Abigail Newton

Female Abt 1663 - Abt 1745  (~ 82 years)


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  • Name Abigail Newton 
    Born Abt 1663 
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt 1745 
    Person ID I28545  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family Lodowick Updyke,   b. Abt Jun 1646, New Amsterdam Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1736, Wickford, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Children 
     1. Daniel Updyke,   b. Abt 1694,   d. 1757, Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F05490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Abigail Updike, wife of Capt. Lodowick, was baptized at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Narragansett/Wickford RI, on 11 Sep 1726 at age 63 (note: clinical baptism).

      From Findagrave.com:
      "There is no inscribed marker for Abigail in this cemetery, nor is there any record of her burial. However, her husband is known to be buried here, based on the obituary of their son Daniel, and Abigail was married to Lodowick for nearly 50 years, and died as his widow in this town. It is inconceivable that she would have been buried anywhere other than in the family cemetery near her husband. The birth year given is a crude approximation based on her probable year of marriage, and the death year is the year her will was proved.

      "Abigail was the daughter of Thomas Newton and Joan Smith of New Amsterdam, Long Island, and Fairfield, Connecticut. She was married about 1690 to her first cousin, Lodowick Updike, the son of Gilbert Updike and Katherine Smith. Her mother Joan and her husband's mother Katherine were sisters, both being daughters of Richard Smith of Cocumscussoc (known as Smith's Castle), Wickford, RI.

      "Abigail's will, dated 10 May 1742, and proved 8 May 1745, names daughter Catherine as executrix, and gives to son Daniel; to the seven children of her son Richard, deceased; to daughter Abigail Cooper; and also to her other three daughters Esther, Sarah, and Martha."