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Abigail Dexter

Abigail Dexter

Female 1717 - Aft 1774  (57 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Abigail Dexter was born on 6 Nov 1717 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of Jabez Dexter and Mary Dexter); died after 1774 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

    Abigail married Nathaniel Snow on 8 Sep 1774. Nathaniel and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jabez Dexter was born about 1690 in Falmouth, MA (son of Philip Dexter and Alice Allen); died in 1773 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

    Notes:

    Jabez was on jury 1753 (Warden, p.24).
    Jabez and Mary's will is reproduced in Warden, p.25. In it they give their son William one shilling.
    Their son Jabez received all of the land where he now lives.
    They give their grandchild, Elnathan, son of their deceased son, Jonathan, 20 acres of land in French meadow.

    Jabez married Mary Dexter between 1712 and 1714 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Mary (daughter of James Dexter and Elizabeth Tobey) was born on 5 Aug 1692 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 3 Mar 1759 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Dexter was born on 5 Aug 1692 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (daughter of James Dexter and Elizabeth Tobey); died on 3 Mar 1759 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

    Notes:

    Dau. of James Dexter of Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA. (Warden)

    Notes:

    Married:
    Warden says "In 1712, after the death of the father, Mary, the daughter, being a minor over 14, chose Jabez Dexter (a kinsman) for guardian."

    Children:
    1. Alice Dexter was born on 9 Nov 1715 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 13 Sep 1740 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    2. Hannah Dexter was born in 1716 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died after 1759.
    3. 1. Abigail Dexter was born on 6 Nov 1717 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA; died after 1774 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    4. William Dexter was born on 14 May 1719 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died between 10 Mar and 18 Apr 1805 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Sarah Dexter was born on 19 Feb 1720 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 24 Aug 1721 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    6. James Dexter was born on 18 Jul 1722 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 11 Jun 1723 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    7. Seth Dexter was born on 17 Feb 1723 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
    8. Elizabeth Dexter was born on 15 Jun 1725 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
    9. Jabez Dexter was born on 11 May 1728 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
    10. Thankfull Dexter was born on 20 Mar 1729 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
    11. Elnathen Dexter was born on 17 Jun 1732 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA; died before Feb 1759.
    12. Mary Dexter was born on 20 May 1734 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died in 1761 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA.
    13. Jonathan Dexter was born in 1736 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died before 27 Feb 1759.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Philip Dexter was born in Sep 1659 in Barnstable, MA (son of William Dexter and Sarah Vincent); died in 1741 in Falmouth, MA.

    Philip married Alice Allen in 1701 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Alice was born in 1656 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice Allen was born in 1656 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Married:
    They had nine children (Warden, p.16)

    Children:
    1. Joseph Dexter was born about 1685 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
    2. Philip Dexter was born in Falmouth, MA; and died.
    3. 2. Jabez Dexter was born about 1690 in Falmouth, MA; died in 1773 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    4. Phillip Dexter was born about 1687 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
    5. John Dexter was born about 1691 in Massachusetts Bay Colony; died in 1723.

  3. 6.  James Dexter was born in May 1662 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (son of William Dexter and Sarah Vincent); died on 15 Jul 1699 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

    James married Elizabeth Tobey in 1692 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Tobey
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Dexter was born in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA.
    2. 3. Mary Dexter was born on 5 Aug 1692 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 3 Mar 1759 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    3. Deborah Dexter was born on 22 Jul 1697 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Dexter was born in 1630 in Alton, Wilts, England (son of Thomas Dexter, Sr. and Mary Parkhurst); died in 1694 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

    Notes:

    From Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America compiled by Warden and Dexter,p.11:
    "William...came to America with his father, and wis in Barnstable in 1650. He lived on one of two farms that his father bought. He took oath in Barnstable (Freeman) in 1657. He removed to Rochester about 1679 and died there in 1694. He was one of a party of thirty, which included such men as William Bradford, Kenelem Winslow, Thomas Hinckley and Rev. Samuel Arnold, who became the grantees of the town of Rochester. When he died he owned considerable land both in Barnstable and in Rochester which he gave to his children, as follows: James, Thomas, and John Dexter had the Rochester lands, while Stephen, Philip, and Benjamin Dexter has the Barnstable land. The children all went to Rochester except Philip, who moved to Falmouth, MA, and Stephen, who remained in Barnstable and who was the only one of the name in the town in 1703."

    William married Sarah Vincent in Jul 1653 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Vincent and Hannah) was born about 1634 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died in 1694 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah Vincent was born about 1634 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (daughter of John Vincent and Hannah); died in 1694 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Mary Dexter was born in Jan 1654 in Barnstable, MA; died in 1729 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA.
    2. Stephen Dexter was born in May 1657 in Barnstable, MA; died in 1729 in Barnstable, MA.
    3. 4. Philip Dexter was born in Sep 1659 in Barnstable, MA; died in 1741 in Falmouth, MA.
    4. 6. James Dexter was born in May 1662 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jul 1699 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    5. Thomas Dexter was born in Jul 1665 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jul 1744 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
    6. John Dexter was born on 22 Jul 1668 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jul 1744 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
    7. Benjamin Dexter was born on 16 Feb 1670 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died between 1730 and 1732 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.



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