Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abraham Howe
and Mary (Howe) Church
Sister of
Jonathan Wilder [half], Adonijah Church [half], Noah Church [half], Ephraim Church [half] and Mary (Church) Brigham [half]
Wife of
Jotham Brigham
— married
1719 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Brigham) Stratton, Abraham Brigham, Edmund Brigham, Oliver Brigham, Asa Brigham, Persis (Brigham) Knapp and Antipas Brigham
Died
at age 65
in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Abigail (Howe) Brigham was born on 22 May 1702, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts.[1] She was the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Church) Howe. Abigail married Jotham Brigham in 1719, in her hometow of Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay.[2] Together, Abigail and Jotham had a total of seven children during the time of their marriage. She passed away on 24 Mar 1768, in Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay.[3][4]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-NVP : 15 January 2020), Abigal How, 1702.
- ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58M-VQ1 : 24 January 2020), Abigail How in entry for Jotham Brigham, 1719.rence here
- ↑ Howe, Daniel Wait, "Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts," New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, Vol. 2, p. 285.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79297750) : accessed 10 August 2020), memorial page for Abigail Howe Brigham (22 May 1702–24 Mar 1768), Find a Grave Memorial no. 79297750, ; Maintained by Thomas K. Brigham (contributor 47406429) Unknown.
- Howe, Daniel Wait, "Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts," New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, Vol. 2, p. 285.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-NVP : 15 January 2020), Abigal How, 1702.
- "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V58M-VQ1 : 24 January 2020), Abigail How in entry for Jotham Brigham, 1719.
- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Marriages (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016(https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7745/266/141784888)
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79297750) : accessed 10 August 2020), memorial page for Abigail Howe Brigham (22 May 1702–24 Mar 1768), Find a Grave Memorial no. 79297750, ; Maintained by Thomas K. Brigham (contributor 47406429) Unknown.
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Rob Howe :
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Walter Howe
Dee Christophel D'Errico
Walter Howe
Merge referred to below was a typo. It should have been Howe-55 in a proposed merger, not Howe-58.
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by Walter Howe
Dee Christophel D'Errico
Howe-2701 and Howe-58 do not represent the same person because: The names do not match.
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by Dee Christophel D'Errico
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