Person:Abial Harrington (1)

Name^[3]	Abial Harrington
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	7 Apr 1713	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	21 Sep 1732	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Thomas Slayton (add)
Death^[2]	Aft 1786

References

↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
Vol. 2, p. 64.

Abiel Herrington Daughter of George & Abiel Herrington born the, 7 of Aprill, 1713.
↑ Find A Grave: Evergreen Cemetery, East Brookfield, MA, in Find A Grave
Abigail "Abiel" Harrington Slayton.

[Plaque erected much later by descendants, very confused, clearly relying on Bond. See note below.]
THOMAS SLAYTON, JR.
BORN
JUNE 15, 1709,
IN BRAINTREE.
--
ABIGAIL HARRINGTON,
BORN MARCH 21, 1712-13,
IN WATERTOWN,
THEY WERE MARRIED SEPT. 21,
1732, AT HER HOME.
--
HE, THOMAS SLAYTON, DIED
AUG. OR SEPT. 1778,
IN BROOKFIELD
AND WAS BURIED HERE.
--
SHE,"ABIEL," WAS
LIVING IN BROOKFIELD, 1786;
DATE OF DEATH UNKNOWN,
9 CHIDLREN.
↑ Source:Bond, Henry. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855), p. 275, makes an awful mess of Abial. First he gives the birth date 9 Apr 1717, apparently Bond's assumed fix to a conflict caused by his own incorrect date for sister Abigail (1712-13 instead of 1711-12). Then he gives Abial's husband to Abigail in conflict with the father's will. But on p. 433, he names Thomas Slaton's wife correctly as Abiel, not Abigail.