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Mary Abigail Pitman

Female 1657 - 1738  (81 years)


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  • Name Mary Abigail Pitman  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Born 15 Nov 1657  Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation 28 Jun 1689 
    Captured by the Abenaki led by Kankamagus with Madokawando's Penobscots during the "Cochecho Massacre" at Dover (NH) and brought to Canada 
    Baptism 8 Dec 1693  Montréal, Qc. (as Marie-Louise) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 8 Dec 1693  Marraine: Marguerite-Renée Denys (fille de Pierre Denys de La Ronde et de Catherine Le Neuf) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 8 Dec 1693  Marraine: Marguerite-Renée Denys (veuve de Thomas Tarieu de Lanaudière, seigneur) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 8 Dec 1693  Parrain: Louis-Hector de Callière, gouverneur de Montréal Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 8 Dec 1693  Montréal, Qc. (au service de M. de Callière) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 27 Jul 1694 
    Her brother Ezekiel narrowly escaped the attack at Oyster River by Madokawando, Taxous (Moxus) and Captain Sébastien de Villieu 
    Occupation 6 Oct 1710 
    Épouse Edward Fletcher (Gabriel-Édouard Flécheur) à Québec 
    Died 22 Dec 1738  Québec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 23 Dec 1738  Québec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5141  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father William Pitman,   b. Abt 1632, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1682, Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Barbara Evans,   b. Abt 1634, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1658, Oyster River (Piscataquis, now Durham), New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 24 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1653  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Info. 29 Nov 1653  Ceremony performed by William Hibbins Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2864  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen Otis,   b. 1652, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1689, Dover, Cochecho, Strafford, New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1674  Dover, Cochecho, Strafford, New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Stephen Otis,   b. 1675, Dover, Cochecho, Strafford, New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Québec Indéterminé Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Nathaniel Otis,   b. 1677, Dover, Cochecho, Strafford, New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1730, Montréal, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     3. Françoise Rose Otis,   b. 1678, Dover, Cochecho, Strafford, New Hampshire, New England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1729, Charlesbourg, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2630  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S202] Piscataqua Pioneers, 1623-1775: Register of Members & Ancestors, John Scales, (Higginson Book Company, Press of Charles F. Whitehouse, Dover, N.H., May 1919), 143 & 157.

    2. [S196] NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts), Vol. 2 (1848), p. 284; Vol. 5 (1851), pp. 184-185 & Vol. 28 (1874), p. 160.
      Also: Torrey's New England marriages to 1700, Vol. 2, p. 1119. First group of New England captives taken to Canada during the Indian wars.

    3. [S659] History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes, Everett S. Stackpole, Col. Lucien Thompson and Winthrop Smith Meserve, (Published by the vote of the town, Durham, New Hampshire, 1913), Volume 2, p. 307.

    4. [S32] New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760 during the French and Indian Wars, Emma Lewis Coleman, (The Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1925), Volume 1, pp. 127-128, 159, 253 & 255-258.

    5. [S759] Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire, Complete Edition, Mary P. Thompson, (Durham, N. H., 26 May 1892, printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N. H.), 175 & 181-182.
      Oyster River Garrisons (17 July 1694, o.s.). The Indians attacked Ezekiel Pitman's defenseless house. They burst through the door just after he had fled through the rear, allowing him to find refuge with his family at the nearby Burnham garrison (located at 'a gunshot's distance').

    6. [S5] Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH), Université de Montréal.

    7. [S3] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, Cyprien Tanguay, (Éditions Eusèbe Sénécal, Montréal, 1871-1890), none., Volume 4, p. 513.

    8. [S16] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec - des origines à 1730, René Jetté, (Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, 1983 & l'édition PRDH, Gaëtan Morin éditeur, 2003), none., 1134.