Abigail Nims1

#9850, (27 May 1701 - )
Relationship1st cousin 7 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*Godfrey Nims1 (s 1654 - c 1704)
Mother*Mehitable Smead1 (1666/67 - 1704)
Birth*27 May 1701She was born on 27 May 1701 at Deerfield, Massachusetts.1 
29 February 1704Carried off to Canada along with her mother and brothers John and Ebenezer on 29 February 1704.2 

Citations

  1. [S762] Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Deerfield Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1920), 99 as Nimes.
  2. [S165] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, four volumes (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), III:285, carried off to Canada in the Raid and "pro. never heard of aft." For a speculative further history, Sheldon History of Deerfield II:250 and I:345-47 describes the redemption in 1714 of a girl alleged to be Abigail.