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Abiel Pulsifer 1 was likely born in November 1734 as Josiah Cotton notes in his diary the Abiel died “ aged above 14 months”.
In my last Years Paper there was an Acct of the Death of our Daughter Pulsifer, Whom I was in Hopes would have Survived in her only & lovely Child Abiel: But Providence has otherwise Ordered January. 14th. He died of ye. Quinzey after two nights illness Aged above 14. Months—Thus it has pleased the Sovereign Ruler of the World to pluck up both Root & Branch: to leave her, & Us in regard of her, neither Name nor Remembrance in the Earth: It is Our Duty to be Still, & know that he is God, & gives & take when, & in what Manner he pleases—Job-14-1,2—2
1. Kingman, Bradford. 1892. Epitaphs From Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, From 1657 to 1892. Brookline: New England Illustrated Historical Publishing Company. Page 21
2. Cotton, Josiah. Memoirs of Josiah Cotton in Three Parts: 1726 to 1756, (Ms. S-299), Quincy, Wendell, Holmes, and Upham Family Papers, Microfilm Edition, 67 Reels, Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1756.
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