My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameAbigail Whitman 
Birth Date20 Feb 1794
Birth PlaceBuckfield, Oxford Co., ME
Death Date26 Aug 1870 Age: 76
Death PlaceWoodstock, Oxford Co., ME
Burial PlaceCole Hill Cem., Woodstock, Oxford Co., ME
FatherJacob Whitman Sr. (1753-1842)
MotherAbigail Packard (1756-1837)
Spouses
Birth Date14 Mar 1795
Birth PlaceParis, Oxford Co., ME
Death Date24 Jul 1861 Age: 66
Death PlaceWoodstock, Oxford Co., ME
Burial PlaceCole Hill Cem., Woodstock, Oxford Co., ME
OccupationProminent in Woodstock town affairs
FatherSgt. Eleazer Cole Sr. (1747-1833)
MotherLucy Lucia Shurtleff (1751-1839)
Misc. Notes
Captain of the Woodstock militia company, and held several official positions.
Eight children.
He was always one of our prominent citizens, and often in town office.
From the Town Register of Waterboro, Greenwood, etc.
https://archive.org/stream/townregisterwate00mitc/...rwate00mitc_djvu.txt
“Baptists were also numerous in the early town. They were ministered to by Stephen Chase and Jacob Whitman, of Woodstock; Christopher Bryant and others in Greenwood. What was known as the Woodstock and Greenwood Baptist Church was organized in 1830, by the people of the east part of Greenwood, and the west part of Woodstock. The services were generally held in the Bryant Neighborhood, in Greenwood. No church edifice was ever erected by the society, its meetings being held in the school house. Dea. Jacob Whitman, Dea. Christopher Bryant, Jacob Whitman, Jonathan Cole, Joseph Whitman, D. Ricker, L. Whitman, and Cyprian Cole were leading members.”
Eight children.
He was always one of our prominent citizens, and often in town office.
From the Town Register of Waterboro, Greenwood, etc.
https://archive.org/stream/townregisterwate00mitc/...rwate00mitc_djvu.txt
“Baptists were also numerous in the early town. They were ministered to by Stephen Chase and Jacob Whitman, of Woodstock; Christopher Bryant and others in Greenwood. What was known as the Woodstock and Greenwood Baptist Church was organized in 1830, by the people of the east part of Greenwood, and the west part of Woodstock. The services were generally held in the Bryant Neighborhood, in Greenwood. No church edifice was ever erected by the society, its meetings being held in the school house. Dea. Jacob Whitman, Dea. Christopher Bryant, Jacob Whitman, Jonathan Cole, Joseph Whitman, D. Ricker, L. Whitman, and Cyprian Cole were leading members.”
Marr Date22 Jun 1818
Marr PlaceWoodstock, Oxford Co., ME
ChildrenAbigail Whitman (1819-1900)
Lucy Shurtleff (1821-1909)
Albion Parris (1824-1893)
William Henry (1830-1901)
Louisa (1832-1913)
Lorenda x (1834-1837)
Diantha Hutchinson (1837-1908)
Judson Wade (1839-)