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

Birth1641Dedham, British America
MarriageAbt, 1660John Betts
CivilMarch 10, 1661
Divorce1672John Betts
DeathAbt, 1700British America
OccupationSchool teacher

Families

SpouseJohn Betts (1627 - 1690)
FatherJohn Elderkin (1612 - 1687)

Endnotes

1. (1847) || Volume 4 page 359 Early Records of Boston Dedham.

2. Ancestry.com, Index New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, n.d.), Page 66.

3. (1884). || Page 58.

4. (1904). || Volume 2 page 98.

5. (1904). || Volume 2 page 98.

6. (1904). || Volume 2 page 98.

7. (1884). || Page 58.