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Abigail Newton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wickford, Washington , Rhode Island
Death: before July 10, 1745
North Kingtown, Washington , Rhode Island
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Newton and Joan Newton
Wife of Capt. Lodowick Updike
Mother of Richard Updike; Esther Fosdick; Daniel Updike, Esq.; Abigail Cooper; Catherine Updike and 2 others
Sister of Thomas Newton; Hannah Woodruff and Capt. James Newton

Occupation: Gentlewoman
Managed by: Elizabeth Amthor
Last Updated:

About Abigail Newton

Children include

  1. Attorney General Daniel - 1757. Married Sarah Arnold, Austiss (sic) Jenkins
  2. Richard - Bef 1734. Married Hannah Eldred
  3. Alice. Married Matthew Cooper
  4. Sarah. Married Giles Goddard.

When he died childless in 1692, Richard Smith bequeathed 'Cocumscussoc' to his nephew Captain Lodowick Updike and Lodowick's wife Abigail Newton Updike. Lodowick and Abigail were first cousins and grandchildren of the elder Richard Smith. (2)

Sources

  1. Abstracts of North Kingstown Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman), 12:102. Abigail Updike of North Kingstown, gentlewoman. Will date 10 [burn]y 1742, proved 1745, recorded 10 July 1745, pps. 93-95. Mentions in one item 5 daughters: Hester, Catherine, Alic[e], [burn] and Martha; Daughter Abig[ail Cooper] wife of Mathew Cooper. Son-in-law Thomas Hosdike. Son-in-law Giles Goderd. [Son?] Daniel Updike. Witnesses: [burn]
  2. http://www.smithscastle.org/about_castle/text/c17-20.htm

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Abigail Newton's Timeline

1663
1663
Wickford, Washington , Rhode Island
1691
1691
Wickford, Washington, RI
1692
1692
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
1694
1694
North Kingstown, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1700
1700
Wickford, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1745
July 10, 1745
Age 82
North Kingtown, Washington , Rhode Island
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