Person:Abigail Thompson (5)

"Babcock Genealogy", by Stephen Babcock, M. A., Eaton & Mains, New York, 1903, p 29. Date given is year of birth of last child, Elkanah, b 1738.

Listed as the first daughter in the will of Isaac Thompson; Abigail and Daniel Babcock signed receipts for legacy from estate of Isaac Thompson.

1. ↑ Westerly Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   138.

   THOMPSON, Abigail, of Isaac and Mary, [born] Jan. 1, 1701.

2.   There seems to be an error in Arnold's Westerly birth records. Isaac and Mary Thompson had a daughter, Abigail Thompson, listed with a birth date of 1 Jan 1701. Then another daughter, Abigail Thompson, is listed with a birth date of 14 Oct 1711.
   Based on the order of children listed in the will of Isaac Thompson, the daughter born 14 Oct 1711 was probably Bridget Thompson, whose name is not listed in the Westerly birth records.
   The Abigail Thompson, wife of Daniel Babcock, could not have been born in 1711 when her first child was born in 1724.