Fagins, Abby, 1823 - 1902

Born in North Stonington in early 1823, Abby Fagins was a member of the Eastern Pequot Tribal community.  In the 1850 census for North Stonington, she is living in the household of merchant Oliver Hewitt, most likely as a servant.  A year later, she married John Randall, Jr., on November 27, 1851.  The couple had five children: John J. (1852), Joseph R. (1853), Florence (1858), Alexander (c. 1859), and a daughter who lived only a few days.  Abby's name appears in the Eastern Pequot overseers' reports as Abby Fagins/Jack/Randall (1864-67), Abby Jaks (1868-1875), and Abby Rand (1889-1891).  In the 1900 North Stonington census, she is living with her son, John, with an occupation of a laundress.

Brown and Rose, Black Roots, 335. 93.  Bragdon and Simmons, Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut, Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe (1998), 93.