Abigail Harper (1775 - 1777)

Born 11 Sep 1775 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 22 Feb 1777 at age 1 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Abigail Harper, daughter of Daniel Harper and Rachel Colman

BIRTH AND DEATH:

Birth Date: 11 Sep 1775, per birth record, and gravestone inscription

Birth Place: Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, per birth record

Death Date: 22 Feb 1777, per death record, and gravestone inscription

Death Place: Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, per death record

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

Abigail’s birth record names parents “Daniel Harper and Rachel”

Her gravestone inscription names “Mr Daniel Harper and Mrs. Rachel his wife”

Note: Abigail shares a gravestone with her brother Aaron

Sources

BIRTH RECORD:

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name: Abigail Harper

Event Type: Birth

Birth Date: 11 Sep 1775

Birth Place: Shirley, Massachusetts

Father Name: Daniel Harper

Mother Name: Rachel Harper

DEATH RECORD:

Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011

Name: Abigail Harper

Event Type: Death

Birth Date: abt 1776

Age at Death: 1

Death Date: 22 Feb 1777

Death Place: Shirley Center, Massachusetts, USA

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial# 58633296 (gravestone pictured)

Name: Abigail Harper

Birth: 11 Sep 1775

Death: 22 Feb 1777

Gravestone Inscription (3 lines):

… Here lies buried 2 children of Mr Daniel Harper and Mrs. Rachel his wife

… Aaron died March 17th 1776 aged 4 years 1 month and 18 days

… Abigail died Feb 22d 1777 age 1 year 5 months and 11 days

Burial: Center Cemetery, Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Created by: KChaffeeB

Record added: Sep 14, 2010

CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS:

The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LVII.

Published by: The Society, 1903

Page 72

Inscriptions from the cemetery at Shirley Centre, Mass, from 1754 to 1850.

Here lies buried 2 children | of Mr. Daniel Harper and Mrs. | Rachel his wife | Aaron died | March 17th | 1776 aged 4 | years 1 month | and 18 days | Abigail died | Febr 22d 1777 | aged 1 year 5 | months and | 11 days.