Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


picture

picture Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 27 Nov 1824 - Truro, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Nov 1886
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 2
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Rich Jr (1794-1871)
         Mother: Abigail Rich (1793-1853) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. *James Nickerson Rich (6 Sep 1823 - 9 Jan 1905)
       Marriage: 1 Dec 1846 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Jesse S Rich (1849-1927)
                2. James Franklin Rich (1853-1926) 4
                3. Abbie N Rich (1859-1865) 2
                4. Adelia Rich (1869-1869) 2



picture
Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
        Baptism: 10 Sep 1786 - Truro, Massachusetts
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Isaiah Rich (1744-1790) 5
         Mother: Joanna Paine (1745-1828)



picture
Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 5 Sep 1820 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef Nov 1824 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Rich Jr (1794-1871)
         Mother: Abigail Rich (1793-1853) 3



picture
Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Cir 1807 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 8 Nov 1875
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Rich (1779-1855)
         Mother: Sarah (1774-1846)



picture
Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Sep 1797 - Truro, Massachusetts 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain David Rich (1776-1834)
         Mother: Betty Rich (1779-1852)



picture
Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
AKA: Abagail Rich 8
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Nov 1793 - Truro, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 12 Jan 1853 - Truro, Massachusetts 9
         Burial: in Methodist cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Richard Rich (1748-1799) 10
         Mother: Lois Collins (1752-1816)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph Rich Jr (25 May 1794 - 9 Nov 1871)
       Marriage: 18 Dec 1817 - Truro, Massachusetts 11
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Louisa Rich (1819-1896)
                2. Abigail Rich (1820-Bef 1824)
                3. Abigail Rich (1824-1886)
                4. Jesse Rich (1824-1841) 12
                5. Hannah Hopkins Rich (1827-1907) 13 14
                6. Joseph Smith Rich (1832-1833) 9
                7. Lieutenant Joseph Smith Rich (1836-1900) 15
Notes
General:


picture Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 23 Apr 1745 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16 17
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Sep 1825 - Truro, Massachusetts 16
         Burial: in Old North Cemetery, Truro
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Deacon Reuben Rich (1715-1770)
         Mother: Martha Smith (1721-1746) 18
Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Young (Est 1740 - Bef 1772)
       Marriage: 27 Jan 1763 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16 19
         Status: 

2. Jesse Rich (21 Aug 1733 - 25 Dec 1808) 20 
       Marriage: 20 Sep 1772 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 21
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mary Rich (1773-1868) 22
                2. Martha Rich (1776-      )
                3. Captain Thomas Smith Rich (1777-1807)
                4. Henry Rich (1779-Cir 1866) 23
                5. Noah Rich (1781-      )



picture
Abigail Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Oct 1829 - (Truro, Massachusetts) 24
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Sears Rich (1807-1892) 24
         Mother: Thankful Rich Higgins (1807-1869) 24
Spouses and Children 
1. *Zoheth Rich Cobb (9 Oct 1826 - 9 Jul 1855) 25 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 



picture
Abigail Harding Rich 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Sep 1815 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 16 May 1902 26
         Burial: in Truro Methodist cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Shebnah Rich (1782-1843)
         Mother: Belinda Higgins (1788-1878)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Daniel Paine Higgins (9 Jun 1811 - 15 Mar 1886)
       Marriage: 1837 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Reuben Orcut Higgins (1840-1843)
                2. Daniel Paine Higgins (1844-1868)
                3. Huldah Abigail Higgins (1852-1872)
Notes
Medical:
age 86-7-21

picture Abigail Harding Rich 
      Sex: F
AKA: Nabby Harding Rich 28
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 Oct 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
        Baptism: 
          Death: 10 Sep 1869 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 29
         Burial: in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
 Cause of Death: consumption 29
Events
• Alt Birth 29, 14 Sep 1807 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
This is calculated from the death date, and the death record age of 61y 11m 26d.
• Occupation 27, house keeper, 1845 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Robert Rich Jr (1778-1820) 27
         Mother: Eunice Harding (1782-1834)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Leven Lecount Jr (13 Jul 1815 - 10 Nov 1864) 27 
       Marriage: 18 Jan 1846 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 30
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Willis Lecount (1847-      )
picture

Sources

1 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 256.

2 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 32.

3 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 168.

4 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1926.

5 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:270. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

6 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 234.

7 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 179.

8 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 45. 1900, #14.

9 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 75.

10 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:270.

11 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 226, by Allen Hinckley Esqr.

12 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 296.

13 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 221. Thomas Hopkins & Hannah H. Rich family.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 54.

15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 45. 1900, #16.

16 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:273.

17 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 103 (MD19:102). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

18 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:272.

19 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 156 (MD31:177).

20 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 83:268.

21 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:526. Marriages.

22 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 255. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

23 R Bradley Potts, "The Atwood Families of New England ..." (Rootsweb file atwood).

24 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 255.

25 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 255.

26 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), lot 145. Daniel P. & Abagail H. Higgins family.

27 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), volume 2, marriages 1843-1856, page 61.

28 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:57.

29 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), deaths 1859-1890, page 12.

30 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:61.

Home | Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List

This Web Site was Created 17 Jan 2010 with Legacy 7.0 from Millennia