MARTHA2 LORD (Nathan1) was born say 1667 and died before 6 December 1728, when her third husband’s marriage intentions were published.248 She married first, by 14 December 1687 when they were presented for fornication, MOSES LITTLEFIELD of Wells.249 Moses was the son of Thomas and Ruth (—) Littlefield, 250 and died in Wells on 1 April 1714.251 Moses’s father, Thomas Littlefield, met an “untimely death” with Samuel Lord in 1689.252 Martha married second, at Berwick on 22 January 1715/6, JOHN ABBOTT,253 son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Green) Abbott.254 He had married first at Kittery on 3 January 1694, Abigail Nason, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Jenkins) Nason.255 John Abbott died before 25 May 1719 when his widow Martha took the administration of his estate.256 Martha married third, in Berwick on 18 August 1720, ALEXANDER TAYLOR.257
248 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 65, 95. Alexander Taylor m. 24 Dec. 1728, Hannah Barton.
249 Maine Province and Court Records, 3:267. Stackpole erred in giving Martha as the wife of Thomas Downs Jr. (Stackpole, Old Kittery, 588).
250 Gen. Dict. Maine & N.H., 440.
251 Frost, Maine Probate Abstracts, 1/154, citing York Co. Probate Records, 2(Part 2):100.
252 Maine Province and Court Records, 3:290.
253 Frost and Anderson, Berwick VRs, 111. John was the brother of Patience Abbott who married Martha’s nephew William Lord.
254 Gen. Dict. Maine & N.H., 57.
255 Gen. Dict. Maine & N.H., 57.
256 Frost, Maine Probate Abstracts, 3/17, citing York Co. Probate Records, 3:16.
257 Frost and Anderson, Berwick VRs, 112. Alexander’s parents are unknown. He was taken into the Berwick Church, 7 April 1721, the year following his marriage to Martha.
