Abigail was the daughter of John Shugan aka Sugars and Elizabeth Swann. She married Col. Edward Jones III, Esq. and they had several children. After Edward's death, Abigail married Thomas Cook. Abigail is credited with being the first anglo woman to settle in Warren County, North Carolina circa 1732 and the first white woman to cross over the Great Shocco Creek. They lived at Shocco Springs. Her life has been commemorated by many as a remarkable woman for the strength of her intel
lect, "A silver pipe,belonging to Abigail, engraved "A. Jones," is in the North Carolina Museum of History.
Abigail was named in the Last Will of her father, John Shugan, dated December 1, 1726, and probated in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, on September 25, 1727.
As an elderly woman, she was affectionately known as Grandmother Cook.
lect, "A silver pipe,belonging to Abigail, engraved "A. Jones," is in the North Carolina Museum of History.
Abigail was named in the Last Will of her father, John Shugan, dated December 1, 1726, and probated in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, on September 25, 1727.
As an elderly woman, she was affectionately known as Grandmother Cook.
Abigail was the daughter of John Shugan aka Sugars and Elizabeth Swann. She married Col. Edward Jones III, Esq. and they had several children. After Edward's death, Abigail married Thomas Cook. Abigail is credited with being the first anglo woman to settle in Warren County, North Carolina circa 1732 and the first white woman to cross over the Great Shocco Creek. They lived at Shocco Springs. Her life has been commemorated by many as a remarkable woman for the strength of her intel
lect, "A silver pipe,belonging to Abigail, engraved "A. Jones," is in the North Carolina Museum of History.
Abigail was named in the Last Will of her father, John Shugan, dated December 1, 1726, and probated in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, on September 25, 1727.
As an elderly woman, she was affectionately known as Grandmother Cook.
lect, "A silver pipe,belonging to Abigail, engraved "A. Jones," is in the North Carolina Museum of History.
Abigail was named in the Last Will of her father, John Shugan, dated December 1, 1726, and probated in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, on September 25, 1727.
As an elderly woman, she was affectionately known as Grandmother Cook.
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