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Paper Trail

For more information see: Throop, Louise Walsh, Mayflower Families in Progress, George Soule (multi-volume), General Society of Mayflower Descendants

First Generation

Abigail Andrews, daughter of Henry Andrews and Mary Goare was born abt 1647 and died Duxbury in 1743. She married 25 Jul 1667 (Dea.) John Wadsworth and they had eleven children: Mary (1668), Abigail (1670), John (1672), Hannah (c1675), Grace (1677), Lydia (1679), Sarah (1682 unm.), Christopher (1686), Hopestill (1686), Ichabod (1687) and Isaac (1692).

Second Generation

[1]Mary Wadsworth was born Duxbury 18 Dec 1668 and died Pembroke 9 May 1741. She married bef 1699 Aaron Soule and they had four children: Christopher (1699), Mary (c1701), Aaron (1705) and Rachel (c1707).

Abigail Wadsworth was born Duxbury 25 Oct 1670 and died Halifax 15 Jan 1744. She married Middleborough 28 Dec 1693 Jacob Thomson and they had ten children (Middleborough): Jacob (1695), Abigail (1696/7), Mercy (1699), John (1700/1), Lydia (1703), Barnabas (1704/5), Esther (1706/7), Hannah (1708/9), Mary (1711) and Caleb (1712).

[2]Hannah Wadsworth was born Duxbury abt 1675 and died there 6 Feb 1732/3. She married 9 Feb 1698 Benjamin Peterson and they had nine children (Duxbury): Mercy (1699), infant, infant, Abigail (c1709), Jacob (1710/1), Isaac (c1713), Anne (c1715), Benjamin (c1717) and Joseph (c1720).

Grace Wadsworth was born Duxbury abt 1677 and died there in 1758. She married twice, first Duxbury Jan 1700 William Sprague, then Middleborough 25 Dec 1723 Josiah Wormall (no ch.) By her first husband she had four children: Ruth (1701), Zerviah (1704), Jethro (1709) and Terah (son, 1712).

[3]Lydia Wadsworth was born Duxbury 23 Feb 1678/9 and died there 26 May 1756. She married aft 23 Apr 1700 Jonathan Peterson and they had six children (Duxbury): John (1701), Hopewell (dau, 1703/4), Jonathan (1706), Reuben (1710), Alice (c1711 m Aaron Soule (II) but no ch.) and Lydia (1713).

Hopestill Wadsworth was born Duxbury 16 Mar 1686 and died Lebanon, CT 25 Mar 1773. She married Duxbury 20 May 1708 William Brewster (II) and they had six children (Duxbury): Oliver (1709), Ichabod (1711), Elisha (1715), Seth (1720), Lot (1723) and Huldah (1726).

Third Generation

[4]Mary Soule was born prob. Duxbury abt 1701 and died aft 25 Mar 1752. She married Pembroke 5 Apr 1722 Freedom Chamberlain and they had eleven children (Pembroke): Nathaniel (1722), Benjamin (1724), Job (1725/6), Mary (1728 n.f.r.), Freedom (1730), Abigail (1732), Ruth (1734 n.f.r.), Rebecca (1736), John (1738-1742), Rachel (1741 n.f.r.) and John (1743).

[5]Rachel Soule was born Duxbury abt 1707 and died Hanover 1 Oct 1797. She married Duxbury 26 Dec 1728 David Magoun and they had twelve children (Pembroke): Hannah (1729), David (1730-1735), Rachel (1732-1738), Rebecca (1734), Thomas (1736-1736), Mary (1737), Thomas (1740), James (1742), Abner (1743), Aaron (1744/5), Isaac (1746) and Rachel (1750).

Abigail Tomson was born Middleborough 4 Feb 1696/7 and died West Bridgewater 19 May 1786. She married Middleborough 27 Nov 1723 Jonathan Packard and they had five children (Bridgewater): Jonathan (1724-1726), Susanna (1726), Jacob (1728), Jonathan (1730) and Abigail (1735).

Mercy Tomson was born Middleborough 13 Oct 1699 and died there 4 Sep 1799. She married Middleborough 4 May 1721 Nehemiah Bennett and they had five children: Abigail (1723/4 m Jabez Soule & David Weston), Jacob (1725), William (1727), Martha (1733 m Nathan Darling) and Hannah (1735 m Thomas Savery).

Lydia Tomson was born Middleborough 22 Apr 1703 and died Cummington 15 Mar 1789. She married Middleborough 2 Feb 1725/6 John Packard and they had six children: Lydia (1726), Abel (1729), Abiah (1731), Abigail (1733), John (1735) and Barnabas (1737).

Esther Tomson was born Middleborough 18 Feb 1706/7 and died there 5 Jul 1776. She married Halifax 25 Oct 1737 Ebenezer Bennett and they had eight children: Patience (1738), John (1740), infant son (1741-1741), Esther (1742-1743), Lydia (1743-1743), infant dau. (1744-1744), infant dau. (1746-1746) and Ebenezer (1747).

Hannah Tomson was born Middleborough 10 Mar 1708/9 and died Abington 27 Nov 1787. She married Middleborough 21 Feb 1732/3 (Capt.) Ebenezer Reed and they had ten children: Ebenezer (1733-1740), William (1735), Ichabod (1738), Jonathan (1740), David (1740), Paul (1743-1743), Silas (1743-1744), Abigail (1745), Barnabas (1748) and Ebenezer (1751-1764).

Mary Tomson was born Middleborough 19 May 1711 and died Halifax 19 Jul 1769. She married Halifax 8 Nov 1739 Reuben Tomson and they had five children: Deborah (1740), Thomas (1741), Marcy (1745-1748), Abigail (1748-1757) and Lucy (1755).

Mercy Peterson was born Duxbury Oct 1699 and died there 27 Sep 1768. She married Duxbury 18 May 1721 Joseph Weston and they had nine children: Sarah (c1722), Jane (1725/6), Thomas (1726), Simeon (1728), Jacob (c1731), Ichabod (c1734), William (c1736), Abigail (c1738) and Zabdiel (son, c1742).

Abigail Peterson was born Duxbury abt 1707. She married Duxbury 25 Sep 1729 Abraham Pierce "Jr." and they had four children (order unknown): Hannah, Lemuel, Joseph and Abigail.

Anne Peterson was born Duxbury abt 1712 and died bef 1783. She married Duxbury 7 Apr 1735 Nathaniel Dunham and they had five children: Elijah (1735), Hannah (1738), Susanna (1741), Rebecca (1742) and Abner (1746).

Ruth Sprague was born Duxbury 22 Feb 1701/2 and died there bef Dec 1736.^[1] She married Duxbury 18 APr 1719 Samuel Keen(e) and they had eight children: William (1720), Josiah (1722-1725), Levi (1722), Abel (1724-1725), Grace (1726), Samuel (1729), Isaiah (1732) and Ruth (1734).

Zerviah (Zeruiah) Sprague was born Duxbury 19 Dec 1704 and died there 10 Oct 1778. She married Duxbury 17 Mar 1732/3 Nathaniel Chandler and they had six children: Irene (1724), Mercy (1726), Caroline (1730), Ruth (1730), Zerviah (1735) and Lucy (1738).

Hopestill Peterson was born Duxbury 20 Jan 1703/4 and died Kingston 27 Jul 1775. She married by 1723 Joshua Delano and they had eleven children: Lydia (1723), infant son (1726-1726), infant daughter (1727-1727), Rhoda (1728), Thankful (1730), Silvia (1732), Hopestill (1735), Beza (dau, 1737), Martha (1739), Wealtha (1741) and Joshua (1744).

Lydia Peterson was born Duxbury 22 Apr 1713 and died Pembroke 11 Nov 1771. She married Duxbury 26 Dec 1733 Aaron Soule and they had nine children: Huldah (1736), Silvene (1738), Lydia (1740), Alice (1744), Deborah (1745-1745), Lenity (dau. 1748-1749), Aaron (1749), Lenice (dau. 1753) and John (1754).

Huldah Brewster was born Duxbury 20 Feb 1725/6 and died Hull 25 Apr 1750. She married Duxbury 13 Jun 1745 John Gould/Goold and they had three children: John (1746-1746), Huldah (1747) and Hopestill (1749-1749).

Fourth Generation

Abigail Chamberlain was born Pembroke 3 Nov 1732 and died bet 1779-1786. She married Plymouth 1758 Jeremiah Dillingham and they had five children: Abigail (1759-1759), Mary "Polly" (1760-1850 m Abel Allen), John (1762), Jeremiah (1764) and Isaac (1766).

Rebeca Chamberlain was born Pembroke 28 Feb 1726 and died Harvard 15 Sep 1818. She married Pembroke 29 Dec 1757 Nathaniel Ramsden/Ramsdell and they had nine children (all but youngest Pembroke; youngest Harvard): Freedom (bp 1759), Nehemiah (bp 1761), Nathaniel (bp 1763), Seth (bp 1766), Bartlett (bp 1768), Rebecca (bp 1771), Ezekiel (bp 1772), Betty (bp 1775) and Nabby (bp 1779).

[6]Hannah Magoun was born Pembroke 13 Jul 1729 and died Hanover 23 Aug 1803. She married Pembroke 24 Jan 1745/6 David Standish and they had ten children: Lemuel (1746), Olive (1748 m Stockbridge Josselyn), Hannah (1750 unm.), Lucy (1754-bef 1766), Priscilla (1756 m Seth Josselyn), David (1758), James (1760-b1763), James (1763), Lucy (1766=bef 1793 likely unm.) and Mary (1771 unm.)

Rebecca Magoun was born Pembroke 30 Jul 1734 and died there 7 Jan 1762. She married Pembroke 22 Aug 1761 Ebenezer Man(n) and they had four children: David (1752), Rebecca (1755 m Joshua Turner), Ebenezer (1757) and Betsey/Betty (1759 m Thomas Nash).

Mary Magoun was born Pembroke 19 Apr 1737 and died Lewiston, ME 23 Dec 1834. She married Pembroke 7 Jan 1762 Joseph Dwelly and they had seven children: Joseph (1764), Rachel (1765 m Rufus Flagg), Mary "Polly" (1768 m Jason Rice), Melzar (son, 1771), Hannah (1773 m John Harris Reed [II]), Lemuel (1774) and Alexander (1776).

Rachel Magoun was born Pembroke 17 Sep 1750 and died Plympton 23 Sep 1786. She married Plympton 14 Nov 1771 Josiah Chandler and they had five children: Joseph James (1772), Josiah (1774-1780), Alden (1777), Rachel (1779 m Otis Thompson) and Lydia (1782 m Phillip Omey).

Susanna Packard was born Bridgewater 21 Feb 1726 and died there 29 Oct 1808. She married Bridgewater 26 Mar 1745 Charles Snell and they had eleven children: Mehitable (1745-1746), Bathsheba (1747-1748), Jonathan (1748), Silence (1750 m Ebenezer Howard), Charles (1753), Nathaniel (1755), Susanna (1757 m Abiel Harris), Hannah (1759 m Benjamin Chamberlain), Reuben (1761), Abigail (1765 m Leavitt Thayer) and Shepard (1770).

Abigail Packard was born Bridgewater 14 May 1735 and died bef 30 Sep 1802. She married Bridgewater 21 Jul 1752 (Lt.) Jonathan Perkins (II) and they had nine children: Jonathan (1753-1754), Abigail (1757 m Jonathan Cary), Jonathan (1758), Ruby (1761 m Alpheus Cary), Huldah (1762 unk. if marr.), George (1763), Susanna (bp 1766 m Enoch Perkins), Daniel (bp 1768) and Parnel (1780 unm.)

[7]Abigail Bennett was born Middleborough 5 Jan 1723/4 and died there 11 Oct 1801. She married twice, first Middleborough 17 Oct 1745 Jabez Soule then Plympton 11 Jul 1760 David Weston. By her first husband she had Three children: Jacob (1746), Mercy (1748 m Noah Cushman) and Jabez (1751-1751). By her second husband she had two more children: Susannah (1761 m Zenas Warren) and Abigail (1762 m Ebenezer Washburn).

Martha Bennett was born Middleborough 8 Dec 1733 and died there 12 May 1812. She married Middleborough 9 Jun 1768 Nathan Darling and they had five children: Elizabeth (1769 m ____ Sturtevant), Marcy (1770-1792 unm.), Nathan (1772), Bennet (1774) and John (1776-1776).

Hannah Bennett was born Middleborough 13 Jan 1735/6 and died Plympton (now Carver) 4 Mar 1769. She married Plympton 24 Oct 1765 (Dea.) Thomas Savery (II) and they had two children: Zilpah (1766 m William Cushman) and Mercy (1768 m Thomas Adams).

Lydia Packard was born Bridgewater 27 Dec 1726 and died there 23 Jan 1762. She married Bridgewater 26 Mar 1754 Jesse Edson and they had four children: Rhoda (1749-1750), Metzar (son, 1751), Joseph (1755) and John (1760). Therefor there is no surviving mtDNA line for Lydia Packard.

Abiah Packard was born Bridgewater 5 Aug 1731 and died (No.) Bridgewater (now Brockton) 15 Sep 1770. She married Bridgewater 15/16 Dec 1750 Edward Southworth and they had nine children: Uriah (1752), Peres (1754), Desire (1756 m Ezekiel Learned), Edward (1758), Abiah (son, 1760), Bridget (1762 m Stephen Anderson), Lydia (1764 m Sylvanus Pratt), Avis (1768 m Eli Hamilton) and Fear (1770 unk. if marr.)

Abigail Packard was born Bridgewater 8 Oct 1733 and died aft 1772. She married Bridgewater 15 May 1766 George Packard and they had three children: Zadock (1768), Zebedee (1770-1777) and Abigail "Nabby" (1772 m Bartimeus Packard).

Patience Bennett was born Middleborough 16 Sep 1738 and died there 11 Nov 1781. She married Middleborough 8 Oct 1769 Ebenezer Levy Bennett and they had eight children: Esther (1770 unk. if marr.), Hannah (1771 m Nathaniel Wilder), Philip (1773), Jacob (1774), Livy (son, 1776-1777), Deborah (1778-1778), Patience (1780 unk. if marr.) and Zephaniah.

Abigail Reed was born Abington 10 Apr 1745 and died there 17 Feb 1834. She married Abington 24 Feb 1766 Jacob Dyer and they had six children: Jacob (1766-1771), Mary (1769 m Jacob Morse), Mehitable (1771-1776), Jacob (1774-1775), Jacob (1776) and Joseph (1779).

Deborah Tomson was born Halifax 27 Jul 1740 and died Abington 14 May 1805. She married Halifax 24 Oct 1768 Micah Reed and they had nine children: Delight (1769 m William Rounds), Susannah (1770 m David Gloyd), Mehitable (1771 m Seth Hunt), Enoch (1773), Seth (1776), Ruth (1778 m Bela Blanchard), Noah (1781) and Abigail (1784 m Elisha Cranson).

Lucy Tomson was born Halifax 4 Dec 1775 and died there 5 Jan 1818. She married Halifax 2 May 1776 Thomas Drew and they had three children: Thomas (1776), Mary (1776 unm.) and Jane (1784 m Isaac Cook).

Sarah Weston was born Duxbury 2 Mar 1722/3 and died bef Jul 1779. She married Duxbury 4 Nov 1743 John Chandler and they had four children: Rebecca (1749 m David Oldham), Candace (1751 likely unm.), Elizabeth (1756 m John Oldham) and Abel (1758).

Jane "Jeney" Weston was born Duxbury 21 Jan 1725/6 and died there 5 Sep 1799. She married Duxbury 28 Apr 1748 Thomas Hunt (II) and they had six children: Abigail (c1752 m Ichabod Kent), Asenith "Sena" (c1753 unk. if marr.), Thomas (1761), Melzar (son, 1762-1769), Jenny (1764-1766) and Anna (c1768 likely unm.)

Abigail Weston was born Duxbury 15 Mar 1738/9 and died there 7 Aug 1812. She married Duxbury 20 Dec 1764 Enoch Freeman and they had eight children: Abigail (1765 m Amasa Sturtevant), Enoch Weston (1767), William (1769), Lydia (1771 m Nathaniel Soule), Daniel (1773), Sarah (1775 m [Dea.] Martin Sampson), Weston (1777) and Mary "Polly" (1779 m James T. Loring).

Alice Pierce was prob. born Pembroke abt 1733 and died by 1778. She married abt 1754 Thomas Damon and they had nine children: Peleg (1755), Gamaliel (1756), Abigail (1758 m Daniel Record), Releaf (c1764 m Araunah Sampson), Jonathan (1766), Alice (1766 unm.), Ezekiel (1772-1778), Mercy (1774 m Stephen Sampson) and Hannah (c1775 unk. if marr.)

Hannah Pierce was baptized Pembroke 22 May 1737 and died Duxbury 1 May 1806. She married Duxbury 4 Dec 1760 William Simmons and they had four children: Abigail (c1763-1784 unm.), William (1764), Seth (1769) and Huldah (c1772-1791 unm.) In conclusion, there is no surviving mtDNA line for Hannah.

Hannah Dunham was born Plymouth 27 Jan 1738/9 and died there 25 Aug 1798. She married Plymouth 3 Dec 1775 William Cuffs and they had: Hannah Wadsworth (1781 m David Ripley).

Susanna Dunham was born Plymouth 14 Nov 1741 and died bef 10 Apr 1796. She married thrice, first int Plymouth 23 Jan 1762 Richard Kimball then Plymouth 24 Sep 1769 William Straffin, finally Plymouth 28 Apr 1777 Samuel Dutch (no ch.) By her first husband she had: infant son (1763-1764). By her second husband she had four more children: William (1770), George (1771), Lucy (1773-1773) and Samuel (1775). In conclusion, there is no surviving mtDNA line for Susanna.

Rebecca Dunham was born Plymouth abt 1754 and died there 10 Aug 1840. She married twice, first Plymouth 26 Aug 1778 John Chase then Plymouth 29 Mar 1787 Noah Gale (no ch). By her first husband she had three children: Rebecca (c1779 m Peter Chase), John (1781) and poss. Elizabeth (c1786 m Jacob Cushing [II]).

Grace Keene was born Pembroke 26 Jan 1726 and died there 3 Jun 1772. She married Pembroke 23 Aug 1744 Jabez Cole, but it is currently unknown whether they had any children.

Ruth Keene was born Pembroke 18 Apr 1734 and died there 12 Dec 1795. She married Pembroke 25 Oct 1759 John Leavitt and they had: Sarah "Sally" (1761 m James Barstow).

1. ↑ Widow filed intentions to remarry Scituate 18 Dec 1736.

mtDNA Results TBD

To date no known matrilineal/mtDNA descendants of Abigail ANDREWS Wadsworth have mtDNA tested and have published their results. Folks who believe they are matrilineal descendants are encouraged to full mtDNA test and to contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com

References and External Links

• Throop, Louise Walsh, Mayflower Families in Progress, George Soule (multi-volume), General Society of Mayflower Descendants