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Abigail Wise

Abigail Wise

Female 1738 -

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  • Name Abigail Wise  [1
    Born 5 Jan 1737/38  Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 5 Jan 1737/38  Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Reference Number 5846 
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Person ID I5846  FelsingFam
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 

    Father Joseph Wise,   b. Bef 1698 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Hepzibah Bridges,   b. Jun 1703, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 7 Nov 1718  Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Photos
    Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Family ID F1200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ebenezer Cole, Jr,   b. 5 Aug 1734, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1777, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1756  Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Reuben Cole,   b. 2 Dec 1756, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Ruby Cole,   b. Aft 1756  [natural]
    +3. Jonathan Cole,   b. 20 Aug 1759, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1830, Weston, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     4. Barsheba Cole,   b. 22 Apr 1762, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +5. Sarah Cole,   b. 4 Feb 1765, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1840, Ortonville, Oakland, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
    +6. Asenath Cole,   b. 12 Jun 1768, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Amasa Cole,   b. 15 May 1771, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Lucy Cole,   b. 26 Sep 1773, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. Piercy Cole,   b. 9 Aug 1776, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Photos
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    cole-wise-early conn marr lebanon goshen new london
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F1562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Jan 1737/38 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 5 Jan 1737/38 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Feb 1756 - Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
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    cole-wise-early conn marr lebanon goshen new london

  • Notes 
    • This from Linda Martino best describes the evidence for Abigail and her siblings being children of Joseph Wise and Hepzibah Bridges. Further genealogy back to the immigrant Edmund Bridges is confirmed through NEHGS records and Great Migrations Entries.

      " Although I do not have proof such as a will I believe there is strong evidence that Joseph Jr Wise of Lebanon is the child of Joseph and Hepzibah Bridges.

      Joseph Wise & Hepzibah Bridges are married & named as the parents of: Lucy, Hepzibah, Elizabeth, 2 Josephs, John, and Abigail in Gloucester MA records.

      We then see Hepzibah, Lucy, and Elizabeth Wise joining the Goshen Congregational Church in 1741. Following that are marriage records for Hepzibah, Elizabeth, Joseph, John, and Abigail in 1749-1756 in Lebanon and the birth of many of their children. A brother of Hepzibah Bridges Wise (Edmund Bridges) is also in Lebanon during this period.

      There is a Samuel Wise in Lebanon but I did not find a baptism record for him in Gloucester.

      Again although there is not a will the names and dates are completely consistent between the two locations."

  • Sources 
    1. [S338] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Abigail Wise
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MATownVital&h=10766541&indiv=try
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988


    2. [S367] Essex Antiquarium, Vol 12 P 92 pub 1908 avail on NEHGS-spelled Hephzibah.

    3. [S338] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Hephzibah Bridges
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2495&h=80329954&indiv=try
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
      Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988


    4. [S15] Barbour Collection, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Vital Records.

    5. [S496] Early connecticut Marriages, Ebenezer cole/Abigail Wise.
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      cole-wise-early conn marr lebanon goshen new london