Abigail Brooks (Smith) - Parents

I'm not an expert on Connecticut genealogy, but I do believe the Barbour Collection is considered of very good quality, based on primary records. DAR lineages are submitted pedigree reports and like any submitted pedigree, only as good as the informant, who is only as good as their resources at the time.

I found another Abigail Smith from New London that is claimed to be the daughter of James Smith and Abigail.

* Abigail Brockett: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10568852
Birth: Jun. 28, 1757
Death: May 19, 1796
Notes: Note: age 39; wife of Zuar

Based on age though, her birth does not fit Jun. 28, 1757 as claimed. Her birth would have been between May 20, 1756 and May 19, 1757. So I still think Abigail Bennett is the likely daughter.

I haven't spent much time on this one, but I'll create a profile later (as another sibling) so that we can flush it out and source as best we can.

Some additional references for her:
* https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MYQR-4WQ
* https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QNS-JBG
* https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7C2-W2D
* https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%...~

I created a profile for Abigail Brockett & Zuar Brockett, along with children.

I found this source, which lists Abigail Brockett's birth as Oct 18, 1757. https://books.google.com/books?id=5P0nAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA295&lpg...

It's outside the range based on age at death, but it may be that this date is her baptism or that the age is estimated for the death index. No gravestone image was available to verify age on FindAGrave. http://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000031762978173

If we accept Oct 18, 1757 for Abigail Brockett, then it appears her parents were Joseph Smith and Hannah.

Name: Abigail Smith
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1757
Birthplace: DERBY TWP,NEW HAVEN,CONNETICUT
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Joseph Smith
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Hannah
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7450366
System Origin: Connecticut-ODM
GS Film number: unknown
Reference ID:

Citing this Record:
"Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7WG-JRD : accessed 26 February 2015), Abigail Smith, 16 Oct 1757; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Based on the information I've presented here and the sources I've attached to the profiles, I'm going to disconnect Abigail Brooks and Abigail Brockett from Sgt. James Smith and Abigail Smith. I'll add curator notes referencing this discussion. If we find any new information, please let me know and we can take whatever additional action is needed.