Abigail PROCTOR

(b. 24 August 1637 , Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1 March 1731 , Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay )

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Abigail PROCTOR was born 24 August 1637 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Abigail PROCTOR was the child of John PROCTOR and Martha HARPER

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Abigail married Thomas VARNEY abt. 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Thomas VARNEY was born abt. 1631 in Suffolk, England. Thomas died 4 December 1692 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Thomas was the child of William VARNEY and Bridget KNIGHT.

Abigail PROCTOR died 1 March 1731 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Abigail PROCTOR married

Thomas VARNEY-- Date: abt. 1666 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.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.

Thomas VARNEY was the child of William VARNEY and Bridget KNIGHT

"Thomas & Abigail [PROCTOR] (1639-1732, ae 92); by 1669; Ipswich {Hammatt: Ipswich 271, 378; Hadley Fam. 16; Ferrin-Preston 64; Choate 9; Hamlin 345; Paul Anc. 75, 176; Holman Ms: Proctor 9}"

Children of Thomas VARNEY and Abigail PROCTOR:

Martha VARNEY (b.abt. 1665, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )
m. William SMITH 1685 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Abigail VARNEY (b.abt. 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 31 October 1692, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Josiah BURNHAM 12 July 1687 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Mercy (Mary) VARNEY (b.19 November 1669, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 November 1733, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Thomas CHOATE 14 October 1690 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Rachel VARNEY (b.abt. 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 15 February 1731, Plainfield, Crown Colony of Connecticut )
m. John FELLOWS 14 October 1692 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Hannah VARNEY (b.abt. 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )

Thomas VARNEY (b.24 December 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 21 June 1762, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Abigail COGSWELL 29 November 1712 in Essex, Massachusetts, USA
m. Ann UNKNOWN 27 December 1739 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

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1637 Birth
24 August 1637
Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1669 Birth of Child
Mercy (Mary) VARNEY was born 19 November 1669, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Abigail was 32 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Thomas VARNEY was born 24 December 1682, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Abigail was 45 years old.

1687 Marriage of Child
Abigail VARNEY married 12 July 1687, Salem, Massachusetts, USA to Josiah BURNHAM

1690 Marriage of Child
Mercy (Mary) VARNEY married 14 October 1690, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to Thomas CHOATE

1692 Marriage of Child
Rachel VARNEY married 14 October 1692, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA to John FELLOWS

1692 Death of Child
Abigail VARNEY died 31 October 1692, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Abigail was 55 years old.

1692 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas VARNEY died 4 December 1692, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1712 Marriage of Child
Thomas VARNEY married 29 November 1712, Essex, Massachusetts, USA to Abigail COGSWELL

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Varney Abigail, wid., of Chebacco, Mar. 1, 1731, a. 92 y.
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1731 Death
1 March 1731
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

She died at the age of 93.

Added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 4/16/2025 2:39:46 PM

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