Abigail Wing, b. 25 Apr 1734 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, was the daughter of Benjamin and Content Wing.[1]
Death
6 AUG 1806 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Notes
Abigail Wing was the fifth and last child, and the fourth daughter, of Benjamin and Content (Tucker) Wing, born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Dartmouth town record says:
"Abigail Wing Daughter of Benjamin Wing and Content his wife
was Born the 25th day of april 1734"
Abigail Wing married Jonathan White after their announced intentions on 1 January 1756 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Dartmouth town records say:
"The Intentions of Marrage Betwen Jonathan White and Abigail Wing Both of Dartmouth was Entred with Me January the 1th 1756 - Attest Benj'a Akin Town Cler"
Jonathan and Abigail (Wing) White had six children (Humphrey, Ruth, Rhoda, Holder, Hannah and Jonathan) born between 1757 and 1778, but only daughter Hannah was recorded in the Dartmouth town records.
Jonathan White wrote his will in 1797, and died in November 1804. His wife, Abigail White was mentioned in the will.
Several online family trees provide a death date for Abigail White as 6 August 1806 in Westport, Massachusetts. There are no death records for her in the Westport or Dartmouth vital record books or town records. There are no marriage records for an Abigail White after Jonathan's death in Westport or Dartmouth vital records.
There are no probate records for Abigail White in Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Court records.
There are no burial records or cemetery records for Abigail (Wing) White on the online cemetery records websites.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4TGC : 5 November 2017), Benjamin Wing in entry for Abigail Wing, 25 Apr 1734; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 574,870.
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DNA Connections
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: