Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Potter Jr
and Mary (Hitchcock) Potter
Sister of
Hannah Potter [half], John Potter [half], John Russell [half], Hannah (Potter) Butler [half], Joseph Russell [half], John Potter III [half], Samuel Potter [half], Samuel Potter [half], Samuel Russell [half], Samuel Potter [half], Edward Russell [half], Mary Potter [half] and Samuel Potter [half]
Wife of
Samuel Thompson
— married
about 1703 (to 25 Dec 1712) in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Wife of
Thomas Smith
— married
about 1718 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 74
[location unknown]
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Biography
Abigail Smith, the daughter of John Potter and Mary Hitchcock, was born September 23, 1680, baptized December 15, 1689, and died in 1755. She was married twice, to Samuel Thompson, the son of John Thompson and Priscilla Powell, and after his death to Thomas Smith, the son of Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Patterson.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. Families of Ancient New Haven Vol VI, page 1461 (Potter Family), Vol VII, page 1645 (Smith Family), and Vol VII, page 1751 (Thompson Family)
- Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Connecticut By Heman Rowlee Timlow; page ccxxx.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. Notes on Thompson Families of Connecticut, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1912) Vol. 66, Page 198.
- Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, 1917) Vol. 1, Page 51. Birth record.
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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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