Abigail Safford

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Abigail Safford (Martin)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: March 20, 1768 (91)
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Lisbon, New London County, CT, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Martin and Abigail Martin
Wife of John Safford
Mother of Abigail Porter; Capt John Porter Safford, II; Sarah Safford; Solomon Safford and Joseph Safford
Sister of Mary Perrine; Sarah Norton; Solomon Martin; Hannah Ingalls and Abraham Martin

Occupation: Victim of Witchcraft at Salem
Managed by: Robert William McCann
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About Abigail Safford

Salem Witchcraft and Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables by Enders A. Robinson:
This book gives a history of Samuel--see his notes.

Abigail Martin claimed by be afflicted by witches in the Witch Hunts when she was 16 years old.

Abigail Martin testified that she was afflicted by 13 different people in the Salem Witch Trials when she was a teenager. John Jr’s first cousin John Safford married Abigail in 1702, 10 years after the witch trials were over.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9187517/abigail_safford
Wife of Joseph John Safford
Inscription
wife of John Safford, in her 93rd year

Family Members
Parents

Samuel Martin
1645–1696

Abigail Norton Martin
1651–1739

Spouse

John Safford
1672–1739

Children

Deacon Joseph Safford
1705–1775

Gideon Safford
1709–1780

Capt John Porter Safford
1711–1789

Solomon Safford
1715–1795

Sarah Safford
1718–1791

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Abigail Safford's Timeline

1676
March 29, 1676
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1703
1703
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1705
1705
1711
July 16, 1711
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1715
May 29, 1715
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1718
1718
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1768
March 20, 1768
Age 91
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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Ames Cemetery, Lisbon, New London County, CT, United States