On 22 Jun 1596 [her father] William Cockayne (age 35) and [her mother] (age 31) were married.
In 1610 Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover was born to William Cockayne (age 49) and (age 45).
On 20 Oct 1626 [her father] William Cockayne (age 65) died.
On 09 May 1628 [her future husband] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 20) and Dorothy St John were married. She died eight weeks later. She the daughter of Oliver St John 1st Earl Bolingbroke (age 48) and Elizabeth Paulet Countess Bolingbroke. He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 48) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover (age 37).
On 06 Jul 1630 [her step-father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and [her mother] (age 65) were married at St Peter le Poer, Broad Street. She by marriage Countess Dover.
On 02 Dec 1630 John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 22) and Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 20) were married. She the daughter of William Cockayne and (age 65). He the son of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 50) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover.
In 1631 [her daughter] Mary Carey was born to [her husband] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 23) and Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 21).
In 1633 [her daughter] Abigail Carey was born to [her husband] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 25) and Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 23). In 1633 Abigail Carey died.
In or before 1647 Thomas Wharton (age 31) and [her sister-in-law] Mary Carey (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 66) and Judith Pelham Countess Dover. They were second cousins.
In 1655 [her son-in-law] William Heveningham (age 51) and [her daughter] Mary Carey (age 24) were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 47) and Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover 1610-1687 (age 45).
On 13 Apr 1666 [her step-father] Henry Carey 1st Earl Dover (age 86) died at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire [Map]. His son [her husband] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 58) succeeded 2nd Earl Dover, 2nd Viscount Rochford. Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 56) by marriage Countess Dover.
On 21 Jun 1672 [her sister-in-law] Mary Carey (age 56) died.
On 26 May 1677 [her husband] John Carey 2nd Earl Dover (age 69) died without male issue. Earl Dover and Viscount Rochford extinct. His second cousin once removed Colonel Robert Carey 6th Baron Hunsdon (age 25) succeeded 6th Baron Hunsdon.
Evelyn's Diary. 23 Jan 1686. I din'd at my Lady Arlington's (age 52), groome of the stole to the Queene Dowager (age 47), at Somerset House [Map], where din'd the Countesses of Devonshire (age 40), Dover (age 76), &c. in all 11 ladys of quality, no man but myselfe being there.
In 1687 Abigail Cockayne Countess Dover (age 77) died.
Paternal Family Tree: Cockayne
Maternal Family Tree: Mary Morris Countess Dover 1565-1648
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Cockayne
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cockayne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harthill
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cockayne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Shirley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Shirley
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Cockayne
GrandFather: William Cockayne
Father: William Cockayne
Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Medcalf
GrandMother: Elizabeth Medcalf