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Abigail <I>Wright</I> Fosdick

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Abigail Wright Fosdick

Birth
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
7 Nov 1755 (aged 30)
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
ancient burying ground (B-24-?)
Memorial ID
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Abigail Wright, dau. of Capt. Samuel Wright & Abigail Goodrich, b. Mar. 11, 1724/5 at Wethersfield. She d. of record Nov. 7, 1755 at Wethersfield, Æ 31 (g.s.)

On an unrecorded date by late 1744, Abigail m. as his first wife, Ezekiel Fosdick, s. Samuel Fosdick, Jr. and Susanna Turner, b. of record and bapt. the same day Feb. 17, 1719/20 at Charlestown, Mass. Four children of the marriage: Abigail, Clarinda, Alvin and Rhoda.

Ezekiel Fosdick m. 2) of record Sept. 22, 1756 at Wethersfield, the wid. Anna (Stillman) Welles, d. of Capt. Nathaniel Stillman, Sr. and Sarah Allen.

Ezekiel Fosdick was a double descendant of Elder William Brewster of the 1620 Mayflower voyage and Plymouth Colony, as he was a lineal descendant of two of Elder Brewster's daughters.
Abigail Wright, dau. of Capt. Samuel Wright & Abigail Goodrich, b. Mar. 11, 1724/5 at Wethersfield. She d. of record Nov. 7, 1755 at Wethersfield, Æ 31 (g.s.)

On an unrecorded date by late 1744, Abigail m. as his first wife, Ezekiel Fosdick, s. Samuel Fosdick, Jr. and Susanna Turner, b. of record and bapt. the same day Feb. 17, 1719/20 at Charlestown, Mass. Four children of the marriage: Abigail, Clarinda, Alvin and Rhoda.

Ezekiel Fosdick m. 2) of record Sept. 22, 1756 at Wethersfield, the wid. Anna (Stillman) Welles, d. of Capt. Nathaniel Stillman, Sr. and Sarah Allen.

Ezekiel Fosdick was a double descendant of Elder William Brewster of the 1620 Mayflower voyage and Plymouth Colony, as he was a lineal descendant of two of Elder Brewster's daughters.

Inscription

Per the 1899 published "Wethersfield Inscriptions"

In memory of
Mrs Abigail Fosdick,
wife of Mr Ezekiel
Fosdick, & daughter
of Mr Samuel &
Mrs Abigail Wright,
who died Novr 7th
A.D. 1755: Aged 31
yrs.

On the day Abigail died she was 30 years old, and "Ætatis suæ" (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 31.

Gravesite Details

Burial location in the cemetery determined through John C. Willard's 1936 listing



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