When Abigail Munings was born before 20 August 1626, in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, her father, George Munnings, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Groome, was 31. She married John Sawin before 1653, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died before 1666, in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 38.