Abigail (Crane) Knight (1700 - 1790)

Born 15 Feb 1700 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of David Knight — married 24 Dec 1718 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 12 Mar 1790 at age 90 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Abigail Crane was the daughter of Jonathan Crane and Deborah Griswold.^[1]

Her birth has been listed as 15 Feb 1700 ^[2]

David Knight and Abigail Crane married 24 Dec 1718 in Windham, Connecticut ^[3]

In 1724 church records show removing to Lisbon Church ^[4]

She died on 12 Feb 1790.^[5] The date of 19 Mar 1790 is often contributed to her death, when in fact, that is the date it was published in the Lisbon Newspaper, over a month after the fact. Find A Grave: Memorial #185404263

Sources

1. ↑ Roots Web Family Page
2. ↑ Page 42 Birth Record
3. ↑ Marriage Record
4. ↑ 1724 New Lisbon, Conn.
5. ↑ Death Record

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2020), memorial page for Abigail Crane Knight (15 Feb 1700–21 Apr 1750), Find A Grave Memorial no. 185404263, citing Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jo W. (contributor 48017095)

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection,Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. (viewable)

• Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Volume 059 Lisbon, Original data:Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.

• Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut Newspaper Notices Vol 66, Original data:The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

• The Genealogy and history of the John Keysar Smith Family of Valley Rest, Florence, Nebraska, by Crane, Angeline Smith Pickering 1922, Internet Archive,The Genealogy and history of the John Keysar Smith Family of Valley Rest, Florence, NebraskaCrane, Angeline Smith Pickering. The Genealogy and History of the John Keysar Smith Family of Valley Rest, Florence, Nebraska (Angeline Crane, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1922) Page 35 and Page 42

• Ancestry.com file: Roots Web http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1833111&id=I86443875&printer_friendly

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.