Abigail (Baker) Vilas (1735 - 1808)

Born 28 Mar 1735 in Beverly, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Noah Vilas — married 24 Jul 1760 in Grafton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1808 at age 73 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Abigail Baker was born at Beverly, Massachusetts, on 28 Mar 1735, the daughter of Gideon Baker and Priscilla (Ober) Baker, and she was baptized there two days later.^[1][2]

Marriage

Noah Vilas of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and Abigail Baker of Grafton, Massachusetts, married at Grafton on 24 Jul 1760.^[3][2]

Death

Abigail (Baker) Vilas died, probably at Alstead, New Hampshire, on 10 Jul 1808.^[2] Her gravestone at the Alstead Center Cemetery in Alstead says she was in the 74th year of her age.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth and baptismal record of Abigail Baker, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch > Essex > Beverly > Births, marriages, deaths 1653-1890 > image 23 of 589; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} C. H. Vilas, Genealogy of the descendants of Peter Vilas (Madison, Wis., 1875), page 53. This volume gives no locations for the events of Abigail (Baker) Vilas' life.
3. ↑ Marriage record of Noah Vilas and Abigail Baker, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch > Worcester > Grafton > Births, marriages, deaths 1716-1851 > image 186 of 215; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
4. ↑ Photo of partially sunken gravestone of "Mrs Abigail, Wife of Deacon Noah Vilas" (Find A Grave: Memorial #78470006)