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Abigail Bent

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Abigail Bent

Birth
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Sep 1841 (aged 59)
Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Author of 'The Happy Merchant'.

Information based on Temple's History of Framingham:

For the Bent Family:
Matthias, son of Matthias 5,
Lived on fathers's place.
Deacon, town treasurer.
Died Feb. 4, 1826.
He married (1) Oct. 26, 1780 to Mary Coolidge, born June 11, 1756, daughter of Nathaniel Bridge, and widow of William Coolidge, Jr., of Waltham. Died Dec. 26, 1790; (2) married Jan. 21, 1796, to Isabella Babcock of Waltham, MA, died Jan. 3, 1817, age 51.
Children include:
Mary, d. y.;
Abigail, born Sept. 10, 1782, unmarried, author of "The Happy Merchant," etc., died Sept. 28, 1841 ;
Nancy, born July 8, 1784, unmarried, died Dec. 6, 1869;
Martin, baptized Oct. 1786;
Matthias, baptized Aug., 1788;
Mary, born July 12, 1800, died Sept. 7, 1823;
Isabella A., born Oct. 29, 1806;
Luty C, born Jan. 12, 1810, married Frederick A. Billings.
Contributor: ctarts (50289024)
Author of 'The Happy Merchant'.

Information based on Temple's History of Framingham:

For the Bent Family:
Matthias, son of Matthias 5,
Lived on fathers's place.
Deacon, town treasurer.
Died Feb. 4, 1826.
He married (1) Oct. 26, 1780 to Mary Coolidge, born June 11, 1756, daughter of Nathaniel Bridge, and widow of William Coolidge, Jr., of Waltham. Died Dec. 26, 1790; (2) married Jan. 21, 1796, to Isabella Babcock of Waltham, MA, died Jan. 3, 1817, age 51.
Children include:
Mary, d. y.;
Abigail, born Sept. 10, 1782, unmarried, author of "The Happy Merchant," etc., died Sept. 28, 1841 ;
Nancy, born July 8, 1784, unmarried, died Dec. 6, 1869;
Martin, baptized Oct. 1786;
Matthias, baptized Aug., 1788;
Mary, born July 12, 1800, died Sept. 7, 1823;
Isabella A., born Oct. 29, 1806;
Luty C, born Jan. 12, 1810, married Frederick A. Billings.
Contributor: ctarts (50289024)

Inscription

Died at Bath, NH

Gravesite Details

Daughter of Dea Matthias and Mary, Age 59



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  • Created by: Star Rhodes
  • Added: Aug 3, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28741927/abigail-bent: accessed ), memorial page for Abigail Bent (10 Sep 1782–28 Sep 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28741927, citing Church Hill Cemetery, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Star Rhodes (contributor 46878998).