Abigail (Covell) Parker (1730 - 1801)

Born 17 May 1730 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Aaron Parker Sr. — married about Jun 1752 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1801 at age 71 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abigail was the daughter of both Joseph Covell and his wife Hannah Lamb ^[1]

Husband, Aaron ^[2] and son Thomas were Patriots in the Revolutionary War.

Son Aaron was a Loyalist as was his wife’s family. “Traitor” is penciled in next to his name in the Harvard rolls; he was attending when hostilities broke out.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WZ-8LM : 7 January 2020), Hannah in entry for Abigail Covel, 1730
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY1-MQX : 20 May 2022), Aaron Parker, Jun 1752; citing Marriage, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522

• Wampanoag Genealogical history of Marthas Vineyard Massachusetts

Dr Jerome D. Segel & R Andrew Pierce This is a complete historical record of Martha's Vineyard's Wampanoag families, presented within the context of family genealogies. . Originally published: 2003 Authors: Richard Andrew Pierce, Jay D. Segel The most up to date writing of Wampanoag history has no name for James Covell ,s wife But it has the son James serving time as James the Wampanoag son of James

History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M.; New York: W.W. Preston, 1889

1790 MA cn, Worcester Co., Oxford,231 2-0-2

1800 MA cn Worcester Co. Oxford, 156 1 male over 45, l female 16-26, 1 female over 45