Dear Jeanne: I have a CD with images of the Ashburnham VRs. Under births we find: Abigail, w. Samuel ____ ____, 1783 G.S.4 Samuel, ____ ____, 1783 G.S.4 Under marriages we find Samuel Whitney m Abigail Wilder Aug 12, 1802 (my wedding anniversary!) Under births we find Abigail Wilder dau Caleb and Elisabeth bap Mar 16 1783 C.R. Under the deaths there are references only to children of Samuel and Abigail, not Samuel and Abigail themselves. Under births we find the following children of Samuel and Abigail: Samuel Oct 28 1802 (d Sep 3 1805) (This birth conflicts with marriage date, unless ...) Merrick Dec 31 1804 Jane Vincent Woodard Aug 1 1807 (d Sep 10 1810) Samuel Feb 25 1810 (d Dec 7 1810) Austin Dec 21 1811 (d Sep 7 1814) Charles Wilder Jan 10 1814 Austin 2nd Apr 19 1816 Jane July 7 1818 (d Nov 13 1847) Samuel Vincent May 25 1820 Quincy Oct 7 1822 Horatio Nelson Oct 3 1824 I looked in adjoining towns to see if there were death records there for Samuel/Abigail but did not find any. Are you sure this is the right Samuel and Abigail for you? If you expect a death in 1783 this family is two or three generations younger. Also, as noted, this Abigail is a Wilder, not a Fletcher. There does not seem to be an older Samuel/Abigail Whitney family in the Ashburnham VRs. George Parker (6 or 7 lines to John/Elinor)