Shattuck, Abigail^[1]

Abt 1657 - Bef 1694  (< 37 years)

• Name	Shattuck, Abigail
  Birth	Abt 1657	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _COLOR	1
  _UID	A3292734840D4859A4C34E7839164F1A3E8C
  Death	Bef 12 Dec 1694	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I10666	Tree_1
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	Shattuck, William,   b. Abt 1622   d. 14 Aug 1672, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 50 years)
  Mother	[--?--], Susanna,   b. Abt 1624, England, United Kingdom d. 11 Dec 1686, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1642	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F3074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Parker, Joshua,   b. 23 Mar 1658, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 5 May 1691, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1690	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Parker, Abial,   b. 23 May 1691, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 25 May 1770, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Morse, Jonathan,   b. 7 Nov 1643, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 31 Jul 1686, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1678	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F3458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1657 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Marriage - 17 Oct 1678 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Marriage - 22 Sep 1690 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Death - Bef 12 Dec 1694 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Early New England Families Study Project (William Shattuck profile, p5) The curious statement in William Shattuck's will about his "ten younger children" suggests that there may have been others. As William was only about 22 when his first child in New England was born, it seems unlikely that he had an earlier marriage. The clear intent to omit said child or children from the will, strongly suggests the possibility of illegitimate offspring, perhaps born in England. The 19 June 1683 petition of Richard Norcross asking the court for advice on how to distribute his step-son Benjamin's share of his father's estate, stated that his wife's sons were aged 21 and daughter was 18. These ages are clearly incorrect. Samuel's birth recorded in Watertown shows that he would have been age 17. The petition states that Benjamin died in his 20th year (i.e., age 19), and so definitely was not 21 in 1683. While no date of death for Benjamin is given in the petition to the court, he probably died soon before the petition was made. Benjamin is named before Samuel in their father's will, indicating he was the older of the two. Likewise, if Abigail was 18 in 1683 she would have been born about 1665, but then she would have been 13 years old when she married Jonathan Morse in 1678, which begs the question of why she would still be listed as a minor under her mother's charge five years after her marriage.

  
  

• Sources

  [S946] Early New England Families Study Project, 20 January 2020; William Shattuck (m. 1643), pg. 5. [S2177] Genealogies of...Watertown (Bond, 1860), pg. 427. [S2177] Genealogies of...Watertown (Bond, 1860), pg. 429.