Abigail (Antrim) Shreve (abt. 1721 - 1800)

Born about 1721 in Burlington County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Caleb Shreve — married 7 Jan 1748 in Burlington, NJ

Descendants

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Biography

Abigail was born in 1721.

"Caleb Shreve, child of Joseph Shreve and Hope Harding, was b. Aug 13th, 1721, in Burlington Co., N. J.; m. Abigail, dau. of Isaac and Jane Antrim, at Friends' Meeting in Burlington, N. J., Jan. 7th, 1748. He d. in that county Sept. 27th, 1786. She d. Apr. 8th, 1800."^[1]

The author didn't account for Quaker dating; before 1751, 1m was March.

Abigail and Caleb received permission to marry from Burlington Friends Meeting on 7d 1m 1747/8.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Allen Luther. The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641 (Greenfield, Illinois, 1901), page 50
2. ↑ Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Women Friends called the Montly Meeting of Burlington [1747-1799], page 3. In Ancestry database U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. New Jersey > Burlington > Burlington and Rancocas Monthly Meetings Minutes, 1747-1799. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/42060_1821100519_3233-00008?pid=1101587521. Image 7/394

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