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Mrs Abigail Bryant

Abigail was born in 1646.¹ Abigail's father was Mr Stephen Bryant and her mother was Mrs Abigail Shaw. Her paternal grandparents were Mr John Doane and Mrs Anne Bryant; her maternal grandparents were Lt John Shaw and Mrs Alice Philips. She had two brothers and five sisters, named John, Stephen, Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Elizabeth and Mehitable. She was the oldest of the eight known children. She died at the age of 69 on May 12th, 1715 in Plymton. She was buried at the Old Cemetery at the Green.

General Notes
- Lieut. John and Abigail had seven children. The births of all seven originally were entered in the Plymouths records:
  
  Mary, born Sept. 11, 1666.
  
  Hannah, born Dec. 2, 1668.
  
  Bethia, born July 25, 1670.
  
  *Samuel, born Feb. 3, 1673.
  
  Jonathan, born Mar. 23, 1677. He married Margaret West in 1700, had 3 children: Rebecca 1702, Priscilla 1703, and Mary 1705. His second wife was Mary Little, daughter of Thomas Little, from whom Jonathan inherited a lot on Middle Street Plymouth, built a house on it and there was proprietor of "Bryant's Inn".
  
  Abigail, born Dec. 30, 1682; married Nov. 20, 1705, to John Faunce, who was born Sept. 16, 1678, and died Mar. 19, 1766.
  
  Benjamin, born Dec. 16, 1688; married July 31, 1712, at Plymouth to Hannah Eaton.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Mr John Doane
  
  Mr Stephen Bryant
  
  Mrs Anne Bryant
  
  Mrs Abigail Bryant
  - b.1646 d.12 May 1715 in Plymton
  
  Mr Shaw
  
  Mr Abraham Shaw
  - b.14 Nov 1585 in Halifax - England d.1638 in Dedham
  
  Mrs
  
  Lt John Shaw
  - b.1630 in Yorkshire - England d.16 Sep 1704 in Weymouth
  
  Mr Henry Best ^*
  - b.1527 d.29 May 1572
  
  Mr Henry Best
  - b.20 Apr 1554 in Halifax - England d.1628
  
  Mrs Margarita Maud (Mawd)^*
  - b.1531 in Halifax - England
  
  Mrs Bridget Elizabeth Best
  - b.09 Apr 1592 in Holdsworth - England d.02 Jun 1671 in Weymouth
  
  Mr John Boithes
  - b.1525 d. in Halifax - England
  
  Mrs Grace Boithes
  
  Mrs Isabella Swift
  - b.1531
  
  Mrs Abigail Shaw
  - b.15 Jul 1672 in Weymouth d.1705 in Plymouth
  
  Mr Nicholas Phillips
  
  Mr Nicholas Philips
  
  Mrs Abigal
  
  Mrs Alice Philips
  - b.1631 in Wendover - England d.01 Sep 1672 in Boston
  
  Mrs Elizabeth Jewson
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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¹ The Bryant Family