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Facts and Events
| Name[4] |
Abigail Copeland |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1][2] |
6 Aug 1720 |
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Christening[3] |
23 Apr 1727 |
Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
15 Mar 1742/43 |
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Henry Kingman |
| Death[1] |
12 Oct 1800 |
Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911)
p. 340.
KINGMAN, Abigail, wid. Henry, [died] Oct. 12, 1800, in 81st y. GR1
[Note: in 81st y., age 80, so born about 1720.]
- ↑ Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
p. 707.
Abigail ye Daughter of Samuel Copeland & Mary his wife was born ye 6th Day of August 1720.
- ↑ Sprague, Waldo C., transcriber. Quincy, Mass.Church Records 1672-1870.
COPELAND, 1727
John, Isaac, Mary, Desire, children of Samuel & Mary Copeland, [baptized] Apr. 23, 1727.
Apr. 23, Abigail, Ruth, Susanna, children of Samuel & Mary Copeland [baptized]
- ↑ Abigail, the 2nd wife of Henry Kingman, is called the daughter of Thomas White and widow of Seth Copeland (e.g., Source:Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Including an Extensive Family Register, p. 226; Source:Kingman, Bradford. Descendants of Henry Kingman : Some Early Generations of the Kingman Family, p. 39). This is quite nearly impossible. First, Seth Copeland lived until 1776 and so Abigail could not have been his widow. A divorce is possible, but rare and unlikely. Second, Henry and Abigail had a child born in 1763. This suggests Abigail was born after, say 1715, at the earliest, ruling out the daughter of Thomas White who would have been about 56 when this child was born. Henry's widow's age at death suggests her birth is actually about 1720, well within our projected range and further ruling out the traditional identification.
One candidate is Abigail Copeland b. 1724 to Jonathan and Betty (Snell) Copeland in Bridgewater where Henry Kingman lived, but Mitchell says she married George Howard. However, having been misled by Mitchell once, it deserves investigation. Unfortunately no probate for Jonathan is found. George Howard's wife died 1809 in her 85th year (Find A Grave), so it appears Mitchell is probably correct in this case, that matching the birth in 1724.
Source:Copeland, Warren Turner. Copeland Family, Copeland Genealogy, p. 65, says it is Abigail, d/o Samuel and Mary, b. 1720, who "probably" married 15 Mar 1743 Henry Kingham, and suggests that Mitchell's identification of Henry Kingman's 2nd wife is in error. On p. 27, it says in the distribution of Samuel's estate, Samuel Copeland Jr. is to pay his brothers and sisters, claiming the document names Isaac, Seth, Mary Dunham, Desire Hubbard, Abigail Kingman, Hannah, Bethiah and Susannah. The recorded copy of the settlement is found at Suffolk Probate Vol. 41, p. 449, and the recorded version says son Samuel is to pay "Isaac Copeland [end of page, Seth written at bottom of page to show how the next page starts, then next page starts with] Seth Copeland, Bethiah Copeland & Susannah Copeland" £66.13.4 each for their share in two thirds of real estate, the total worth £1000. Clearly the math does not work as 2/3 would be worth £667 and a share of £66 implies a double share for Samuel as eldest son, and 8 others (10 shares altogether), but only 4 are named besides Samuel. The original documents don't seem to be online, but it appears the recorded version is flawed, probably leaving out an entire line listing the other 4 names. That plus the close agreement between Abigail's recorded birth and Henry's widow's age at death, and the ruling out of all other known possibilities, make it virtually certain that the Copeland Genealogy is correct.
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