Person:Abigail Cheever (1)

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Abigail Cheever
b.Abt 1745 Virginia
d.20 Oct 1817 Bath County, Kentucky
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m. Abt 1765
  1. Rebecca BrackenAbt 1767 - Aft 1820
  2. James BrackenAbt 1770 - 1827
  3. Robert Bracken1771 - 1806
  4. Thomas Bracken1773 -
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  • H.  Samuel Irens1730 - 1789
  • W.  Abigail CheeverAbt 1745 - 1817
m. Bef 19 Nov 1784
  1. Abigail Hirons1785 - 1866
  2. Elizabeth Jane Hirons1787 - Aft 1860
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Name Abigail Cheever
Gender Female
Birth? Abt 1745 Virginia
Marriage Abt 1765 to Matthew Bracken, of the Battle of Point Pleasant
Marriage Bef 19 Nov 1784 Greenbrier County, Virginiato Samuel Irens
Death? 20 Oct 1817 Bath County, Kentucky
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Questionable Parentage

There are internet trees claiming that Abigail Cheever was a daughter of Ezekiel Cheever (1720-1793) and Sarah Phillips (1720-1784) of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with no apparent records proving her parentage. Additional research and records are needed to determine and prove her parentage.

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Records in Greenbrier County, VA

  • 1782 Greenbrier County, Virginia, Abigail Bracken personal property 3 horses, 7 cows[2]
  • 1783 Greenbrier County, Virginia, Abigail Bracken personal property 2 horses, 5 cows[3]
  • In minutes of Greenbrier Court 21 May 1783 "Sampson & Geo. Matthews vs Abigail Bracken and Robt. Knox, Admrs. Mathew Braken, in case, disc." [4]
  • In minutes of Greenbrier Court 20 Nov 1783 Abigail Bracken fined for having a base-born child. She may have had more than one "base born" child, since the dates of birth of other children who are surnamed Bracken were born after the death of her husband in 1774. [5] In the Greenbrier County court session of 20 May 1783, Abigail's daughter Rebecca Brackin was also fined for having a base-born child (Phebe Burry Bracken)[6]
  • 19 November 1784 - Greenbrier Co., W. VA, Court Orders, 1780-1850: Abigail Bracken vs. Benjamin Hamrick in debt, on motion of Samuel Irens who intermarried with Widow Bracken, he is made plff in this suit, and deft. not appearing, on motion of plff ordered that an attachment issue against estate of deft. returnable at next Court. [Greenbrier Co. W.Va Court Orders, Helen S. Stinson, pg. 40]
  • 21 July 1785, Greenbrier County, Virginia. "Abigail Bracken made sufficient proof to the court that she remained the widow of Mathew[sic] Braken, deceased, ten years and have[sic] five children, which is ordered to be certified to the Auditors for the allowance made her by the commissioners of the southern districts." [7]
  • 1 July 1785, Greenbrier County, Virginia. Aba Hirons and Adin Bails sign the parental permission for the marriage of Rebecca Bracken to James Bails. [8]
  • 29 Sep 1789 Probate of will of Samuel Hirons, Greenbrier County, VA, wife Abigail Hirons executrix.[9]
References
  1.   Wikitree.com.

    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cheever-149

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