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Abigail Shays (Gilbert)

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Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Death: 1785 (36-37)
Place of Burial: Scottsburg, Livonia, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jonathan Gilbert and Abigail Gilbert
Wife of Daniel Ogden Shays
Mother of Daniel Shays, Jr.
Sister of Lucy Gilbert; Ezekiel Gilbert; Moses Gilbert; Aaron Gilbert and Jonathan Gilbert

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About Abigail Shays

Daughter of Josiah Gilbert and Abigail Olds.

Abigail married Daniel Shays on 18 Jul 1772 at Brookline, Massachusetts. According to tradition they were married in the kitchen of Daniel Gilbert's house in North Brookfield. Daniel Gilbert was not related to Abigail.

Their first child of eight was born in 1773. Abigail and Daniel Shays moved to western New York in 1795.

After Abigail's death her husband married an innkeeper, Rhoda (Coller) Havens (widow of Darling Havens) of Sparta, NY.

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Abigail Shays's Timeline

1748
1748
Massachusetts, United States
1773
1773
1785
1785
Age 37
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Union Cemetery, Scottsburg, Livonia, New York, United States