Individual Details
Abigail Elderkin
(1641 - Abt, 1700)
Abigail Elderkin was born in Dedham MA she married John Betts and was a school teacher. She was brought before the court for calling Jesus a bastard, details are sketchy. Thomas Burnham defended her and saved her from being hung. She was remanded to her father and eventually divorced her husband who married Abigail Smith Adams.
Events
Birth | 1641 | Dedham, British America | |||
Marriage | Abt, 1660 | John Betts | |||
Civil | March 10, 1661 | ||||
Divorce | 1672 | John Betts | |||
Death | Abt, 1700 | British America | |||
Occupation | School teacher |
Families
Spouse | John Betts (1627 - 1690) |
Father | John Elderkin (1612 - 1687) |
Endnotes
1. (1847) || Volume 4 page 359 Early Records of Boston Dedham.
2. Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA, Page 66.
5. (1904). || Volume 2 page 98.