American AcornsAbigail Sawtell
1719–1787 · Female · died at 67 or 68
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Family
Parents
- Mother: Abigail Whitney 1688–1783
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- Father: Richard Sawtell 1689–1760
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Husband: Benjamin Hastings (of Bolton) 1702–1756 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
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- Daughter: Susanna Hastings 1748–1801
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Why: Printed Bolton vital records: 'Susanna, d. Benjamin and Abigail'; the 1906 register gives her mother as Abigail (Sawtell).
Records:
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to 1849 (printed): births of the children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings, 1744-1757, including Susanna, Feb. 11, 1748-49; marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773; Benjamin Hastings Jr. and Experience Ball, 1782 (view at Internet Archive)
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 (view at Internet Archive)
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Life events
| Born | 12 APR 1719, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Unconfirmed evidence: show why |
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| Died | APR 1787, Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, Massachusetts, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show why |
Sources
Research sources
- H. L. Oak, Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (Los Angeles, 1906), entries 1, 7, 20 and 72 Family histories and trees view at Internet Archive
- Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to 1849 (printed): births of the children of Benjamin and Abigail Hastings, 1744-1757, including Susanna, Feb. 11, 1748-49; marriage of Susanna Hastings and Nathaniel Oak Jr., June 2, 1773; Benjamin Hastings Jr. and Experience Ball, 1782 Birth, marriage and death records view at Internet Archive
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