Abigail MELYEN

Family/Spouse: William TILLEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James WOODMANSEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Judge Samuel SEWALL on 29 Oct 1719. Samuel (son of Henry SEWALL, Jr. and Jane DUMMER) was born on 28 Mar 1652; died on 1 Jan 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Jacob Mayless
• Fact: Son of the Patroon, Cornelius Melyen, of New Haven, Connecticut
• Will Proved: 26 Dec 1706

Notes:

Excerpt from "One thousand Years of Hubbard History": He had a brother Isaac (possibly Samuel of Fairfield was a brother also). They came from Holland to New Amsterdam, thence to Connecticut before 1655, when Jacob and his father too the freeman's oath. After 1663 Jacob and family removed to Boston, where he was a leather merchant and constable. His will, probated Dec 26, 1706, names widow, Hannah, and children Samuel and Abigail (who married William Tilley).

Jacob married Hannah HUBBARD in 1662. Hannah (daughter of Deacon George HUBBARD and Mary BISHOP) was born in 1637 in Wethersfield, New Haven, Connecticut; was christened on 26 May 1644 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died in 1717 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]