Abigail (Adams) Higbee (1659 - 1692)

Born Feb 1659 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Higby Jr. — married 29 Mar 1684 in Huntington, Long Island, Suffolk, New York

Descendants

Died 1692 at about age 32 in Long Island, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Abigail Adams, daughter of John and Abigail Adams, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, Feb 1660.^[1]

Abigail went with her step-father to Huntington, Long Island where she married Edward Higbee, about 1684.^[1]

Children^[2]

1. Edward b. c 1685
2. John b. c 1687
3. Sarah b. c 1689; m. _____ Johnstone
4. Margery b. c 1691; m. ____ Looper
5. Mary b. c 1692; m. ______ Race

Death

An alternate date of death is 20 May 1726, also in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

Sources

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85262993/abigail-higbee: accessed 29 August 2022), memorial page for Abigail Adams Higbee (Feb 1660–1692), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85262993, ; Maintained by dlhmda (contributor 46980309) Burial Details Unknown.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Adams, Arthur. "Jeremy Adams of Hartford, Conn., and Some of His Descendants." New England Historical and Genealogical Record. 59:315. NEHGS, 1905 pp. 316, 317
2. ↑ Higby, Clinton David, Ph.D. Edward Higbee and His Descendants. Boston, MA: Self-published, 1927. Privately printed for the author by T.R. Marvin & Son https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE217612

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