may, please God, be something of a terror to others from perpetrating of the like barbarity for the future." Stone carved by John Hartshorn of Norwich, Ct and lettered by Joshua Hempstead of New London, Ct.

She is buried at the Thomas Mumford Burial Grounds in Narraganset, Rhode Island.[3]

Published Genealogical Information

Secondary Source, James Gregory Mumford, Mumford Memoirs, [2] Data Extract: < Archive.Org >

1. ) Mumford Genealogy; pages 49-78: Thomas Mumford II was born in Portsmuth, RI. in 1656; married (1) Abigail unknown (murdered by a slave in May of 1707); married (2) 25 Nov 1708 Esther Tefft. Thomas Mumford II died at the age of 70 in April 1726; his was proved 11 April 1726. {Editorial, the 29 page biography of Thomas Mumford II adds a great deal of color to his life and times, but exceeds the scope of this venue; please refer to the original text for a better picture of his life.}
   1. ) Children of Thomas and Abigail (Unknown) Mumford II, these six sons were all six feet tall and widely known as "the thirty-six feet of Mumford":
      1. ) Thomas Mumford III; b. 1 April 1687; d. 1760.
      2. ) George Mumford; b. 15 July 1689; d. 1745.
      3. ) Joseph Mumford; b. 17 Sept 1691.
      4. ) William Mumford; b. 18 Feb 1693.
      5. ) Benjamin Mumford; b. 10 April 1696.
      6. ) Richard Mumford; b. 6 Sept 1698; d. 1745 at Louisburg.
   2. ) Children of Thomas Mumford II and Esther Tefft:
      1. ) John Mumford
      2. ) Sarah Mumford
      3. ) Tabitha Mumford
      4. ) Esther Mumford

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Mumford tree

Abigail Mumford Murdered in 1707

Source: Mumford Memoirs, page 52-53 < digital image >

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References

• Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, vol. 2, pg. 1075.
• Title: New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Media: Book, v 144, Page: 30
• The American Genealogist Media: Book, Page: 20:201
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dominicch...
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/t/P-K-Catrell-CO/GEN...
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2253557&GRid...
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Sep 5 2023, 16:25:52 UTC

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kenyon-3074 cites
   1. Austin, John Osborne, 1849-1918. The genealogical dictionary of Rhode Island : comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690 : with many families carried to the fourth generation. 1887. Albany. J. Munsell's sons. pg. 136-137. < Archive.Org >
   2. Mumford, James Gregory; Mumford Memoirs, Being the Story of the new England Mumfords from the Year 1655 to the Present Time; Privately Printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston, 1900. Public Domain.
   3. Thomas Mumford Burial Grounds accessed 9/5/2022. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2253557/memorial-search
   4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25317313