Abigail Mitchell1

F, b. circa 26 April 1618
     Abigail was born circa 26 April 1618 in South Oram, Halifax parish, Yorkshire, England. On 26 April 1618, she was christened in Halifax, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England, at St. John the Baptist Church. She was the daughter of Matthew Mitchell and Susan Wood. Abigail married Reverend Abraham Pierson circa 1640. Neither Abigail nor her sister, Sarah, were mentioned in their father's will as they were both married & had already recieved their portion. Abigail's husband, Abraham, died on 9 August 1678 in Newark, Essex Bounty, New Jersey, leaving her a widow.2

Citations

  1. [S1744] Donald Lines Jacobus, The Wife of Reverend Abraham Pierson.
  2. [S1745] Biographical & Genealogical History of the city of Newark and Essex County New Jersey, pages 563-564.