Abigail (Bishop) Finney (bef. 1612 - 1653)

Born before 24 Jan 1612 in Bridport, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Coggan — married 14 Mar 1636 in Bridport, Dorset, England

Wife of John Finney Sr. — married 9 Jul 1650 in Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 May 1653 after age 41 in Barnstable, Plymouth

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Biography

Abigail Bishop was baptized at Bridport, Dorset, England on January 24, 1612/3, the daughter of Thomas and Avis (Abbott) Bishop. ^[1][2]

Abigail married first, Henry Coggan at Bridport on March 14, 1636/7. Henry was baptized at Taunton, Somersetshire, England on April 6, 1607, son of Henry and Joane (Boridge) Coggan. ^{[1] [3]}

Henry Coggan first came to Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay in 1634, but returned to England in 1636 and on this trip he married Abigail, before returning to Massachusetts. ^[3]

Abigail Coggan was admitted to the church at Dorchester, Massachusetts by 1638. The family then resided briefly at Scituate and then Barnstable by 1639. ^[3]

Her husband Henry died in England about June 16, 1649, on a return trip, without his family. ^{[1] [3]}

The inventory of his estate, dated October 3, 1649, was presented to the Plymouth Colony court by widow Abigail. It was valued at L28 14s 8d and included no real estate. Abigail was granted administration of the estate on October 29.^{[1] [3]}

After Henry's death, Abigail married second, John Finney/Phinney on June 19, 1650 ^{[1] [3] [4]} as his second wife. John was baptized at Lenton, England on March 16, 1603/4, son of Robert Finney. They had no children. ^[5]

Abigail was buried at Barnstable on May 6, 1653. ^{[1] [3] [5] [6]}

After her death, on April 10, 1654, her father Thomas Bishop wrote a letter from Bridport, Dorset to John Finney, after the notification of daughter Abigail's death, in regards to the care of his Coggan grandchildren. Thomas indicated that Abigail Coggan should be sent to Bridport, that Thomas and Henry should be committed to Finney's care, and that John be bound to a trade or to seamanship at Salem or Boston. ^{[1] [3]}

In March, 1658/9, a complaint was filed against John Finney by Isaac Robbinson and Gyles Rickard Sr., just three days after the death of Thomas Coggan, son of Henry Coggan's deceased. The complaint was in behalf of Abigail and Henry's 2 remaining sons Henry and John who had 'suffered wrong in sundry respects' at the hand of John Finney. Finney was ordered to keep John Coggan in school and to prepare an accounting of the children's estate. ^{[1] [3] [5]}

John Coggan chose Captain James Cudworth and Isaac Robinson as his guardians and on June 7, 1659, Finney surrendered the Barnstable land's of Henry Coggan's to the guardians. ^{[1] [3] [5]}

Ann Bishop, Abigail's sister, married as her 2nd husband, John Holman.^[7]

Children

by Henry Coggan

1. Abigail baptized at Dorchester in 1638; married John French on June 21, 1659 (recorded at Billerica). ^{[1] [3]}
2. Thomas baptized at Barnstable on March 2, 1639/40 ; was buried at Barnstable in February or March, 1659. ^{[4] [1] [3]}
3. John baptized at Barnstable on February 12, 1642/3 ^[4]; married Mary Long at Charlestown on December 22, 1664. ^{[1] [3]}
4. Mary baptized on April 20, 1645/6; buried at Barnstable on May 3, 1645/6. ^{[4] [1] [3]}
5. Henry baptized on October 11, 1646 ^[4]; unknown death, his brother John chose a guardian in 1659, but there is no further record for Henry. ^{[1] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} McCracken, George. Early Coggans English and American (continued) in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 111, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1957, p. 174-7: 179 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
2. ↑ Bridport Parish Register by subscription at: image 165 https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2243/32435_239498-00070?pid=1292173
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14} Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Henry Coggan in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011, p. 132-5 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892." p. 55: 87-89. Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Stott, Clifford L. The Finney Family of Lenton, Nothinghamshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 148, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, p.322-5 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
6. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Reference Volume 148, pages 323-4. Subscription required.
7. ↑ Great Migration, Sketch of Henry Coggan

• Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. Sketch of Henry Coggan, p. 135.subscribers$
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=3389077&pid=102271483 NOTE: Dead link as of July 22, 2017
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch, John Phinny and Abigail Coggin, 10 Jun 1650; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 947,061.
• Barnstable Town Record (Eben Lennart Johnson, 2007) Vol. 1, Part C.

• Page 377: "John Phinny & Abigail Coggin Wid Married 10 June 1650 & his wife Abigail buried 6 of May 1653"