Born in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard English
and Mary (Hinksman) English
Sister of
John English, Mary (English) Dewey, Hannah (English) Newcomb, Sarah (English) Woodworth and Phebe (English) Porter
Wife of
Edward Newcomb
— married
1741 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Newcomb) Tupper, Abraham Newcomb Sr., Andrew Newcomb Sr., John Newcomb, Obadiah Newcomb, Abigail Newcomb, Sarah Newcomb, David Newcomb and Phebe (Newcomb) Sanford
Died
at age 66
in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
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Biography
Abigail English was born on November 12, 1724 in Lebanon, Connecticut.[1] She was the daughter of Richard English and Mary Hinksman.[2] She was baptized on November 15, 1724 in the northern section of Lebanon (now Columbia).[3] She married Capt. Eddy Newcomb about 1741 in Lebanon.[4] They had 9 children.
In March 1760,[5] the family, along with Eddy's parents and brother and their families, and Abigail's mother and siblings and their families, migrated as New England Planters to Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia. As an original grantee, Eddy was granted 1000 acres of land on July 21, 1761.[6] Abigail died about 1790.
Sources
- ↑ Eaton, p. 662.
- ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Lebanon Vital Records Vol. 1, p. 80.
- ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Columbia. Vol 20, p. 43. (Via Ancestry.com)
- ↑ Eaton, pp. 757-8.
- ↑ Smith, p. 186.
- ↑ Eaton, p. 74.
See also:
- Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia. Salem, MA: 1910.
- Smith, Leonard H. Jr., and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.
- Wright, Esther Clark. Planters and Pioneers: Nova Scotia, 1749 to 1775. Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1976.
- Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Lebanon Vital Records Vol. 1, p. 80. (Via Ancestry.com)
- Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Columbia. Vol 20, p. 43. (Via Ancestry.com)
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Gale Research, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Marie Chantigny, Alan Coon
- Sean Benjamin
- WikiTree profile English-315 created through the import of Towne-Weeden.ged on May 29, 2011 by J X.
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