Thursday, April 2, 2009

Historic complaint filed by Abigail Warren Lord

"Mrs. Abigall Lord makeing complaynt of Japhet, Mr. Tho Richards Indian for breaking into Mr. Lord's house, and the Indian acknowledging same, the Court orders sayd Indian to be secured in the goale to await further trial. Two days later the Court ordered him severely whipt but remitted the sentence untill Mr. Thomas Richards, his master come Home from England provided his master will pay a suitable fine in the roome of sayd punishments."After Richard's death, Abigail married Rev. Timothy Woodbridge.
Footnotes
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol 12, April 1858, p. 173, "Original Distribution of the Town of Hartford (Ct.) among the Settlers, 1639."

She was the wife of Richard Lord.

Family lineage is as follows: Jeremy Whiting-Lynn Jensen Whiting-Harold Johnson Whiting-James William Whiting-William Whiting-Edwin Whiting-Elisha Whiting Jr, Elisha Whiting-William Whiting-Jerusha Lord-Abigail Warren Lord

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