Abraham, Zerviah

Born into a prominent tribal family, Zerviah Abraham was the daughter of Samuel Abraham and Hannah Nehemiah of Natick, Massachusetts.  She married Samuel Ompany, Jr., of Christiantown sometime around 1760.  They had three children: Samuel, Desire/Zerviah, and Hosea. Zerviah received land from her parents which she and her husband sold for money to keep them solvent.  After her husband’s death in 1795, she received payments from that fund.  Pierce and Segel, Wampanoag Families of Martha's Vineyard, 656-658.