Born about in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Ford
and Mary (Cushing) Ford
Wife of
Ichabod Richmond
— married
1 Sep 1757 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Wife of
Benjamin Cushing
— married
11 Sep 1765 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Unnamed Richmond and Nathaniel Richmond
Died
at about age 62
in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Biography
Abigail Ford was born on April 25, 1727 [1]in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of John Ford and Mary Cushing Ford.
Abigail Foard (sic) of Pembroke and Ichabod Richmond of Dartmouth had intention to marry recorded in Pembroke on July 30, 1757, [2]
Abigail Ford and Ichabod Richmond were married on September 1, 1757 in Penbroke. [3]
Ichabod and Abigail had one son, Nathaniel, who was born on August 16, 1761 in Bristol, Bristol County, Colony of Rhode Island. [4]
Ichabod signed a will on April 3, 1762 in Bristol. [5] He left Abigail all of the goods & household furniture of every kind that she brought to the marriage. She was also to have use of all his property both real and personal "for her comfortable support" and for use in bringing up and education of their son Nathaniel until he reached twenty-one years old. She was then to have one-third of the real estate for the remainder of her life. The property was mentioned in Bristol, Little Compton, Dartmouth, "or elsewhere." When Nathanial became twenty-one he was to have two-thirds of the estate. If Nathaniel died before he was twenty-one without children Abigail was to have the entire estate. Abigail was to be the executor of the will.
Ichabod died on September 29, 1762 [6] and was buried at the East Burial Ground in Bristol, Rhode Island. Ichabod's will was recorded on November 1, 1762 [5]
Abigail and Benjamin Cushing were married by Reverend John Burt on September 11, 1765 in Providence, Rhode Island.[7] They had both been married previously and had children.
Abigail and Benjamin had two children. Nathanial was born on June 21, 1766 and Abigail was born on January 3, 1769.
Benjamin died on February 24, 1785. Abigail died on August 27, 1789 at the age of sixty-three[8] [1] The mortuary notice that appeared in the United States Chronicle newspaper in Providence. It stated that she died, "after a langishing illness" and offered many praises and stated that she "She expired in Perfect peace, resulting from her faith in Jesus, a life of Sanctity and a Prospect of Felicity to come."[9]
She was buried on August 30, 1789[9] at the North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island. [8] [1] Her headstone says,
Sacred to the Memory of
Mrs. ABIGAIL CUSHING
widow of the late
Benjamin Cushing Esq. deceased,
who died August 27th, 1789,
in the 63d year
Research Notes
Ford is sometimes spelled Foord or Foard in records. Richmond is sometimes spelled Richmon in records.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave, database and images ( accessed 19 February 2020), memorial page for Abigail Ford Cushing (25 Apr 1727–27 Aug 1789), Find A Grave Memorial no. 11629500, [1]; HEADSTONE WITH DEATH DATE; citing North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [2]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Dartmouth, Mass. Marriages INTENTION RECORDED; page 386; 30 July 1757; Ichabod Richmond & Abigail Foard
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [3]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-185l 1 Sept 1757; Pembroke, Mass.: Ichabod Richmond and Abigail Foord
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [4]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Bristol, Vol. 06: Bristol County: Births, Marriages, Deaths; RI; Vol 1, page 304; b 16 Aug 1761; parents Ichabod and Abigail Richmond: NATHANIEL RICHMOND
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [5]; Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts.]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.Original data: Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 23 February 2020), memorial page for Dr Ichabod Richmond (27 Feb 1704–29 Sep 1762), Find A Grave Memorial no. 123362325, [6]; GRAVESTONE PHOTO; citing East Burial Ground, Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Vicki (contributor 46931606) .
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [7]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Vol. 02: Providence County: Births, Marriages, Deaths: Providence Marriages, page 63; to m1. Elizabeth Antrim on June 16, 1734; m2, Abigail Richmond Sept. 11, 1765; BENJAMIN CUSHING
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ancestry.com. Web: Rhode Island, Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008 [8]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Gravestone Search. Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission. [9]: accessed 12 November 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Genealogy Bank; [10]; Mortuary Notice: United States Chronicle: Thursday, Sep 03, 1789: Providence, RI: Vol VI; Issue 297: w. Benjamin Cushing; Abigail Cushing
- Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Vol. 16, Pt. 2: Family of John Alden, Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie), "Alden Silver Book," Book by Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, 2002 edition, Page 24
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