Person:Abigail Gay (8)

Name	Abigail Gay
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]^[3]	4 Nov 1692	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	3 Mar 1715	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ebenezer Battle
Death^[2]	26 May 1716	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Gay, Frederick Lewis. John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants. (Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1879)
p. 4.

Children of John Gay and Rebecca Bacon: 4) Abigail, b. 4 Nov 1692, m. 3 Mar 1715 Ebenezer Battelle.
[See note about birthdate.]
↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
p. 41.

Abigail, the wife of Ebenezer Battle, deceased May ye 26, 1716.
↑ The Gay Genealogy gives a birthdate, but no such record is found in Dedham records. Both the father and mother appear to have left wills, based on various references found, but neither has been seen (though Abigail died before both, apparently without issue, so no mention of her would be expected). The basis for this record is unknown. John and Rebecca have a son Stephen b. Dedham 1689, and Hezekiah b. Dedham 1694. There is a damaged record "Abagail, daughter of [John & Sarah] Gay ---" entered under 1690, with parent's name inserted by the compilers, even though no such couple seems otherwise recorded in that time, but even if one assumes this is her, it could not account for the date found in the Gay Genealogy?