“We all had her” - Dutch. No, the gang didn’t sleep with Abigail. Let’s clear this up.
TLDR: Most of the gang wasn’t there when Abigail joined the gang. She quit working the second she lied eyes on John. Her sleeping with gang members after joining would have been idiotic and finally - most of the others wouldn’t have been interested in her.
So, I’m a historian and I’ve been researching working girls. Even without studying this subject, I still would have written this by using cannon.
When people talk about Abigail in the fandom, they constantly bring up this quote said by Dutch. What’s frustrating is it’s a quote from RDR 1 right before Dutch takes his own life. Most people haven’t even played rdr 1 yet they constantly repeat this - especially as an insult. It’s taken out of context and Dutch was desperate and trying to throw John off his game.
1. There is no way Abigail slept with everyone. Most of the people in the gang were not there.
John, Javier, maybe the Callender brothers and Uncle are the only possible people that could have slept with her. That’s it.
Even then, most of that is unlikely. She quit working the minute she met John. She fell in love with him at first sight. She says this several times. John wasn’t sure about Jack’s parentage because he was being an ass. Abigail had been with the gang for a year already so she most definitely didn’t sleep with anyone else. She would have known immediately John was the father. He even admits this later on. Yes, Arthur can antagonize her and say that Jack looks like an Escuella or a Williamson but he is literally just trolling. Same with the “nickel” comment.
2. Also, having a working girl come into the gang having slept with multiple members would have been really bad and just stupid. It would have caused people to fight over her. Dutch would have known this. Also, the gang is strongly based on Butch Cassidy’s gang. Each one of them had a romantic partner - often working girls and these working girls were exclusive with them. They didn’t sell themselves to anyone else once they met them. The biggest example is Etta Place. Doc Holiday had “Big Nose” Kate. Same situation. It would have caused too much drama.
3. If Dutch had slept with her - it would have ruined his “fatherly image” that he tries so hard to put out. (Credit to @captain-radioactive-mentality
4. Abigail couldn’t have had men come into the camp - that would have endangered the gang. She couldn’t have worked outside of the camp either. Tales of her exploits and the gang’s exploits would have spread. Plus, she would have had no protection (except for her own skills), she would have had to pay a **lot** of money to even set up shop. They would have lost money and she hated it anyway. She would have been happy thieving.
I credit again give credit to Captain for this - but she pointed out that Dutch even convinced Miss Grimshaw to stop selling herself, so why would they have someone else do that? Miss Grimshaw being a former madam only says that Abigail should sell herself again because she’s convinced Abi doesn’t do enough. (You know, despite having a child and literally no support outside of Hosea and Arthur.)
Bill Williamson is strongly implied to by gay and has said on multiple occasions that women just slow him down so he ignores them. Why would Bill waste his time and money on Abigail then?
Hosea was completely devoted to Bessie and it is highly unlikely that he ever sought out working girls, especially after her death.
Arthur quit sleeping with working girls after Eliza. Charles, Lenny, Micah, Sean, Mr. Pearson, the Reverend, Trelawny (Who is happily married) and Kieran were not in the gang when Abigail arrived.
Like I said, the fact that people are taking a throwaway bitchy comment as canon is a little frustrating, especially since most haven’t played the game. I get not everyone likes Abigail and that’s okay, but at least realize that she’s more than just a former working girl.