ABIGAIL BERRY

(1680-1753) - Rumney Marsh, Suffolk co., MA & Lynn, Essex co., MA

(Second Generation - Berry (MA) Family)

FATHER
MOTHER
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN



BIRTH & DEATH Abigail was born circa 1680 in Rumney Marsh [now Chelsea], Suffolk co., MA and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 6 May 1753; she was 73[2].
MARRIAGE On 9d:12m(February):1704/5 when Abigail was 24, she married John BASSETT, son of William BASSETT Jr. & Sarah HOOD, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[2,59,60]. An intention was also filed in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 13 January 1704/5 as "John Basset of Lynn & Abigail Berry of Boston" and as "Berry, Abigall of Rumney Marsh, and John Bassett, s. William".

CHILDREN (surnamed BASSETT) i. Desire BASSETT
ii. Zaphania BASSETT
iii. Mary BASSETT Please see her own page.
iv. Isaiah BASSETT
v. Lydia BASSETT
vi. Daniel BASSETT





GENERATION Great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G7) Grandmother
FAMILY NUMBER 1015
SOURCES 1. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey].

2. Shurtleff, Benjamin, The History of the Town of Revere, (Boston: 1937), [Shurtleff-Revere], 81.

3. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 68:331,332.

4. Ibid. 68:332-333.

5. Ibid. 139(1985):3.

6. Ibid. 68:336.

7. Records of the Court of Assistants, (Boston 1901), [RCA], 1:345.

8. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes, (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], 50:87/2-93.

9. Ibid. 50-90-1.

10. [NEHGR], 68:336-7.

11. Ibid. 68:337.

12. Suffolk County, Massachusetts Probate Records, [SPR], #4042, 21:7, N.S. 11:10-12.

13. [Shurtleff-Revere], 82.

14. [SuffolkProb], 21:98; 22:20,21 N.S. 11:13.

15. Ibid. 22:21, 22-23; N.S. 11:12, 13-15,21 N.S. 11:13.

16. Ibid. 22:21, 22-23; N.S. 11:12, 13-15.

17. [NEHGR], 68:332.

18. Ibid. 68:335.

19. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book Of Emigrants, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1987), [Coldham], 267.

20. [NEHGR], 42(1888):100; 43(1889):274.

21. Ibid. 68:331, citing 9:204.

22. Suffolk Deeds, Volumes 1-14, (Boston, 1880-1906), [SLR], 8:344-345.

23. [NEHGR], 68:333.

24. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], Case #9263.

25. [SLR], 8:420-1.

26. [NEHGR], 6(1852):253,317.

27. [SLR], 8:177-190.

28. Ibid. 12:177-8.

29. Ibid. 20:446-8.

30. [NEHGR], 68:334.

31. [SLR], 8:109-110.

32. Ibid. 29:44.

33. Ibid. 21:287-288.

34. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, (Boston:1878), [BRC], 1(1881):76; query whether the "n" in "Upbarron" is a misread "w".

35. Ibid. 1(1881):132,145,159.

36. Ibid. 1(1881):142.

37. Essex co., MA Deeds, [EssexDeeds or ELR], 28:28.

38. Ibid. 31:170.

0. [NEHGR], 68:339.

40. Ibid. 9:204.

41. Flagg, Ernest, Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1926), [FlaggAnc], 178,213.

42. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660, (Boston: C.H. Pope, 1908), [PopesPioneersofMEandNH], 49.

43. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 8:102,103.

44. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:427 [P.R. 5].

45. Boston, Suffolk co., MA Vital Records. [BostonVR or BVR], Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 Document 130, Volume 9, page 95.

46. [BRC], 9(1883):192.

47. [BostonVR or BVR], Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 Document 130, Volume 9, page 104.

48. Ibid. "Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699" Document 130, Volume 9, page 107.

49. Waters, Henry F., The Newhall Family, (Salem: Essex Institute, 1882; repr., Rutland, VT: Tuttle Antiquarian Books), [Newhall(1882)], 18.

50. [LynnVR], I:200 [Ct. R.].

51. Page, Lucius R., List of Freemen of MA, 1630-1691., [Page-Freemen], III:10-12.

52. [BostonVR or BVR], Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 Document 130, Volume 9, page 114.

53. [LynnVR], II:427 [P.R. 5].

54. [EssexAnt], 8(1904):102.

55. [LynnVR], II:43.

56. [NEHGR], 68:338.

57. [LynnVR], II:44 [C.R. 1].

58. Ibid. 1:44.

59. ??????, "First Book of Intentions of Marriage in the City of Lynn", Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, [EIHC-LynnInt], 16:71ff.

60. [LynnVR], II:39 [C.R. 1] and II:43 [C.R. 1].

61. Ibid. I:45.

62. Ibid. II:425 [P.R. 5].

63. Ibid. II:62.




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