Abigail (Horton) Carpenter (1721 - 1764)

Born 1721 in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Benedict Carpenter — married about 1745 in Westchester, New York

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1764 at about age 43 in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York

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Abigail was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Abigail Horton was born in 1721 in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, daughter of David Horton (1701 - 1770) and Judith Chase (1704 - 1746).

Her siblings were:

1. David Horton (1723 - 1790)
2. Elizabeth Horton (1726 - 1760)
3. Judith (Horton) Carpenter (1728 - 1755)
4. Thomas Horton (1745 - 1825)

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000:^[1]

Abigail died on 22 February 1764 and was buried in Purchase Friends Meeting Cemetery, Purchase, Westchester County, New York, United States.^[2] Notation on memorial page says that a memorial was sent to the Mamaroneck (Friends') Meeting.^{[citation needed]}

Abigail was in a probate record.^[3]

• Fact: Burial (24 December 1764) Purchase, Westchester, New York, United States

Sources

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: Book Title: History and genealogy of the Cock, Cocks, Cox family, descended from James and Sarah Cock, of Killi Ancestry Record 61157 #1702262
2. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave™ Index, 1600s-Current"
   Find a Grave™. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #153258444
   Ancestry Record 60525 #126251898 (accessed 26 March 2023)
   Abigail Carpenter burial (died on 22 Feb 1764) in Purchase Friends Meeting Cemetery, Purchase, Westchester County, New York, United States of America.
3. ↑ Probate: "New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999"
   Wills 1787-1905; Card Index to Wills 1813-1983; Letters of Administration 1777-1905; and Letters of Guardianship 1802-1901; Author: Westchester County (New York). Surrogate's Court; Probate Place: Westchester, New York
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8800 #135361 (accessed 12 March 2024)
   Abigail A Horton probate in Westchester, New York, USA.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 March 2024, 18:51), entry for Abigail Horton (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9V14-LK3 ); contributed by various users.
• Carpenter, Daniel Hoogland History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America (Carpenter, Jamaica, New York, 1901)