Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Abigail Whitmore
Bef 1659 - 1687 (> 28 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Abigail Whitmore was born before 3 Jul 1659 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was christened on 3 Jul 1659 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of Francis Whitmore and Isabel Parke); died on 19 Jul 1687 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Abigail married Samuel Wilcox on 9 May 1683 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Samuel (son of John Wilcox, Jr. and Katherine Stoughton) was born on 9 Nov 1658 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 16 Mar 1714 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Samuel Wilcox was born on 20 Feb 1684 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 18 Mar 1725 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
2. Francis Whitmore was born in 1625 in England; died on 12 Oct 1685 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Notes:
A miller, he emigrated 1635 with his first wife and their children on the Defense. His English origins are unknown.
Also known as Francis Wetmore.
From The Whitmore Genealogy (1907), pp. 13-14:
"Francis came to this country probably during the 1630’s, and had established his residence at Cambridge prior to 1648, as about this time he married, at that place, Isabel Parke. Brooks, in his history of Medford, tells us he owned property in Cambridge near the Plains, Charlestown near the Menetomie River, near Dendruck Meadows; also in Medford and Lexington. His house stood on the dividing line between Lexington and Cambridge, and is mentioned in the Act of division. His name, with that of his wife, appears on a petition in favor of an old woman charged with being a witch, so he can hardly have been of the extreme Puritan party, though a member of the church. Francis served in King Philip’s war; was Selectman and Constable in 1668 and 1682. In his will he makes provision for the education of his ch., thus early evidencing that regard for edu. that is so marked a family trait."
For what it's worth, Francis probably did not arrive in the 1630s, or he'd be covered in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration series.Francis married Isabel Parke before 1649. Isabel (daughter of Richard Parke and Margery) was born about 1628 in England; died on 31 Mar 1665 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Isabel Parke was born about 1628 in England (daughter of Richard Parke and Margery); died on 31 Mar 1665 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Notes:
The ship's manifest for the Defense, on which she emigrated in 1635 with her parents, gives her age as "7".
Children:
- Lt. Francis Whitmore was born on 12 Oct 1650 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 9 Sep 1700 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
- John Whitmore was born on 1 Oct 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Feb 1737 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
- 1. Abigail Whitmore was born before 3 Jul 1659 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was christened on 3 Jul 1659 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jul 1687 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
Generation: 3
6. Richard Parke was born about 1602; died between 12 Jul 1665 and 4 Aug 1665 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Notes:
Arrived in 1635 on the Defense with his wife and his daughters Isabel and Elizabeth. He was a miller, and literate (his inventory included "2 Books of Martyrs and some other books"). He served as a constable in Cambridge in 1656.
Richard married Margery before 1627. Margery was born about 1595; died before 1657 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Margery was born about 1595; died before 1657 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Notes:
The ship's manifest of the Defense gave her age as 40.
Children:
- 3. Isabel Parke was born about 1628 in England; died on 31 Mar 1665 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
- Elizabeth Parke was born about 1631; died on 19 Sep 1690 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.