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A young bride from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is bringing a whole new meaning to the term 'something borrowed'. Abigail Kingston, 30, is set to get married in a wedding dress that is 120 years old and it has been previously worn by 10 other brides on her mother's side of the family. Mary Lowry Warren, Kingston's great-great-grandmother, first donned the Victorian-era satin gown in 1895 and was last worn in 1991. History in the making: 30-year-old Abigail Kingston, of Pennsylvania, is set to get married in a family wedding dress that is 120 years old. Bride one: Mary Lowry Warren, Kingston's great-great-grandmother, first donned the Victorian-era satin gown in 1895 Lowry's granddaughter Jane Woodruff who was delighted to wear the dress for her February 20, 1946, wedding to John Kearns and is the one who started the dress tradition after her mother didn't want to wear it Bride No. 3: Another granddaughter Virginia Woodruff married Douglas MacConnell Oct. 13, 1948, and was the third bride to wear the dress Bride No. 4 Sara Seiler married Duncan Ogden on June 15, 1960. The dress was still long and in its original style back then before her relatives made it shorter in the 1980s Keeping with the tradition: Laird MacConnell became the fifth bride to wear the dress when she married Timothy Hensler on Oct. 16, 1976 Mother-of-the-bride Leslie Woodruff Kingston is shown on her Aug. 6, 1977, wedding day. She was the sixth bride to walk down the aisle in the gown A vision in white: Abby will be the eleventh bride to wear the dress, which has been passed down over the years on her mother's side of the family Lace additions: Janet Kearns married Mark Daigle Oct. 30, 1982, maker her the 7th bride. She added lace to the dress to cover up the damage done over the years Bride No. 8: Jane Ogden wed James Houston on June 2, 1986. Kingston first saw the dress at her aunt's wedding when she was 5-years-old and just had to have it Bride No. 9: Virginia Kearns wed Charles Stinnett on Aug. 26, 1989 Bride No. 10: Ann Ogden was the last bride to wear the dress. She married Robert Hausslein on July 4, 1991 Family first: Abby and her mother Leslie had the gown restored to its original design, worn by Abby's great-great-grandmother on her wedding day in 1895 A work in progress: It took 200 hours for a tailor to restore the dress to its original design. The pleated silk sleeves had to be entirely replaced Happy couple: Abby, who is set to wed her fiancé, Jason Curtis, on in Pennsylvania on October 17, said she always knew she wanted to get married in the dress Abby, who will be the eleventh bride to don the gown, will marry Jason at the Lake House Inn in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She will wear a new dress for the ceremony and change into the heirloom only for the cocktail hour because it's 'very, very fragile', she said. The bride will also wear her great-grandmother's ring and her grandmother's locket. Throughout the wedding venue, there will be framed photos of each of the previous 10 brides wearing the historic gown. A twelfth bride in the family has since shown interest in wearing the dress on her wedding day. 'It's not just the dress that's been handed down', Leslie said. 'It's the love.' (Source: DailyMail UK) Read the FULL DailyMail article: Something borrowed for the tenth time: Woman will be the 11th member of her family to get married in the same wedding gown that's been handed down for 120 years.