Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill Massachusetts - Abigail Holgate, James Holgate

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ABIGAIL Y^e
DAUGHTER OF
M^r JAMES &
IEGMIMA HOLGATE
DIED DEC^r 20
1737 IN Y^e
??? YEAR OF
HER AGE JAMES SON OF MR
JAMES & IEGMIMA
HOLGATE DIED
DEC^r 25
1737 IN Y^e
??? YEAR OF
HIS AGE

Cemetery: Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill Massachusetts

Victims of the Throat Distemper epidemic that plagued Haverhill from 1735-1737 and killed 256 children in 2 years in Haverhill alone. James and Jemima Holgate lost 5 children to this epidemic. Read more about it here.