Abigail Kimball Estey Poole
(Richard,
John)
Abigail was born on March 22, 1667.
She married first to Isaac Estey on October 14, 1689.
He was born in Topsfield, MA about 1656. His name appears with others who
took the oath of allegiance and fidelity to Charles II in January 1677. In
1681 his minister's rate was seven shillings and one penny, his father's being
one pound an three shillings, and his brother Joseph's seven shillings and nine
pence. In 1689 and 1691 he was chosen one of the surveyors of highways,
and in 1694 was chosen constable. In 1696 he was one of the selectmen of
the town. He left a will dated 16 Mar 1713-4, which was probated 3 May
1714. The father of Isaac Estey, also named Isaac, married Mary
Towne, who was arrested as a witch 21 Apr 1692, kept in jail until 18 May,
when she was released. On 21 May a second arrest warrant was procured and
she was taken from her home at midnight, carried to Salem jail and placed in
chains. She was tried, found guilty and sentenced to death, and on the
22nd of September, 1692, she was executed with seven others.
Abigail married second on April 25, 1718 to William Poole,
the son of Jonathan Poole.
All children of Abigail and Isaac.
CHILDREN:
- Mary Estey (4), bap 15 Feb 1691-2; m 10 Sep 1713,
John Perkins
- Abigail Estey (4),bap 8 Jan 1692-3; m 22 May 1712,
Joseph Cummings, and d. 10 Jan 1729-30, of smallpox
- Sarah Estey (4), b. 4 Oct 1694; d. before 1751; m. 1
Dec 1714, Capt Joseph Cummings, b. Woburn, MA, 1 Sep 1692, d.
Topsfield, MA 22 Apr 1794
- Isaac Estey (4), b. 20 Nov 1696
- Aaron Estey (4), b. 16 Feb 1698-9; d. 21 Apr 1783;
m. 7 June 1723, Esther Richards, b. Jul 1705, d. 23 June 1805
- Jacob Estey (4), b. 28 June 1700
- Hannah Estey (4), b. 18 May 1702; m. 5 Jan 1720-1,
Isaac Cummings
- Richard Estey (4), bap 7 Apr 1706; d. about 1791; m.
7 May 1728, Ruth Fiske, daughter Joseph and Susannah (Warner)
Fiske, b. 18 Oct 1709. Richard and his sons, John, Zebulon, and
Richard removed in 1764 to a new settlement on the banks of the St. John
River, in New Brunswick, called Maugerville. He died in Sheffield, New
Brunswick.
- Rebecca Estey (4), bap 8 Aug 1708; m. 1st 12 Nov
1729, Preserved Tucker of Stoughton, MA; m. 2nd, 7 Apr 1743, Matthias
Puffer, also of Stoughton
- Moses Estey (4), bap 6 Sep 1712; m. 8 Sep 1736,
Eunice Peugville; removed to Enfield, CT, in 1752, and in 1756, to
Bucks Co., PA, and later to New Jersey. He had one son, Capt. Moses, of
Morristown, NJ, who was a soldier in the Revolution.