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Abigail (Wheelock) Ripley (1751 - 1818)

Abigail Ripley formerly Wheelock
Born in Lebanon, New London, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], [half], [half], , , and
Wife of — married 1771 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at age 66 in Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

Abigail Wheelock was born 21 Dec 1751 in New London, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Eleazer and Mary (Brinsmead) Wheelock.[1]

Abigail married Reverand Sylvanus Ripley, reportedly in Dartmouth in 1771.[citation needed] Abigail and Sylvanus had the following known children:

  1. John Phillips
  2. Mary
  3. Eleazar Wheelock
  4. Elizabeth
  5. James Wheelock
  6. Abigail

Abigail died 9 April 1818 in Fryeburg, Maine[2] where she was living with her daughter. She is buried in Fryeburg, Maine (in the same cemetery has her daughter, Elizabeth Abigail Ripley Dana.[3]


Sources

  1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W3-LMP : 11 February 2018), Abigail Wheelock, 21 Dec 1751; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  2. ↑ Columbian Centinel, 6 May 1818. "Mrs. Abigail Ripley, relict of late Rev. Sylvanus Ripley d. in Fryburg aged 67." Repository: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 June 2018), memorial page for Abigail Wheelock Ripley (21 Dec 1751–9 Apr 1818), Find A Grave: Memorial #50771628, citing Fryeburg Village Cemetery, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by genealogyfever (contributor 46554566) . "

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Ed Burke for creating WikiTree profile Wheelock-402 through the import of Burke Brooks Tree 2010.ged on Feb 18, 2013.

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M Cole
Most sources seem to list the date of death as 1818. Do you have the source the source of 1819 as the year of death? Thanks.
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