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Abigail Lapham (Sherman)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Death: May 18, 1709 (29)
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Sherman and Jane Sherman
Wife of Joseph Lapham
Mother of Joseph Lapham
Sister of Bethia Thomas; John Sherman, Jr.; Hannah Holmes; Samuel Sherman; Deborah Thomas and 3 others

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About Abigail Lapham

Biography Name: Abigaill Sherman Gender: Female Birth Date: 15 Mar 1679 (pre-1752 date) Birthplace: MARSHFIELD,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name: John Sherman [1] [2] Siblings in record: Bethya b. Aug 11 1678, Samuel b. Feb 22 1687, Deborah Sep 4 1689, Lois b. Jan 27 1691, William b. Jan 3 1693, Hannah b. Apr 29 1695, Eunice b. May 11 1696, John b. Oct 17 1682

Joseph Lapham (Thomas, Thomas) b. 1670, son of Thomas and Mary (Brooks) Lapham married 1). Abigail Sherman;[3]

ABIGAIL SHERMAN (John, William), was born in Marshfield MA, 15 Mar. 1679-80, and died in Scituate MA, 18 May 1709. She married about 1703, Joseph Lapham, born in Scituate, in Sept. 1670, who died after 1712 He was the son of Thomas and Mary Lapham. He married secondly in 1710 or 1711, Patience-, who died in Scituate, 27 Oct. 1711. He married thirdly, in Marshfield 5 Feb. 1711-12, Hannah Eames.

Joseph's children,born in Scituate, Mass.:

By first wife, Abigail Sherman, Joseph Lapham, 26 Apr 1709 By second wife, Patience-: Ichabod, b. 11 Oct. 1711, d. 11 Dec. 1711.[4] Sources ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8P-TZ6 : 10 February 2018), Abigaill Sherman, 15 Mar 1679; citing MARSHFIELD,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496621 IT 2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Online link to image ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pg 408 ↑ Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield by Mary Lovering Holman, pg 36, found at https://archive.org/details/descendantsofwil00holm_0 See also:

Ancestral File Number: 3JNL-23

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Abigail Lapham's Timeline

1680
March 15, 1680
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
1709
April 26, 1709
Scituate, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts
May 18, 1709
Age 29
Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts