Abigail (Carter) Hoyt (1736 - 1824)

Born 17 Oct 1736 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 25 May 1824 at age 87 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Abigail was born in 1736. She was the daughter of Ephraim Carter and Martha Stevens. She passed away in 1824.

Sources

• Salisbury - Births Image of page 44.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #225159310
• Hoyt, David Webster. A Genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families (Providence Press Co., Boston, 1871) Page 41.
  • Footnote: "The little girl who saw one Indian or more in the bushes on the Sabbath before the massacre" at Penacook (Hist. Concord, N.H.)
• Lyford, James. History of Concord, New Hampshire, From the Original Grant (Rumford Press, Concord, N. H., 1903) Vol. 1, Page 175.
  • "During worship a glimpse of lurking red faces was caught by Abigail, the young sister of Dr. Ezra Carter; but she did not disturb the service by revealing the discovery until the meeting closed, and the congregation dispersed unharmed. The savages then took position ..."