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Abigail Briante (b. May 27, 1604, d. February 22, 1686/87)

Abigail Briante (daughter of John Briante and Alice)¹⁰¹ was born May 27, 1604 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England¹⁰¹, and died February 22, 1686/87 in W.P., Rehoboth, Bristol, MA¹⁰¹. She married William Carpenter on April 28, 1625 in Shalbourne Parish, Wiltshire, England^{101, 102, 102, 103}, son of William Carpenter and Alice.

Notes for Abigail Briante:
[joe.FTW]

!Per Bishop's Transcripts from Shalbourne Parish, Wiltshire (now
Berkshire)
shows that William Carpenter was married there on 28 April 1625 to Abigail
"Briante," who was was baptised at Shalbourne on 27 May 1604, the daughter
of John and Alice Briant.

!PER 1912 LEWIS BOOK HER NAME WAS ABIGAIL NOT PRISCILLA.
!Per THE SECOND BOAT research notes dated May 1980 (vol.1 No. 1) page 15
by Harry Rogers "suggests" that Abigail was the daughter of WILLIAM
BENNETT of
Sway, whose will made in 1630 and proven in 1638 (he was buried 20 Aug
1638)
names sons-in-law RALPH CARPENTER and WILLIAM CARPENTER, but only RALPH
served
as an excutor, making some researchers believe the missing Carpenter was
the
William who sailed on the BEVIS in 1638. (IE the father William b. 1576).

!See REF: B.B. TOPP, Carpenter Chronicles #24, Nov 1995
Abigail, brn aft 1606, and died 22 Feb. 1686. Upon the death of her
husband
William Carpenter she received his Bible and other books. Two hundred
pounds
of sugar, the room the testator lodges inn with the chamber over it; and
"libertie to come to the fier to do her occations." She got a meadow
near the
house, a way to the swamp, a supply of corn and the cloth in the house
"toward
clothing herself and children". With her herd of swine that she hath to
serve
towards housekeeping. Abigail was named sole executric of the will, with
Richard Bowin, John Allin and "my brother Carpenter" to help her. Each
year
date and the inventory was taken 21 Feb 1658 or 1659.

!Some records list her as Abigail Briant (Bryant), this is correct.

More About Abigail Briante and William Carpenter:
Marriage: April 28, 1625, Shalbourne Parish, Wiltshire, England.^{104, 105, 105, 106}

Children of Abigail Briante and William Carpenter are:

+William Carpenter, b. Abt. 1631, England, d. January 26, 1702/03, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA¹⁰⁷.
+Samuel Carpenter*, b. Abt. 1644, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA¹⁰⁷, d. February 20, 1682/83, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA¹⁰⁷.