Grave has been located flag female ancestor  Abigail  MOULTON

  (b. 22 March 1642 Hampton, New Hampshire, New England   d. 24 January 1692 York, Maine, New England )  
Cause of Death: killed by Abenaki Indians - Candlemas Massacre

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Abigail MOULTON was born 22 March 1642 in Hampton, New Hampshire, New England

Abigail MOULTON was the child of Thomas MOULTON   and   Martha UNKNOWN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Robert MOULTON and Mary SMYTHE (SMITH)

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Abigail  married  Henry SIMPSON abt. 1669 in York, Maine, New England .  The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Henry SIMPSON  was born abt. 1647 in York, Maine, USA (Cape Neddick) (York Beach).  Henry died 24 January 1692 in York, Maine, USA (Cape Neddick) (York Beach). 

Abigail MOULTON died 24 January 1692 in York, Maine, New England .





The Raid on York (also known as the Candlemas Massacre) took place on 24 January 1692 during King William's War, when Chief Madockawando and Father Louis-Pierre Thury led 200-300 natives into the town of York (then in the District of Maine and part of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, now in the state of Maine), killing about 100 of the English settlers and burning down buildings, taking another estimated 80 villagers hostage. The villagers were forced to walk to Canada, New France, where they were ransomed by Capt. John Alden Jr. of Boston (son of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of the Plymouth Colony). One of those taken Captive was a young Jeremiah Moulton, who would later gain notoriety during the Father Rale's War.

Capt. Floyd wrote that "the houses are all burned and rifled except the half dozen or thereabout"...later in the same letter he adds: "there is about seventeen or eighteen houses burned". Forty-eight people were buried by Capt. Floyd, and the remaining number were young children whose names never appeared on the existing town records...

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Abigail MOULTON married Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Henry SIMPSON-- Date: abt. 1669 Place: York, Maine, New England
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MARRIAGE: 1669.

LOCATION: York, York, Maine, United States
VOLUME: Volume 2
PAGE: 1379
SIMPSON, Henry2 (?1644, ?1647-1695) & Abigail [MOULTON]; by 6 Jul 1669; York, ME {Salisbury Fam. 643; Weymouth 4:446; GDMNH 634; McIntire Anc. 187}

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birth1642 Birth
22 March 1642
Hampton, New Hampshire, New England
Abigail MOULTON - NEAR THIS SPOT ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF THE VICTIMS OF ONE OF THE WORST MASSACRES OF COLONIAL DAYS. ON CANDLEMAS DAY, 1691-2, IN THE DAWN OF A
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NEAR THIS SPOT
ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF THE VICTIMS
OF ONE OF THE WORST MASSACRES OF COLONIAL DAYS.
ON CANDLEMAS DAY, 1691-2,
IN THE DAWN OF A JANUARY MORNING, ABENAKI INDIANS
ATTACKED THE SETTLEMENT OF YORK.
BURNING THE HOUSES AND KILLING OR CAPTURING
300 OF ITS INHABITANTS.
ABOUT 40 WERE KILLED. THE REST MARCHED
TO CANADA, MANY DYING ON THE WAY.
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THESE HARDY PIONEERS
BY THE SOCIETY
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS.

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death1692 Death
24 January 1692
York, Maine, New England

She died at the age of 49.

Abigail is buried at: Old York Cemetery York Village York County Maine, USA
Added: 6/24/2016 8:52:33 AM - Updated: 5/8/2024 12:59:44 AM
Did You Know?New Hampshire was named by Captain John Mason after Hampshire, England. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1686 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New Hampshire, New England
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New Hampshire
June 21, 1788 - New Hampshire becomes 9th U.S. state

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