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Mrs Abigail <I>Johnson</I> Doty

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Mrs Abigail Johnson Doty

Birth
Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
7 Nov 1791 (aged 74–75)
Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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NOTE: Third wife of Col. Thomas Doty. Born about 1716, she died at age 75...
Abigail is the great granddaughter of Edward Cowell (b. 1616 d. 1691) and his third wife Sarah Hobart (b. 1644 d. 1696 m. 26 Jun 1668)...Abigail is the daughter of John Johnson (b. 11 Jun 1694 Boston d. 1726) and his wife Abigail Parsons who married on 3 Jul 1716 in Boston...Abigail's first husband was Jonas Leonard (b. 19 Oct 1717 in Marlborough, Mass d. 13 Oct 1757 in Marlborough) and they married on 24 Sep 1751 in Boston...Her second husband was Col Thomas Doty (b. 27 Jan 1704 Plymouth Co., Mass d. 21 Mar 1795 Norfolk Co., Mass)...They filed "A Purpose of Marriage" on 24 Feb 1759 in Plymouth Co., Mass and they married on 21 May 1759 in Boston...Abigail had 2 siblings: John Johnson Jr (died on 21 Jul 1794 in Kingston, Mass) who married Mary Cushing on 8 Mar 1750 in Hingham, Mass; and Margaret Johnson (b. 19 Feb 1723 Boston 1st H Richard Francis b. 1705 d. 22 Sep 1749 m. 19 Feb 1739 Boston 2d H William More b. unk d. 4 Aug 1765 m. 22 Oct 1752 3d H Richard Sylvester)...NOTE: A second Massachusetts source has the marriage of John Johnson Jr and Mary Cushing on 13 Feb 1749 in Boston...NOTE: Abigail and Thomas Doty lived at the Thomas Doty Tavern in Canton, Norfolk, Mass where they each owned half of the homestead...George Washington and French General Marquis de Lafayette stayed there...The tavern burned down on 20 Dec 1888...There is a photo online of what the tavern looked like in 1887...
NOTE: Third wife of Col. Thomas Doty. Born about 1716, she died at age 75...
Abigail is the great granddaughter of Edward Cowell (b. 1616 d. 1691) and his third wife Sarah Hobart (b. 1644 d. 1696 m. 26 Jun 1668)...Abigail is the daughter of John Johnson (b. 11 Jun 1694 Boston d. 1726) and his wife Abigail Parsons who married on 3 Jul 1716 in Boston...Abigail's first husband was Jonas Leonard (b. 19 Oct 1717 in Marlborough, Mass d. 13 Oct 1757 in Marlborough) and they married on 24 Sep 1751 in Boston...Her second husband was Col Thomas Doty (b. 27 Jan 1704 Plymouth Co., Mass d. 21 Mar 1795 Norfolk Co., Mass)...They filed "A Purpose of Marriage" on 24 Feb 1759 in Plymouth Co., Mass and they married on 21 May 1759 in Boston...Abigail had 2 siblings: John Johnson Jr (died on 21 Jul 1794 in Kingston, Mass) who married Mary Cushing on 8 Mar 1750 in Hingham, Mass; and Margaret Johnson (b. 19 Feb 1723 Boston 1st H Richard Francis b. 1705 d. 22 Sep 1749 m. 19 Feb 1739 Boston 2d H William More b. unk d. 4 Aug 1765 m. 22 Oct 1752 3d H Richard Sylvester)...NOTE: A second Massachusetts source has the marriage of John Johnson Jr and Mary Cushing on 13 Feb 1749 in Boston...NOTE: Abigail and Thomas Doty lived at the Thomas Doty Tavern in Canton, Norfolk, Mass where they each owned half of the homestead...George Washington and French General Marquis de Lafayette stayed there...The tavern burned down on 20 Dec 1888...There is a photo online of what the tavern looked like in 1887...

Inscription

In Memory of Mrs
ABIGAIL DOTY wife of
Coll THOMAS DOTY
Esq. who Died Nov. 7th,
1791
in ye 75th Year
of her Age.



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  • Maintained by: Robert Sprague
  • Originally Created by: Kathy B
  • Added: Jul 6, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28084899/abigail-doty: accessed ), memorial page for Mrs Abigail Johnson Doty (1716–7 Nov 1791), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28084899, citing Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Robert Sprague (contributor 49068729).