Abigail Howland

1749 - 1825  (76 years)

• Name	Abigail Howland  [1]
  Birth	31 Mar 1749  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Sep 1825	Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I3540	Bisbee
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	Robert Howland,   b. 1707   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret Sprague   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isaac Bisbee,   b. 23 Feb 1753   d. 5 Feb 1819 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1781  [1]
  	Abigail Howland was from Pembroke. [1]
  Children	1. Wadsworth Bisbee,   b. 18 Nov 1782, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 31 Aug 1856, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)   2. Susannah Bisbee,   b. 15 Dec 1785, Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2009

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 15 Sep 1825 - Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Abigail Howland or "Aunt Nabby," as she was called, owned a cranberry meadow. The town passed an ordinance forbidding picking except at certain times. She picked as she pleased and a sheriff with a warrant made his appearance to arrest her. After reading the warrant to her the sheriff received this reply, "I am an old woman of seventy-one. I have picked cranberries since I begun. You can make laws when you are inclined to, and I will pick cranberries when I am a mind to."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 130.