The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenAbigail Wright1,2 
F, #2859, * c 1623
| Father | Richard Wright1 * s 1590 |
| Mother | Margaret1 * s 1600, + bt 1623 - 1643 |
Family 1 | Robert Sharp * s 1610, + 1656 |
| Children |
Family 2 | Thomas Clapp * c 1609, + 20 Apr 1684 |
| Children |
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Abigail Wright was born c 1623. (She deposed in 1701 that she was "about seventy eight years or thereabouts.")1 She (1) married Robert Sharp b 1640.1,3,4 She (2) married Thomas Clapp, son of Nicholas Clapp and Elisabeth, c 1657.1,2,4,3 She (3) married William Holbrook a 1684.1,4,3
Other information:
The inventory of Richard's estate was taken on 19 Nov 1654, by Peter Olliver and Edward Clap. Value was £172.07.06. The house and land to be set aside for the children's portions; the son paying his sisters their portions, as the land is supposed to be wholly his.
24 Apr 1656. On request of the former widow of Robert Sharp, Thomas Mekins and Peter Aspinwall are appointed to bring up Sharp's children. Mekins is to take the son, and bring him up in his trade; Aspinwall is to take the daughters (See also Lib. iii, fol. 67, 15 Jan 1656). Abigail Clapp, relict and Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Sharp witnessed the agreement. On 15 Apr 1665 Mekins and Aspinwall are discharged, having fulfilled their trust. Son John is then 22 and married; daughter Abigail is about 17, and daughter Mary about 12 (See Lib. iv, pg. 228)
On 25 Apr 1665, John, son of the late Robert Sharp, puts up a bond of £56 with Edward Rawson, as surity to pay his sisters £28 each, when they attain their majority. (In a comment here it states that Abigail married Nicholas Clapp as his second wife, unsure where this comes from.)5
While Torrey has two separate listings for Thomas Clap (1. 1609 - 1684, marr 1. Jane Martin, marr. 2. ? Weymouth/Scituate) and (2. -1684. marr. 2. Abigail (Wright) Sharpe a. 1655. She marr. 3. William Holbrook after 1684, Dedham/Weymouth/Scituate) it is most likely that these are the same. I have not found actual proof, however. Clapp Genealogy has a Thomas (who married Abigail) as son of Richard, with a death year of 1684
Is it possible that these are the same? The first six children are then Jane's. Check the references (Gale Ion Harris) Great Migrations has Abigail married three times.
Name variants: Abigail Clapp (married name.) Abigail Sharp (married name.) Abigail Holbrook (married name.)
Other information:
The inventory of Richard's estate was taken on 19 Nov 1654, by Peter Olliver and Edward Clap. Value was £172.07.06. The house and land to be set aside for the children's portions; the son paying his sisters their portions, as the land is supposed to be wholly his.
24 Apr 1656. On request of the former widow of Robert Sharp, Thomas Mekins and Peter Aspinwall are appointed to bring up Sharp's children. Mekins is to take the son, and bring him up in his trade; Aspinwall is to take the daughters (See also Lib. iii, fol. 67, 15 Jan 1656). Abigail Clapp, relict and Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Sharp witnessed the agreement. On 15 Apr 1665 Mekins and Aspinwall are discharged, having fulfilled their trust. Son John is then 22 and married; daughter Abigail is about 17, and daughter Mary about 12 (See Lib. iv, pg. 228)
On 25 Apr 1665, John, son of the late Robert Sharp, puts up a bond of £56 with Edward Rawson, as surity to pay his sisters £28 each, when they attain their majority. (In a comment here it states that Abigail married Nicholas Clapp as his second wife, unsure where this comes from.)5
While Torrey has two separate listings for Thomas Clap (1. 1609 - 1684, marr 1. Jane Martin, marr. 2. ? Weymouth/Scituate) and (2. -1684. marr. 2. Abigail (Wright) Sharpe a. 1655. She marr. 3. William Holbrook after 1684, Dedham/Weymouth/Scituate) it is most likely that these are the same. I have not found actual proof, however. Clapp Genealogy has a Thomas (who married Abigail) as son of Richard, with a death year of 1684
Is it possible that these are the same? The first six children are then Jane's. Check the references (Gale Ion Harris) Great Migrations has Abigail married three times.
Name variants: Abigail Clapp (married name.) Abigail Sharp (married name.) Abigail Holbrook (married name.)
Citations
- [S340] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration, 1620-1633. NEHGR (online). Richard Wright. Online at http://www.americanancestors.org
- [S405] Ebenezer Clapp, Clapp, pg. 105-107, #1. Online at https://archive.org/details/clappmemorialrec00clap
- [S409] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marr., pg. 663. Sharp, Robert & Abigail Wright.
- [S409] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marr., pg. 154. Clap, Thomas & Abigail Wright.
- [S410] Abstracts of Early Wills. Register, 8 (Jul 1854), pg. 276; 10 (Jan 1856), pg. 84; 31 (1877), pg. 103, New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
- [S410] Vol. 99, pg 242. "Early Rehoboth Families and Events.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register.