Abigail Coit

Not the same as Abigail Nichols

Abigail (Sargent) Coit (1665 - 1710)

• Abigail Coit formerly Sargent aka Stevens
• Born 8 May 1665 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
• Died 8 Jan 1710 in Gloucester, Massachusetts
• Daughter of William Sargent and Abigail (Clark) Sargent
• Sister of John Sargent, Andrew Sargent, William Sargent Jr., William Sergent [half], Samuel Sargent, Nathaniel Sargent, Nathaniel Sargent and Joseph Sargent
• Wife of William Stevens — married 15 Jun 1682 in Gloucester, Massachusetts
• Wife of Nathaniel Coit — married 17 Feb 1702 (to 8 Jan 1710) in Gloucester, Massachusetts

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Biography

https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2020/08/william-stevens-ab...

William Stevens was born on 10 March 1638 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, the son of James Stevens and Susanna Eveleth,  and lived his entire life there.

Abigail Sargent was also a Gloucester native. She was born 8 May 1665, the daughter of William Sargent and Abigail Clark. She married (2) Captain Nathaniel Coit, 16 June 1702 in Gloucester.

William Stevens married Abigail Sargent on 15 June 1682, in Gloucester.

Children:

• 1. William, born 30 March 1684; died before his father
• 2. James, born 12 November 1686; died 26 December 1687
• 3. Abigail, born 10 March 1689/90; died 25 March 1690
• 4. Samuel, born 21 September 1691; married Anna Allen, 23 January 1713
• 5. Abigail, born c1694; married (1) Jeremiah Butman, 8 January 1712/13. Jeremiah, master of a fishing sloop was lost at sea in October 1716, aged 26 years. They had two sons, Jeremiah, born 9 November 1714 and William, born 15 October 1716. (2) John Sanford, 8 November 1722.
• 6. Isaac, born 24 August 1696
• 7. Susanna, born 18 November 1698; died 8 November 1753; married Joseph Tarbox, 28 January 1724/25
• 8. Mary, born 2 November 1700

Sources

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
• GEDCOM Note Line 191 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC DATE BEF From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
• GEDCOM Note. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jun 24 2021, 0:33:34 UTC