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William Pabodie (d. 1707), son of John Paybodie and Isabel Harper
Elizabeth Alden, daughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins
William Pabodie died on 13 December 1707 died in Little Compton, Bristol County, then in Massachusetts. [will] He married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Alden, on 26 December 1644. [will]
William and Elizabeth lived in Duxbury for many years and then moved to Little Compton. [will]
William wrote his will on 13 May 1707. He mentions his wife; his son William; his daughter Lydia "Greenill"—he says he already gave her a set of green curtains; his grandson Stephen Southworth, the son of his deceased daughter Rebecca; his gransons John and William, the sonos of his son William; and his daughters. His daughters—he is careful to style each one his "natural" daughter, are named as Mary, Mercy, Martha, Priscilla, Ruth, Sarah, Hannah, Lydia, and his two deceased daughters Elizabeth and Rebecca. He left each of them or their heirs one shilling. The style suggests that he believed his wife might contest the will. He says that if she does or she remarries then she is to get only what the law would allow if he died intestate. Inventory, amounting to £407–14–00 was taken on 30 December 1797. Witnesses testified, bond was posted, and Mrs. Elizabeth Pabodie and her son William—his executors—took oath to the inventory on 27 February 1707/8. William Pabodie made oath to the accounting of his administration on 7 September 1709. [will]
Children of William Pabodie:
i. Lydia Pabodie married Daniel Grinell.
ii. William Pabodie married three times.
iii. Mary Pabodie married Edward Southworth, a farmer in Duxbury. [acw]
iv. Mercy Pabodie married John Simmons of Duxbury. [acw]
v. Martha Pabodie married first Doctor Samuel Seabury, the minister at Duxbury, as his second wife. [acw] She married second William Fobes. [acw]
William and Sarah lived in Little Compton. [acw]
vi. Priscilla Pabodie married Reverend Ichabod Wiswall as his second wife. [acw]
Ichabod was a minister and school teacher in Duxbury. [acw]
vii. Ruth Pabodie married Benjamin Bartlett, a descendant of Mayflower passengrs Richard Warren and William Brewster. [acw]
Benjamin and Ruth settled in Duxbury. [acw]
viii. Sarah Pabodie married businessman John Coe and settled in Little Compton. [acw]
ix. Hannah Pabodie married first mariner Samuel Bartlett, the brother of her sister Ruth's husband. [acw] She married second Sergeant John Churchill. [acw]
x. Elizabeth Pabodie died before 13 May 1707. She married John Rogers, the grandson of Mayflower passenger Thomas Rogers. [acw]
xi. Rebecca Pabodie died before 13 May 1707. She married William Southworth, the brother of her sister Mary's husband. [acw]
References:
will. George Ernest Bowman, "William Pabodie's Will and Inventory," Mayflower Descendant 6 (1904): 129–35.
acw. Alicia Crane Williams, "The Alden Family, A Look at at the First Four Generations," Mayflower Descendant 48 (1998): 107–10.
Last revised: 20-Sep-2021