Person:Abigail Fobes (3)

Name^[3]	Abigail Fobes
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	3 May 1747	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	13 Feb 1772	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Joseph Cowing
Death^[2]^[4]	9 Aug 1823	North Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916)
Vol. 1, p. 112.

FOBES, Abigail, ch. Joshua Jr. and Esther, [born] May 3, 1747.
↑ Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916)
Vol. 2, p. 454.

COWING, --, w. Joseph, [died] Aug. 9, 1823, a. 76, in Titicut, PR106.
[Birth about 1747. PR106=Record of deaths kept by Rev. Isaac Backus and his grandson Joseph A. Backus. The record kept by the grandson is deaths in Titicut, a parish which included parts of Brdgewater and Middleborough.]
↑ Fobes, Lawrence G. (Lawrence George). Fobes: the Fobes family in America : the descendants of John Fobes, immigrant in 1636 to Duxbury, Mass. (Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: L. Fobes, 1976)
p. 31.

Abigail Fobes, d/o Joshua Fobes and Esther Porter, b. Bridgewater 3 May 1747, m. Bridgewater 13 Feb 1772 Joseph Cowing, s/o Joseph Cowing and Jane Keith.
↑ Note: Fobes says Abigail d. Titicut 3 Oct 1823 "@ 50yrs", instead of the date above. This is clearly impossible as it would make her birth be 1773, after the marriage. The death record for Abigail Cowing that he is using belongs to a daughter or daughter-in-law.