Abigail (Sprague) Lovett (abt. 1689 - 1718)

Born about 1 Mar 1689 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Lovett — married 28 Mar 1710 (to 13 Apr 1718) in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1718 at about age 29 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Abigail Sprague was born about 1 Mar 1689/90 at Andover, Massachusetts Bay. She was the daughter of Phineas Sprague and Sarah Hasey. On 28 Mar 1710 at Andover, Abigail married Daniel Lovett,^[1] son of James Lovett and Hannah Tyler. She was the mother of at least four of his seven children — Phineas, Hannah, Joanna and Abigail. Abigail Lovett died 13 Apr 1718, age about 28, at Mendon, Massachusetts Bay.^[2]

The following is from Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910. Page 735.

The Lovett Family

A brief sketch of the Lovett Family is given in the Calnek-Savary History of Annapolis, but its New England origin is not there stated. The History of Milford, Mass., says the Major Daniel Lovett, from Braintree, Mass was an original proprietor of Mendon, Mass., and that he probably lived and died on what is known as "the Lovett Place in the Davenport neighborhood." He m. in Boston (Judge Sewall officiating, certificate in 1721,) Abigail Thompson, of Braintree, and had children: Phineas; James; Hannah; Joanna; Abigail; Samuel; Daniel. Of these children, Phineas, the eldest, b. in Mendon July 13 1711, m. (1) Aug 7 1734 Hannah Merriam (2) late in 1742, Beulah, dau. of Edmund and Rachel (Sheffield) Morse b March 4, 1723. His eldest son was Phineas, Jr., bap. June 30, 1745, m. April 6 1768, Abigail Thayer, and both father and son were well known in in Annapolis County, N.S. For a sketch of Phineas Lovett, Sr. M.P.P. and a notice of his son Phineas, Jr., M.P.P. see the History of Annapolis.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts: Marriages Sprague, Abigail, and Daniell Lovett of Mendon, Mar. 28, 1710. : accessed 20 Dec 2018
2. ↑ The Sprague Project: Abigail Sprague : accessed 24 May 2018.

• Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910. The Lovett Family, pp. 735-6
• Sprague, Ralph, Genealogy, Sprague, E. G., (Montpelier, VT:The Capital City Press, 1913), page 36 & 45.
• Ancient Artillery Company, Book 2, National Society Women Descendants and the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company, Page 25, TERRY, Accepted March 10, 1943, National Number 330.
• First Settlers of New England, Savage, page 154.