Abigail (Tuttle) Meador (bef. 1628 - abt. 1674)

Abigail (Tuttle) Meador migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

This is what is definitely known about Abigail Tuttle:

• She was baptized on 24 November 1628 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England,^[1][2]
• She was the daughter of John Tuttle and Joan Antrobus.^[1]
• She is shown on the enrolled passenger list of April 2, 1635 for the ship "Planter."

The are no other undisputed events regarding Abigail's life.

Disputed Death Date

Some genealogists suggest that Abigail died young, but there is no evidence of an early death. However, there is no evidence of her living after 1635. Abigail wasn't mentioned in her father's Will dated 7 Dec 1656.^[3] Robert Charles Anderson says that she must have died by the date of the Will because she wasn't mentioned.^[4] It is assumed that she died before April 4, 1674, when her brother Simon is called "the only child living of Mr. John Tuttle and Joanah, his wife, who are deceased."^[5]

Disputed Marriage

Also, some genealogists have concluded that Abigail married John Meader of Oyster River, NH, however, the is no documentary evidence that Meador's wife Abigail was Abigail Tuttle. Others state that Meader's wife was Abigail Follett. Torrey shows: "John (?1630-1715+) & Abigail [?TUTTLE/?FOLLETT]; ca 1653; Dover, NH {Durham NH 2:92; GDMNH 473-4; Meader (ms); Dover NH Mar. 142; Sv. 3:191", indicating that Abigail could be either a Tuttle or a Follett, or neither one!^[6]

Immigration

• • 7 JUN 1635 Boston, Massachusetts
  • age 6; family settled in Ipswich?

Death

• • BET 1665 AND 1723^[7]

Marriage

• • 1660^[7]
    • Husband: John Meader^{[citation needed]}
    • Wife: Abigail Tuttle

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} England Births
2. ↑ TAG David L. Greene, "Tuttles Revisited" TAG 59 (1983): pages 211-213.
3. ↑ TAG: 20 (July 1943):112
4. ↑ Great Migration: Page 129
5. ↑ TAG: 59(1983) :211-213
6. ↑ Torrey: Page 22050
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} World Family Tree Tree Number : 5404 Towle, Walker, Abbott of England, MA 843 - 1990 Submitted: June 1, 1995

See also:

• The American Genealogist (TAG), volume 59 (1983): pages 211-213. "Tuttles Revisited," by David L. Greene. AmericanAncestors.org $ link.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NB84-1Z1 : accessed 21 Apr 2014), Abigail Tuttle, 04 Nov 1628; citing ABBEY,SAINT ALBANS,HERTFORD,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 0973125 IT 3.
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
• Pope, Charles H. The Pioneers of Massachusetts (Charles H. Pope, Boston, MA, 221 Columbus Ave., 1900)
• World Family Tree, Volume 1, pre-1600 to present
• Genealogy: Ethel Peters Miller/Hugh Darrell Miller Text: Manuscript Text: [Hugh Darrell Miller, comp.] Text: 1985 Text: copy in possession of author
• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

• • • https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/41952610/family
    • http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31746009/person/18113772335

• Stackpole, Everett. History of the Town of Durham, New Hampshire (n.p. 1913) Vol. 2, Page 275

Acknowledgement

Thank you to all who have contributed to this profile. Click the Changes tab to see those previous edits.