| BIRTH | Abigail was born on 2 March 1696/7 in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[12]. The Genealogical History of the town of Reading claims that she was "Abigail Gerry of Stoneham"[24] |
| DEATH & BURIAL | Her death is not recorded in the Concord, Middlesex co., MA vital records, although they were living there at what should be the time of her death. She died sometime after 1732, when her last child was born. Her husband is buried in The Hill Burying Ground in Concord, Middlesex co., MA; perhaps she is, too. |
| MARRIAGE | On 19 January 1713/4 when Abigail was 16, she married Thomas HODGMAN, son of Josiah HODGMAN & Elizabeth [surname not known], in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[26]. Their marriage record in the Reading, Middlesex co., MA vital records reads: "Garey, Abigail of Charlestown". Wyman says they married "Jan. 12 (or 19) 1714-15" and recommends the Hodgman article in Savage[25]. They settled in West Parish, near and south of Prescott place in Reading, Middlesex co., MA[24]. After the birth of their son John in 1732, everyone in the family disappears from the Reading, Middlesex co., MA vital records. They are not in the vital records of Wilmington or Woburn, Middlesex co., MA -- which are the towns which grew out of the West Parish of Reading -- either. By the 1730s-40s, the family is found in the vital records of Concord, Middlesex co., MA. |
| CHILDREN (surnamed HODGMAN) |
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i. | Elizabeth HODGMAN | Please see her own page. |
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ii. | Josiah HODGMAN |
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iii. | Benjamin HODGMAN |
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iv. | Jonathan HODGMAN |
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v. | Thomas HODGMAN |
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vi. | David HODGMAN |
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vii. | Timothy HODGMAN |
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viii. | John HODGMAN |
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| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great (G6) Grandmother |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 459 |
| SOURCES |
1. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.,
(Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society).
[Torrey].
2. Wenham, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [WenhamVR], 200 [Ct. R.]. 3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes., (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], 7:158. 4. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], II:324. 5. Ibid. II:116. 6. Ibid. II:118 [Essex County Probate Files, Docket 12,051]. 7. Ibid. II:123 [Essex County Probate Files, Docket 11,320]. 8. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols., (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924), [Salem], 1:450; 2:75. 9. Bridges, Samuel Willard, Bridges Genealogy including Britton, DeNike, ([Boston: George H. Ellis & Co. 1960]), [BridgesAnc], 41. 10. Wenham Church Records, original book, SL/WEN/1, [Wenham Ch. Rec.]. 11. Emery, William Morrell, The Families of Perkins, Fairfield and Kinq, (S.F.: Murdock, 1907), [Perkins (#6)], 3. 12. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols., (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), [Charlestown], 402. 13. Middlesex County Court Records, [MCCR or MCR]. 14. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [SalemVR], I:348 [C.R. 1]. 15. [WenhamVR], 123 [Ct. R.]. 16. [Charlestown], 402, 426. 17. [MCCR or MCR], 1:188. 18. Charlestown Vital Records, [ChVR], 31. 19. [Charlestown], 426. 20. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [ReadingVR], 109. 21. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1845+), [NEHGR or Reg.], 29:72 "The Record Book of First Church of Charlestown". 22. [WenhamVR], 39. 23. [ReadingVR], 348. 24. ????, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, ????, [ReadGen], 93. 25. [Charlestown], I:507. 26. [ReadingVR], 368, 349. 27. Ibid. 28. Concord, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [ConcordVR], 432. 29. [ReadingVR], 105. |
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