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Abigail Forbes 1707 – 1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 AUG 1707

Birth Location: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 1776

Death Location: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States

Father: James Forbes

Mother: Sarah Williams

Spouse(s): William Bray

Children(s):

Abigail Forbes was born in 1707 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, the child of James Forbes and Sarah Olcott Williams. Abigail Forbes married William H Bray. Abigail Forbes passed away in 1776 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Abigail Forbes was born in 1707 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, the child of James Forbes and Sarah Olcott Williams.
  • Abigail Forbes married William H Bray.
  • Abigail Forbes passed away in 1776 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States.

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Abigail Forbes's Ancestors

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Abigail Forbes
1707 – 1776
Birth Place: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents
James Forbes
1676 – 1752
East Hartford, East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Sarah (Olcott) Williams
1688 – 1729
Hartford, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Grandparents
James Forbes
1635 – 1692
Scotland
Catherine Fothergill
1643 – 1693
Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
William Williams
1652 – 1743
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Sarah Olcott
1655 – 1748
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Fothergill
1620 – 1654
Elizabeth Hegdaile
1621 – 1658
William Williams
1622 – 1689
Jane Westover
– 1689
Samuel Olcott
1642 – 1704
Sarah Stocking
1637 – 1693
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Anthonye Fothergill
1583 – 1655
Ann Dent
1596 – 1658
John Hegdale
1600 –
Sebell Ffawcyt
William Williams
1588 – 1656
Christian Strudder
1595 – 1625
Gabriel Westover
1593 – 1670
Joane Gifford
1595 – 1692
Thomas Olcott
1612 – 1654
Abigail Porter
1615 – 1693
George Stocking
1579 – 1683
Anna
1600 – 1673

Abigail Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1707
6 AUG 1707
Birth of Abigail Forbes in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1776
1776
Age 69
Death of Abigail Forbes in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 AUG 1707
    Event Place: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States

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