Abigail MUMFORD^[1]

1670 - 1707  (37 years)

• Name	Abigail MUMFORD  [1]
  Birth	1670	Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States of America   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Abt. 1670
  Death	1707	Newport, Rhode Island
  	"There were but three or four blacks in the family of Thomas. Among them two men. It was in May, 1707 that Thomas was absent in Newport, That his wife, Abigail, then a vigorous matron of thirty-seven, had some words with one of these slaves and caused him to be whipped. He struck her down and brutally murdered her. The amazement, fury, and excitement of the whole province were long remembered, and the fame thereof dwelt in the land. The wretched homicide for a short time eluded his pursuers, but his case must soon have become hopeless, for in the end he threw himself into the sea and was drowned."
  	Age: 37
  	Cause: Murder
  Death	20 May 1707	Rhode Island, United States of America   [1]
  Burial	Narragansett, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America   [1]
  Person ID	I202677713437	TOMKINSON/BARLEY
  Last Modified	17 May 2026

  
  

  Family	Thomas MUMFORD, Sr,   b. 1656, South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America d. Abt 1726, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 70 years)
  Children	> 1. Thomas iii MUMFORD,   b. 1 Apr 1687, Rhode Island, USA d. 1760 (Age 72 years) + 2. George MUMFORD,   b. 15 July 1689, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America d. 23 Jun 1745, New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America (Age 55 years) > 3. Joseph MUMFORD,   b. 1691, Rhode Island, USA > 4. William MUMFORD,   b. 18 Feb 1693, Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States of America d. 6 October 1765, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America (Age 72 years) + 5. Benjamin MUMFORD,   b. 10 Apr 1696, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA d. 7 Oct 1783, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 87 years)   6. Richard MUMFORD,   b. 1698, Rhode Island, USA d. 1745, Louisburg, Montgomery, Kentucky, USA (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S623358947] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).