Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts is approximately 25 miles north of Boston. Boxford was set apart from Rowley Village and incorporated in 1685.
Abigail Dwinnell Francis was born in 1759 in Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Benjamin Dwinnell and Mary Estey.
According to Dunnel she married Mr. Francis of Willink, New York, probably about 1780.
Willink is a former town in Western New York. It was formed in from the town of Batavia in 1804.
If they lived in the same area in 1790, 1800, and 1810, they would have been in Ontario County. There were no Francis households in the 1790 census.
In 1800 there were three Francis households. Ephriam, Reubin, and William Francis were all in Bristol, Ontario County.
In 1810 Reuben and William were still there as well as a Seth. Ephriam was in Honeoye, Ontario County.
The History of Ontario County, New York said that William Francis settled in Bristol in 1800.
Mister ( Mr.) was derived from master and Mrs. and Miss were derived from mistress. They indicated people of superior social status in colonial America.
Three daughters of William Towne and Joanna Blessing were wrongly accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem. Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes were persecuted in 1692. The children of people in the line below are all descendants of Mary Estey.
