Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Abigail Jacques

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Name Abigail Jacques [1] Birth 11 Mar 1673 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4]
Gender Female Death Bef 24 Jan 1763 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts [5]
Person ID I34277 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 19 Aug 2021
Father Henry Jacques, b. Abt 1619, England d. 24 Feb 1687, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
(Age ~ 68 years)
Mother Anne Knight, b. Bef 5 May 1631 d. 22 Feb 1705, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 73 years)
Marriage 8 Oct 1648 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts [4, 6]
Family ID F20173 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Benjamin Knight, b. 21 Aug 1668 Marriage Abt 1692 [1] Children + 1. Isaac Knight, b. 15 Jan 1695, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Family ID F20172 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Apr 2021
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Notes - Abigail Jacques and her husband Benjamin Knight were second cousins, both of them descended from William Knight and Elizabeth Carter.
In The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton (citation details below), Walter Goodwin Davis says of Henry Jacques' daughter Abigail "that she is not mentioned in the will of her father in 1686 makes her suggested marriage to Benjamin Knight, with no date given, very questionable." However, as a W. Harris points out in the comments to her Wikitree page, Henry's will does in fact mention her: "[A]nd to my daughter Abigail I give £60 to be paid by my executor after her marriage". She was thirteen when her father made her will, and fourteen when he died.
- Abigail Jacques and her husband Benjamin Knight were second cousins, both of them descended from William Knight and Elizabeth Carter.
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Sources - [S5450] A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury from 1635 to 1845 by Joshua Coffin. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845.
- [S2717] Massachusetts births and christenings, 1639-1915, on familysearch.org.
- [S534] Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Volume II, Marriages and Deaths. Salem: The Essex Institute, 1911.
- [S5882] Ancestral Lines from Maine to North Carolina by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015.
- [S5451] Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1648-1890, on ancestry.com.
- [S1427] The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachuetts by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1947.
- [S5450] A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury from 1635 to 1845 by Joshua Coffin. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845.