Abigail Cady Crossett

• BIRTH 4 Jan 1756 Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 29 Aug 1814 (aged 58) New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map
• PLOT Lot 941, Grave 2 MEMORIAL ID 118541395 by Stan Arnold & April Burke Driscoll

Abigail was the fifth of ten children born to Samuel Cady and Elizabeth Winter of Killingly, Connecticut and Shutesbury, Mass. She was married in Shutesbury on 4 December 1774 to Samuel Crossett, the son of Robert Crossett and Mary Savage.

"One Cent Reward
Run Away from me the subscriber, on the 18th init. an indented servant girl, fifteen years of age, by the name of Juidah Whitaker, I hereby forbid all persons harboring or trusting her on my account, as they respect the laws of Massachusetts. The above reward shall be paid the person who shall return said girl, but no charges.
ABIGAIL CROSSETT New-Salem, June 19, 1813 26*" [3]

Abigail and her husband were originally interred in Fish Hill Cemetery in Prescott, Mass., but in 1939 were re-interred in Quabbin Park Cemetery. This occurred because most of the occupants of the original cemetery were moved in preparation for it being flooded by the Quabbin Reservoir.

Parents
Samuel Cady 1724–1799
Elizabeth Winter Cady 1728–1831

Spouse
Samuel Crossett 1750–1803

Siblings
Lurana Cady Henry 1748–1820
Jason Cady 1750–1825
Jeremiah Cady 1752–1848
Elizabeth Cady Crossett 1754–1826
Samuel Cady 1759–1813
Tamar Cady Shaw 1762–1805
Rhoda Cady Allen 1765–1850
Chloe Cady Kibbey 1767–1817

Children
Abigail Crossett Woodcock 1784–1852

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118541395/abigail-crossett

[2] http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2014/06/12/killed-in-action-on-the-...

[3] Franklin Herald, vol XXIII, p 3 (6 July 1813) may pertain to this Abigail Crossett: