Born in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of John English
and Abigail (Newcomb) English
Sister of
Alice (English) Eaton, Richard English, Abel English, John English, Mary (English) Peck and Joel English
Wife of
Samuel Davison
— married
29 Oct 1778 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 33
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jan 2011
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Biography
Abigail English was born on May 1, 1751[citation needed] in Lebanon, Connecticut. She was the daughter of John English and Abigail Newcomb.[1] Around 1760, Mary's family migrated to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, where her widowed mother, Abigail, was granted 666 2/3 acres of land on July 21, 1761.[2]
Abigail married Samuel Davison on October 29, 1778 in Horton, Nova Scotia.[1]
Research Notes
- In "The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia", the author (Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton) based his family sketches on the work by Dr. William Pitt Brechin. He states that Dr. Brechin was unsure whether Abigail was the daughter of John English and Abigail Newcomb, but he (Eaton) thought that she was.
- Eaton says that Abigail married Samuel Denison. He speculated as to who that might be. However, given that the profile for Samuel Davison shows a marriage to an Abigail English on the same date (October 29, 1778), it is more likely that she married Samuel Davison. This needs to be confirmed.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, The Salem Press Company, 1910, pp 661-663 (Available at Archive.org and other online sources)
- ↑ ibid. pg 74
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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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English-131 and English-75 appear to represent the same person because: same name, same birthdate
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Rejected matches › Abigail (Davidson) Fitch (abt.1675-)
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