Individual Details
Abigail WOODBURY
(1653 - 28 Jan 1741/42)
Events
| Birth | 1653 |  | |||
| Birth | 1655 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Birth | Aug 1655 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Birth | Bef 28 Aug 1655 | | |||
| Baptism | 28 Oct 1655 | First Church, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 26 Dec 1671 | Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Richard OBER | | ||
| Death | 28 Jan 1741/42 | "aged 86 yrs & about 5 months" | | ||
| Probate | 2 Aug 1742 | after dying intestate - Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Alt name | Abbigaile WOODBERRY | | |||
| Alt name | Abbigaile WOODBURY | | |||
| Alt name | Anna OBER |  | | ||
| Burial | Abbott Street Burial Ground, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | |
Families
| Spouse | Richard OBER (1641 - 1715) |
| Child | John OBER (1673 - 1744) |
| Child | Anna OBER (1675 - 1702) |
| Child | Elizabeth OBER (1677 - 1731) |
| Child | Abigail OBER (1679 - 1752) |
| Child | Hezekiah OBER (1681 - 1739) |
| Child | Richard OBER (1683 - 1725) |
| Child | Nicholas OBER (1686 - 1730) |
| Child | Benjamin OBER (1689 - 1723) |
| Child | Samuel OBER (1693 - 1725) |
| Father | Nicholas WOODBURY (1618 - 1686) |
| Mother | Anna PALGRAVE (1626 - 1701) |
| Sibling | Abigail WOODBURY (1653 - ) |
| Sibling | Joanna WOODBURY (1653 - 1714) |
| Sibling | Nicholas WOODBURY (1654 - ) |
| Sibling | Nicholas WOODBURY (1656 - 1691) |
| Sibling | Joseph WOODBURY (1659 - 1714) |
| Sibling | Isaac WOODBURY (1661 - 1733) |
| Sibling | Andrew WOODBURY (1665 - 1694) |
| Sibling | Benjamin WOODBURY (1668 - 1698) |
Notes
Alt name
In at least two places, including the title, Arthaud calls her Anna instead of Abigail--without explanation.Burial
Davis transcribes tombstone as:Here Lyes ye Body of
Mrs Abigail Ober Wife of
Mr Richard Ober Who Died
January ye 28th 1741/2
Aged 86 years
Endnotes
1. Ettie Tidwell McCall, compiler, McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families (Atlanta, GA: self-published, 1931), p. 497 (image 509 of 673); page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11964/ : accessed 8 January 2023).
2. " U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/: accessed 25 October 2022), "Ober, Richard (1641-) & Abigail Woodberry/Woodbury (1655-); 26 Dec 1671; Beverly/Concord".
3. David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," The NEHGS Register, 175-176 (3 parts): 207-222, 348-360, 70-92, specifically 175:213.
4. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), p. 836; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 29 January 2024) , image 1685.
5. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 176; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 2 February 2024).
6. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 13 January 2024) > Beverly > Vital Record Transcripts, , image 914 of 1026, Beverly Deaths, p. 515, "Ober...Abbigal, wid. Richard..."; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
7. David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," The NEHGS Register, 175-176 (3 parts): 207-222, 348-360, 70-92, specifically 175:213.
8. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), p. 836; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 29 January 2024) , image 1685.
9. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 176; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 2 February 2024).
10. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 1 November 2022) > Beverly > Town Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths, image 122 of 134, Richard Ober and Abbigaile Woodberry; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
11. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), vol. 2, pp. 605-6; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 27 October 2022) , image 1446-7 of 1773.
12. "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850," database index with page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7659/226/141388058: accessed 31 December 2023), "Ober...Richard, and Abbigaile Woodberry, Dec. 26, 1671"; citing Vital records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907..
13. Betsey Warren David, The Warren, Jackson, and Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of Jesse Warren and Betsey Jackson (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903), p. 83 (image 101); online digital page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15234/ : accessed 5 January 2024.
14. Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Massachusetts Vital Records, Beverly 1653-1892 (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1989), p. 29 (handwritten annotation in upper left); page images, Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : accessed 1 January 2021) > Beverly > Family Records, image 321 of 552.
15. " U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/: accessed 25 October 2022), "Ober, Richard (1641-) & Abigail Woodberry/Woodbury (1655-); 26 Dec 1671; Beverly/Concord".
16. Ettie Tidwell McCall, compiler, McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families (Atlanta, GA: self-published, 1931), p. 497 (image 509 of 673); page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11964/ : accessed 8 January 2023).
17. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), p. 836; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 29 January 2024) , image 1685.
18. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 176; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 2 February 2024).
19. Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Massachusetts Vital Records, Beverly 1653-1892 (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1989), p. 29 (handwritten annotation in upper left); page images, Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/ : accessed 1 January 2021) > Beverly > Family Records, image 321 of 552.
20. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 November 2022), Abigail Woodbury Ober, memorial # 48435661.
21. David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," The NEHGS Register, 175-176 (3 parts): 207-222, 348-360, 70-92, specifically 175:213.
22. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 13 January 2024) > Beverly > Vital Record Transcripts, , image 914 of 1026, Beverly Deaths, p. 515, "Ober...Abbigal, wid. Richard..."; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
23. Mary Walton Ferris, compiler, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, 2 vols., consecutively paginated (Milwaukee: self-published (Cuneo Press), 1943), p. 836; online page images, Ancestry, Dawes-Gates ancestral lines : a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11708/ : accessed 29 January 2024) , image 1685.
24. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 176; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 2 February 2024).
25. "Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840," database index, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4592/: accessed 28 October 2022), Abigail Ober, prob. 2 Aug 1742, referencing file # 19900.
26. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 1 November 2022) > Beverly > Town Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths, image 122 of 134, Richard Ober and Abbigaile Woodberry; citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
27. Ettie Tidwell McCall, compiler, McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families (Atlanta, GA: self-published, 1931), p. 497 (image 509 of 673); page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/11964/ : accessed 8 January 2023).
28. John Bradley Arthaud, "The Richard and Anna (Woodbury) Ober Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Essex Genealogist 39 (#4, Nov. 2019), specifically p. 175; digital page images, AmericanAncestors ( : accessed 2 February 2024).
29. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 November 2022), Abigail Woodbury Ober, memorial # 48435661.
30. Betsey Warren David, The Warren, Jackson, and Allied Families: Being the Ancestry of Jesse Warren and Betsey Jackson (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1903), p. 83 (image 101); online digital page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/15234/ : accessed 5 January 2024.