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Abigail <I>Whitcomb</I> Gibson

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Abigail Whitcomb Gibson

Birth
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Nov 1808 (aged 80)
Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Her first husband was Nathan Bennett, who died in Leominster, Mass., in 1760. It has been said that her maiden name may have been Darby or Stearns. However I have found proof that she was the daughter of Joseph Whitcomb and Damaris Priest. [Not only was Joseph Whitcomb, along with Abigail, co-executor of Nathan's estate, Nathan and Abigail's son John Bennett chose his grandfather Joseph Whitcomb as his guardian. In 1762 Joseph Whitcomb had also been appointed gaurdian to Abigail's daughter Abigail Bennett, born 1748.]

Abigail married, second, Isaac Gibson, on 27 Nov 1766.

Note: the lines on her epitaph ("Behold my soul...") are from a hymn.
Her first husband was Nathan Bennett, who died in Leominster, Mass., in 1760. It has been said that her maiden name may have been Darby or Stearns. However I have found proof that she was the daughter of Joseph Whitcomb and Damaris Priest. [Not only was Joseph Whitcomb, along with Abigail, co-executor of Nathan's estate, Nathan and Abigail's son John Bennett chose his grandfather Joseph Whitcomb as his guardian. In 1762 Joseph Whitcomb had also been appointed gaurdian to Abigail's daughter Abigail Bennett, born 1748.]

Abigail married, second, Isaac Gibson, on 27 Nov 1766.

Note: the lines on her epitaph ("Behold my soul...") are from a hymn.

Inscription

Abigail Gibson
Wife of
Isaac Gibson
died Nov 26th 1808
in her 81st year.
Behold my soul
At freedom set!
My surety paid
the dreadful debt.



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  • Created by: AllanG
  • Added: Nov 9, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22784919/abigail-gibson: accessed ), memorial page for Abigail Whitcomb Gibson (13 Apr 1728–26 Nov 1808), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22784919, citing Middletown Cemetery, Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by AllanG (contributor 46922592).