Person:Abigail Gage (2)

Abigail Gage

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m. 3 May 1675

Facts and Events

Name	Abigail Gage
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	4 Oct 1687	Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death^[2]	2 Oct 1723	Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907)
p. 50.

GAGE, Abigail, d. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Oct. 4, 1687.
GAGE, Abigail, d. Daniell and Sarah, bp. June 12, 1692. CR1
↑ Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1907)
p. 312.

GAGE, Abigail, [died] Oct. 2, 1723, a. 36 y. GR2
[Birth about 1687. GR2=Ancient Burying Ground, East Bradford, afterwards Groveland]
Normally, one might think there were two daughters named Abigail. This is the only baptism listed, meaning it is the only one that wasn't within a year of birth (presumably all children were baptized if one was.) Nor were other siblings baptized on the same day as sometimes happens when families first join a church. So it is not clear why the baptism was delayed until she was 5, especially since one would assume her sister Hannah was baptized in 1690. However, the death record in 1723 corresponds to a birth in 1687, and there is no death record for any Abigail inbetween 1687 and 1692, so it appears both are the same person. Ironically, Source:Gage, George N. Record of Pierce Gage and His Descendants and some other sources, do not even show either Abigail, but for a better source, see NEHGR, p. 62:255.