Based on printed vital records of both Duxbury and Kingston, Mass., coupled with Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, pub. in 1897, Priscilla Pabodie, dau. of William Pabodie & Elizabeth Alden, b. of record at Duxbury on Jan. 15, 1653/4, had only one husband, Rev. Ichabod Wiswall.
Per the published but deficient Duxbury, Mass. VRs, Priscilla Pabodie m. under her maiden name, Rev. Ichabod Wiswall. Two dates are give for their marriage in that record: Nov. 2, 1673 and Dec. 2, 1682. Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie states they m. at Duxbury on Dec. 24, 1677. What ever date is correct, or none of the above, their first child of record at Duxbury, "Mary, dau. of Ichabod & Priscilla," was b. Oct. 4, 1680.
Rev. Ichabod Wiswall d. testate & of record at Duxbury on July 23, 1700, Æ 63. The Duxbury record of his death is:
• Ichabod Wiswall, Rev., d. July 23, 1700, in 63d y. C.R.1., G.R.1. [Old Cemetery (now Myles Standish Burying Ground), Chestnut Street, South Duxbury.]
According to the cited Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, the widow Priscilla Wiswall relocated to Kingston, Mass., probably to live with her dau. Priscilla, who m. Gershom Bradford of Plymouth, Mass. in 1716.
In the Kingston, Mass. vital records is the following:
• Priscilla Wiswall, w. of Rev. Ichabod of Duxbury, d. June 3, 1724 [a. 71, G.R.1.; Old Burying Ground back of the First Church.]
The following information is essentially an error and should not be followed as a basis of Priscilla Pabodie's genealogy. In The Alden Kindred of America's on-line database is the following (abbreviated) outline of Priscilla Pabodie: [http://www.alden.org/aldengen/pafg03.htm#19429]
• Priscilla Pabodie (Elizabeth Alden, John) born Jan. 15, 1653/4, d. June 3, 1724 at Kingston, MA. She was buried in Kingston, MA.
• Priscilla married (1) Michael Sprague. Michael was born about 1649.
• Priscilla married (2) Isaac Averill on Dec. 22, 1671. Isaac was born about 1650.
• Priscilla married (3) Ichabod Wiswall about Dec 1677 at Duxbury, MA. Ichabod died on July 23, 1700. He was buried in South Duxbury, MA.
[n.b. "Thank you for letting me know that our database has the error regarding Priscilla Pabodie. The correct information appears in "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations" vol. 16, pt. 1, pp 66-68...Our database began life as a download from undocumented on-line sources and we have been working to vet the material, but this one slipped by. I will correct the master database. The online version will not be corrected until we do the next overhaul, which I am hoping will be this Spring." Alicia Crane Williams, Genealogist, Alden Kindred of America]
Revised 10/31/2018 including the gravestone inscription and explanation
Based on printed vital records of both Duxbury and Kingston, Mass., coupled with Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants, pub. in 1897, Priscilla Pabodie, dau. of William Pabodie & Elizabeth Alden, b. of record at Duxbury on Jan. 15, 1653/4, had only one husband, Rev. Ichabod Wiswall.
Per the published but deficient Duxbury, Mass. VRs, Priscilla Pabodie m. under her maiden name, Rev. Ichabod Wiswall. Two dates are give for their marriage in that record: Nov. 2, 1673 and Dec. 2, 1682. Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie states they m. at Duxbury on Dec. 24, 1677. What ever date is correct, or none of the above, their first child of record at Duxbury, "Mary, dau. of Ichabod & Priscilla," was b. Oct. 4, 1680.
Rev. Ichabod Wiswall d. testate & of record at Duxbury on July 23, 1700, Æ 63. The Duxbury record of his death is:
• Ichabod Wiswall, Rev., d. July 23, 1700, in 63d y. C.R.1., G.R.1. [Old Cemetery (now Myles Standish Burying Ground), Chestnut Street, South Duxbury.]
According to the cited Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, the widow Priscilla Wiswall relocated to Kingston, Mass., probably to live with her dau. Priscilla, who m. Gershom Bradford of Plymouth, Mass. in 1716.
In the Kingston, Mass. vital records is the following:
• Priscilla Wiswall, w. of Rev. Ichabod of Duxbury, d. June 3, 1724 [a. 71, G.R.1.; Old Burying Ground back of the First Church.]
The following information is essentially an error and should not be followed as a basis of Priscilla Pabodie's genealogy. In The Alden Kindred of America's on-line database is the following (abbreviated) outline of Priscilla Pabodie: [http://www.alden.org/aldengen/pafg03.htm#19429]
• Priscilla Pabodie (Elizabeth Alden, John) born Jan. 15, 1653/4, d. June 3, 1724 at Kingston, MA. She was buried in Kingston, MA.
• Priscilla married (1) Michael Sprague. Michael was born about 1649.
• Priscilla married (2) Isaac Averill on Dec. 22, 1671. Isaac was born about 1650.
• Priscilla married (3) Ichabod Wiswall about Dec 1677 at Duxbury, MA. Ichabod died on July 23, 1700. He was buried in South Duxbury, MA.
[n.b. "Thank you for letting me know that our database has the error regarding Priscilla Pabodie. The correct information appears in "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations" vol. 16, pt. 1, pp 66-68...Our database began life as a download from undocumented on-line sources and we have been working to vet the material, but this one slipped by. I will correct the master database. The online version will not be corrected until we do the next overhaul, which I am hoping will be this Spring." Alicia Crane Williams, Genealogist, Alden Kindred of America]
Revised 10/31/2018 including the gravestone inscription and explanation
Inscription
Here Lyes ye Body
of Mrs PRISCILLA
WISWALL Widow of
ye Revd Mr ICHABOD
WISWALL Late of
Duxbury: Obt June
3d A.D. 1724 Æt(ati)s 71
Priscilla was born and died in a period when the English used the Julian calendar, while Findagrave is based on the Gregorian calendar. Based on Priscilla's recorded date of birth (Jan. 15, 1653), written historically in the Gregorian calendar as Jan. 15, 1653/4 (in Findagrave entered as Jan. 15, 1634), on the day she died she was 70 years old, but Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 71, which is correctly reflected in her gravestone inscription.
When Findagrave converted to its new format, it added an automatic calculation of a person's age at death, but inappropriately uses the old pre-1800s word "aged" (i.e., a variant of the Latin "Ætatis suæ") versus the word "age" (i.e., a person's chronological age). The word "aged" versus "age" do not have the same meaning.
Family Members
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John Pabodie
1645–1669
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Elisabeth Pabodie Rogers
1647–1679
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Mary Pabodie Southworth
1648–1727
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Mercy Pabodie Simmons
1649–1728
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Martha Pabodie Fobes
1650–1711
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Priscilla Pabodie
1652–1653
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Sarah Pabodie Coe
1656–1740
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Ruth Pabodie Bartlett
1658–1725
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Rebekah Pabodie Southworth
1660–1702
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Hannah Pabodie Churchill
1662–1723
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William Pabodie
1664–1744
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Lydia Pabodie Grinnell
1667–1748
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