Individual Details

Elizabeth Abigail Weeks

(1654 - 1698)

Much doubt about her name: Elizabeth Abigail Weeks, Abigail Weeks, Abigail Bethia, Bethia Weeks. Her father was William Weeks, some say William Weeks, Sr. Also Elizabeth Walker

The Swift Family, Whitinsville, MA by Katharine Whitin Swift 1955
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Elizabeth Weeks of Falmouth, another entry may read Bethia Weeks another Elizabeth Walker - from Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families p 468
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Abigail (Weeks) Hatch (abt. 1658 - aft. 1696)
Abigail
 Hatch
 formerly Weeks
Born about 1658
 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony
ANCESTORS Daughter of William Weeks and Unknown (Unknown) WeeksSister of William Weeks Jr., Elizabeth (Weeks) Hobby [half], Elizabeth (Weeks) Robinson, Samuel Weeks, Richard Weeks and John WeeksWife of Jonathan Hatch Jr.
 — married 4 Dec 1676 in Barnstable, Plymouth ColonyDESCENDANTS Mother of Jonathan Hatch III, Son Hatch, Sarah (Hatch) Stone, Mehitable (Hatch) Weeks, Nathan Hatch and Ebenezer HatchDied after 1696
 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Abigail Weeks was born in Edgartown, Martha's Vinyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts about 1658. She was the daughter of William Weeks & an unknown mother. [1]
Abigail Weeks was married to Jonathan Hatch, Jr on 4 Dec 1676 at Barnstable or Falmouth, Plymouth Colony.[1] There are secondary sources which state they married on Martha's Vineyard, but there is no primary source for this location, while there is for Barnstable & Falmouth. Jonathan was the son of Jonathan Hatch and Sarah Rowley, [2]
Abigail Weeks Hatch died in Falmouth, Barnstable County, sometime after 1696 (birth of last child) . She was buried in the Old Burying Ground, in Falmouth.
Research Notes

The FAG memorial has her name as "Abigail Bethia Weeks Hatch". This is a result of the author of the work, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Amos Otis, who attributes the wife of Jonathan Hatch III, Bethia Hatch, to Jonathan Jr.[2] Otis also errors in stating that the marriage of Abigail & Jonathan Jr. gives her name as "Elizabeth".[2] As a result, many online trees have Abigail's name as "Abigail Elizabeth Bethia Weeks Hatch". She was never Elizabeth nor Bethia.
Sources

↑ Original Town Records of Falmouth, MA, Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1668-1758[?], page 6, mid page, 1st entry: "Jonathan Hatch and Abigail Weekes were maried the 4 day of december in the year 1676."
↑ 2.0 2.1 Amos Otis, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (F.B & F. Barnstable, Mass, 1888-90 republished Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979) Vol 1 p 467-8. NOTE: This work is the primary origin for the confusion around Wm.'s wife, Abigail Weeks. The author attributes the wife of Jonathan Hatch III, Bethia Nye, as a wife to Jonathan Jr. The author also wrongly states the marriage record for Wm. & Abigail, has her given name as "Elizabeth", but this demonstrably false.
[1] The history of Martha's Vinyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts by Charles Edward Banks, Boston, 1911
[2] New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 352 December 4, 1676, Martha's Vinyard.
See Also:
Find a Grave: Memorial # 155426692. (Burial Location) NOTE: See the above research notes.

Events

Birth1654Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass.
Marriage4 Dec 1676Martha's Vineyard, Dukes, MA - Capt Jonathan Hatch
Death1698Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Burial

Families

SpouseCapt Jonathan Hatch (1652 - 1698)
ChildEbenezer "Ebay" Hatch (1696 - 1781)
ChildJonathan Hatch (1677 - 1746)
ChildSarah Hatch (1682 - 1751)
ChildMehitable Hatch (1683 - 1733)
ChildMary Hatch (1689 - 1754)
ChildNathan Hatch (1693 - 1750)
ChildBaby Hatch (1681 - 1681)
FatherWilliam Weeks ( - )
Mother??? Elizabeth ( - 1658)
SiblingWilliam Weeks Jr. (1645 - 1715)
SiblingJohn Weeks (1655 - 1730)
SiblingSamuel Weeks ( - )
SiblingRichard Weeks ( - )
SiblingAbigail Weeks ( - )

Notes