Abigail Hook

Birth Name Abigail Hook
Gender female
Age at Death about 88 years

Narrative

Abigail's birth year is arrived at from the 1850 and 1860 Censuses. The 1870 Census, with her daughter, would make her a few years older. (1870 Veazie, M593, Roll 555, Page 442, census page 10) Her age at death, on the cemetery inscription would place her birth in Oct 1779.

Abigail is enumerated in the 1870 Census with the Luke Page household (her son in law.) The census was taken as of June 1. The cemetery transcription says Abigail died April 28. One of them is in error.

In 1850 and 1870 her census information said she was born in NH. In 1860 it said she was born in Maine. Her family, at least, might have come f om NH. She might be the daughter of John Hook and Abigail Young, born 2 Oct 1748, daughter of Aaron Young and Abigail Dudley, but this is pure speculation. If so, she and her husband James were first cousins.

guessing at Abigail Hook's parents.
May 2021: didn't find any information at all for the family or children of John Hook and Abigail Young.
Deacon Aaron Young
+ Abigail Dudley
- Dudley Young (20 Feb 1739 - 1802)
- Aaron Young (3 Aug 1746 - 1814, Union Me)
- Abigail Young (2 Oct 1748 - )
+ John Hook
- ? John Hook Jr
married 12 Jun 1803 Canaan Maine
May 1803: mention in Kennebec Co Sup Jud Ct
+ Sarah Oakes
- ? Capt Joseph Hook (?26 Sep 1777, Gilmanton, NH - 12 Aug 1846, bur Skowhegan)
married in Canaan Maine
1810: Canaan, Me
+ Sarah Webb (1783 - 25 Apr 1851)
- Betsey, Eunice, Sally, Irene Joseph Jr., Sophia, Emily & Mary Ann.
- ? Abigail Hook (c Oct 1779, NH - c Apr 28, 1870, Veazie)
married 1803 in Canaan, Somerset Co, Maine
+ James Dudley
- Sarah Young (28 Feb 1751 - )
+ Samuel Dudley Jr
- David Young (1 May 1753 - 14 Feb 1825)
- Jonathan Young (12 Jan 1756 - )

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1782 New Hampshire, United States    
Census June 1, 1860 Orono, Penobscot County, Maine, United States 1860 James Dudley household  
General

1860 Penobscot, Orono, Series M653, Roll 446, p. 913

James Dudley, 78, farmer, born in ME
Abigail Dudley, 77, ME
Note in last column for both of them: "Helped by the town."

[They are living between the household of his son Newman and that of Abner and Priscilla Perkins. Priscilla is their granddaughter by Daniel.]

"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDCH-CP8 : accessed 17 Feb 2014), John H Dudley, 1860.

Census (mother in law) June 1, 1870 Veazie, Penobscot County, Maine, United States 1870 Luke Page household 1a
General

1870 Veazie, Maine, M593, Roll 555, Page 442, census page 10
June 1, 1870

Luke W Page, 65, day laborer, personal estate: $200, born in Maine
Abigail H Page, 58, keeping house, real estate: $575, born in Maine
Charles Page, 22, rafting boards, born in Maine
Mary E Page, 14, born in Maine
Sarah E Page, 14, born in Maine
Abbie H Page, 3, born in Maine [Whose daughter is Abbie really?]
Abigail Dudley, 89, born in New Hampshire

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6DY-YD6 : accessed 03 Dec 2013), Luke W Page, Maine, United States; citing p. , family 78, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552054.

Death 1870     2a
Event Note

the tombstone says Abigail (Hook) Dudley died Apr 28, 1870, but she is on the 1870 Census with her daughter Abigail (Dudley) Page. The enumerator dated it June 1, 1870. The information was supposed to be as of that date.

Burial   Fairview Cemetery, Veazie, Penobscot County, Maine, United States   2b

Families

Family of James Dudley and Abigail Hook
Married Husband James Dudley ( b. about September 1782 d. December 20, 1862 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Intention to Marry (Primary) August 3, 1803 Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine, United States Intention to Marry of Dudley, James and Hook, Abigail  
General

Vital Records of Pittston, Maine, to the year 1892, Henry Sewall Webster, editor, (Gardiner, Maine: The Reporter-Journal Press, 1911), p. 187, records their intention to marry on 3 Aug 1803.

Marriage August 30, 1803 Canaan, Somerset County, Maine, United States   3a
General

Their marriage is recorded on this date in Vital Records of Canaan, Maine, 1784 - 1891, "old page 6, new page 21." (Section 2 of the microfilm roll at New England Historic and Genealogical Society.)

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John H DudleyFebruary 29, 1804December 25, 1864
Judith “Julia” DudleyMarch 29, 1806after 1880
Daniel G. DudleyAugust 17, 1808before 1840
Abigail H DudleyNovember 10, 18101883
Gilman H. DudleyFebruary 13, 1813September 22, 1874
Newman H. DudleyApril 17, 1816October 17, 1874
Priscilla/Permelia DudleyOctober 2, 1818November 26, 1896
Mary “Mahallath” DudleyAugust 17, 1821December 9, 1914

Source References

  1. 1870 United States Census
      • Page: Veazie, Maine, M593, Roll 555, Page 442, census page 10
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6DY-YD6 : accessed 03 Dec 2013), Luke W Page, Maine, United States; citing p. , family 78, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000552054.

  2. Maine Old Cemetery Association: Fairview Cemetery, Veazie, transcription
      • General:

        Maine Old Cemetery Association, Cemetery Inscriptions, microfilm. Series I, page 1874ff.

      • General:

        Maine Old Cemetery Association, Cemetery Inscriptions, microfilm. Series I, page 1874ff.

  3. Vital Records of Canaan, Maine
      • General:

        Vital Records of Canaan, Maine, microfilm, at NEHGS.
        Vital Records of Pittston, Maine, to the year 1892, Henry Sewall
        Webster, editor, (Gardiner, Maine: The Reporter-Journal Press, 1911), p. 187, records their intention to marry on 3 Aug 1803.