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The Essex Antiquarian, vol. XI (1907), p. 62, 'Bragg Genealogy' (Ebenezer Bragg, carpenter; Abiel Bragg, 'lost in a burning house in Shrewsbury'). The Bragg genealogy says of Ebenezer (b. Nov. 13, 1699) that he was a carpenter who lived in Marlborough until 1724 and removed to Shrewsbury, and of Abiel (b. about 1706) that he 'd. in 1723, unmarried. She was lost in a burning house in Shrewsbury.'.
Image · dated 1907 (events 1723) · source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan); essexantiquarian11perluoft.
Transcription
Word-for-word transcription (spellings kept; uncertain letters in brackets).
(The two entries only.)
12-VII. EBENEZER^3, b. Nov. 13, 1699; carpenter; lived in Marlborough until 1724, and removed to Shrewsbury; m., first, Zeruiah Brigham March 16, 1724, in Marlborough; she d. in Shrewsbury July 1, 1736, aged thirty-eight; he m., second, Sarah ---; and d. in Shrewsbury Sept. 4, 1766, aged sixty-six.
15-X. ABIEL^3, b. about 1706; d. in 1723, unmarried. She was lost in a burning house in Shrewsbury.*
*Charles L. Clarke, New York City.
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Keep in mind: Confirmed. The page does not name William Oakes: it records the carpenter's family and the death of his brother Abiel in the 1723 Shrewsbury fire in which William died. It cites no source for the fire (a footnote credits a contributor, Charles L. Clarke, New York City), calls Abiel 'She' (an evident error), and Abiel's 'about 1706' is derived from the newspaper's 'of 17 Years' (not an Ipswich birth record).