Abigail Woodsum1 
b. 24 May 1755, d. 26 December 1838
Abigail Woodsum|b. 24 May 1755\nd. 26 Dec 1838|p7939.htm|Michael Woodsum|b. 16 Apr 1732|p7925.htm|Elizabeth Dyer||p7926.htm|Joseph Woodsum|b. 1680/81\nd. b 4 Jun 1776|p7927.htm|Abigail Abbot|b. 3 Oct 1694\nd. 4 Jun 1776|p7928.htm|William Dyer|b. 6 Aug 1709|p7977.htm|Lucretia Emery|b. 6 Mar 1709|p7978.htm|
2nd great-grandaunt of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
4th great-grandaunt of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
Abigail Woodsum was baptized on 24 May 1755 in First Congregational Church, Biddeford, York County, Maine.2 She was the daughter of Michael Woodsum and Elizabeth Dyer.1 She was born on 25 May 1755 in Biddeford, York County, Maine.1 She married Joseph Woodman in March 1773.1 She died on 26 December 1838 at age 83.1
Abigail Woodsum "was carried to Narragansett, No. 1, when small, upon a load of hay. She was a tall, stately woman with black eyes and dark complexion and perfectly erect even in old age. It was said by some of her descendants that she reminded them of a statue she was so stately and silent. She was of grave deportment, quiet, and prudent of speech. All her duties were conscientiously and faithfully performed. After the death of her husband she sighed often, but seldom smiled. She wore "book muslin" caps, plaited and ruffled; a string of gold beads about her neck. Her habit when going abroad was of blue broadcloth, cut to fit her graceful form. Her character and manners were of a kind to command respect in the best society."1
Abigail Woodsum "was carried to Narragansett, No. 1, when small, upon a load of hay. She was a tall, stately woman with black eyes and dark complexion and perfectly erect even in old age. It was said by some of her descendants that she reminded them of a statue she was so stately and silent. She was of grave deportment, quiet, and prudent of speech. All her duties were conscientiously and faithfully performed. After the death of her husband she sighed often, but seldom smiled. She wore "book muslin" caps, plaited and ruffled; a string of gold beads about her neck. Her habit when going abroad was of blue broadcloth, cut to fit her graceful form. Her character and manners were of a kind to command respect in the best society."1
