Born in Orange, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Holladay Sr.
and Mary (Fayle) Holladay
Sister of
Samuel Holliday, Robert Holladay, William Holladay Sr., Deborah Holladay, Hannah (Holladay) Andrew, Thomas Holliday, Sarah (Holladay) Newlin, Mary (Holladay) Quackenbush, Henry Holladay and Rebecca (Holliday) Hinshaw
Wife of
William McCracken
— married
15 Dec 1787 in Orange, North Carolina, United States
Mother of
Robert McCracken
Died
at about age 56
in Morgan, Indiana, United States
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| Created 13 Oct 2011
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Biography
Abigail's maiden name was Holladay or Holiday, not McCracken. . She married her first cousin William McCracken in 1787. (Their mothers were sisters.) She was born in North Carolina and died in Indiana.
Sources
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9K-6DY5 : 28 November 2018), William McCracken and Abigail Holiday, 15 Dec 1787; citing Orange, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP3-WP8J : 11 July 2016), Abigail Holaday McCracken, ; Burial, Mooresville, Morgan, Indiana, United States of America, White Lick Cemetery; citing record ID 137078171, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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~1.56%
Dan Childress
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member childress_dan52
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~0.78%
Kirk Ijams :
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William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 2nd Bt
William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 2nd Bt
It would be unusual for the holiday parents.ts to have a mcCracken child unless the child changed her name on marriage. Please explain or change LNAB
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Vicki (McCrory) Kennedy
I found her husband-William McCracken. Still the maiden name needs to be changed to Holladay. I"ll put the info in but the profile manager has to make the change of names or I would do it.
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