Abbe-Abbey Genealogy; CT Donated by Gregg Watts-- Xanthine Design Source: Copyright Descendants Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co.. All rights reserved. *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm *********************************************** Abbe-Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe And His New Haven, Connecticutt Published 1916 First Generation 1. John Abbe, born in England about 1613; died in Salem, Mass., about 1689-90. The place of birth of John Abbe, the founder of the American Abbe and Abbey families, is unknown, but every indication points to one of the interior and central counties of England as the home of the ancestors of the emigrant. It is not improbable that he was connected with the Abbye family of Staverton, Northampton. The parish registers of Stoke Bruerne, Northampton, show that there were many marriages of Abbyes recorded there during the 16th and 17th centuries. John Abbe, from the age given approximately at his death, was born about 1613. The first mention which seems to be of this John Abbe is on a register of the names Òof all ye passengers wch passed from ye Porte of London for a whole yeare endinge at Xmas 1635 - Those underwritten are to be transported to Virginia imbarqued in ye Mercht bonaventure James Ricrofte Mr bound thither have taken ye oath of allegeance - Jo: Abby yeares 22 Although this statement says bound for Virginia, it is a well-known fact that many of the early ships destined for Virginia landed many or all of their passengers at other ports, even in New England, and records of the name John Abbe begin in New England about that time. The above Jo: Abby does not appear in the records of Virginia, nor in the Head Rights for lower Norfolk from 1637 to 1666. The abbreviation Jo: sometimes stood for Joseph, but there are proven instances where it was used for John. The first reference to the name in the Salem records is on page 11, volume 1, in 1637, or, according to the old method of marking time, 2d of the 11th month, 1636. John Abbie is Recd. ffer Inhabitant & is to haue one acre lott for a house next beyond the Gunsmiths, and 3 acres of planting ground where the Towne hath appointed beyond Castle Hill. There has existed some confusion regarding the various freemen of the name Abbey and Alby. Benjamin Albye was admitted freeman, May 18, 1642, and John Albye in Salem, May 10, 1643. These were, without doubt, the two Albys, John and Benjamin, mentioned in the early records of Braintree about this time. Benjamin Alby removed to Mendon and had numerous descendants, whose names occasionally appear in printed records as Abbey. John Abbey, sen., of Redding, freeman in 1634, may have been an Alby. On the 21st, 11th month, 1638, John Abby had a further grant of five acres, location not specified, but, as on the 15th, 2nd month, 1639, this record occurs, Granted unto John Abby 5 acres neere to Mr Throgmortons hoggehouse, it may be that the first was the grant and the second the location. Under date of the 25th, 10th month, 1637, it was agreed the marsh and meadow lands that have formerly been laid in common to this town shall be appropriated to the inhabitants of Salem, proportioned out to them according to the heads of families. To these that have the greatest number an acre thereof, and to these that have least not above half an acre, and to these that are between both three quarters of an acre, always provided and it is agreed, that none shall sell away their proportions of meadow, more or less, nor lease them out to any above three years, unless they sell or lease out their houses with their meadow. Under the above division a list of the inhabitants was taken, and the land divided. Jo. Abby is named in 1638 as having three in his family, and he receives half an acre. On the 23d, 11th, 1642, ten acres are granted to John Abby together with several other ten-acre grants, all to be laid out near to Kings lot. This was on the Beverly side near Bass River, and on the 15th of the 12th month, 1642, it is voted Òordered that John Abby shall have 10 acres of land at Enon in exchange of 10 acres of land bounded out near Basse River. The lot near Bass River was afterward granted to Michael Sallows. The record of the grants to Abbey show that he was of the same standing in the community as the great majority of the early inhabitants. The grants were in a great measure made with an eye as to the ability of the grantee to develop the land so granted, small grants to the poorer and the larger grants to the richer sort. In 1642, Mr. Fiske organized a church at Enon and the following year the name Enon was changed to Wenham, while a permanent church organization was effected in 1644. In 1644, under the date of the 13th, 6th month, it was agreed that John Abby shall have all that wastground which lyeth between ye end of ye lott which he lives upon and ye meadow which blelongs to ye town, leaving a poles bredth most convenient for a way. (Wenham town records, Worcester.) Under the date of 1653 is a list of engagements with Goodman Haws about the mill, and John Aby gives a day and a half of his labor toward its erection, and others contributed in a like manner, some also giving the use of oxen. Mr. Fiske left the town in 1655 followed by a number of the church, and in 1657 Mr Newman was procured as pastor. Under date of November, 1657, in a total rate of £42, 19, divided among twenty- four persons, of whom five paid a total of £14, John Abey is assessed £1, 5, which was about the sum paid by eleven others, but two being less. In 1659, twenty-seven pay a rate of £46, 2, of whom sixteen pay £1 or a trifle over. Of these John Abey pays £1, 5, as before, in corne or cattle. In 1660 he was assessed as Goodman Abey at eight shillings toward a new meeting house or repairing the old one. The new house was built in 1663. Under date of 6th, 11 month, 1661, John Abbey, Sr., and Edward Waldron had a town grant of land to be equally divided between them. The use of the title Senior at this time helps to place the birth of the son John. In 1663 Goodman Abey, Sr., and John Clarke are chosen to join with the selectmen to make the ministers rate for the present year. In 1669 and in 1671 John Abbey appears as constable, an office of great local power and responsibility. April 3, 1675, John Abbe deeded 10 acres of land to his son Samuel, Thomas, John and Mary Abbe, being witnesses. John Abbe, sen., was a witness to the will of Edwd Walden of Salem, 4th month, 1679. In 1683, John Abbey, who had been supporting his son Thomas, who lived with him and cared for him, dismissed Thomas on account of his bad behavior and called his son John, junior, to take charge of him and his affairs. The son, John, proceeded early to build a new house, as the old one was unfit to live in. Know all men By these prsents that I John Abbey (Scnjr.) of Wenham in the County of Essex being sensible of my owne & my wives inability to Carry on my affaires So as to provide for our Comfortable Livelyhood by reason of our age & weakness of Body Attending vs by reason thereof Doe make Choice of & Request my son John Abbey as my ffeiofe in trust to take into his hands my house & all my Lands in Wenham together wth wt right I have in that Land which was sometime Richard Gooldsmiths. to ocquipie & improue for myn & his muttuall Benifit So long as my wife & I or eyther of us shall live: & for his incouriagment to maniage my affaires as abovesaid & he provide Comfortably for my owne & my wives maintenance I doe hereby Give and Bequeath to him my afforesaid ffeiofe all my houses & Lands fforeuer Except wt I doe hereby Give out of it to the rest of my Childrin viz Samuell Sarah Marah Rebeca Obadia & Thomas & to each of them as followeth viz to Samuell I haveing alridy Given him a Lell of Land I give him one Shilling more & to all the rest of my Childrin above mentioned viz Sarah Marah Rebeca Obadia & Thomas two Shillings a peice or to so many of them as shall sirviv at the deacease of my selfe & wife: & in Case God shall take awaye my Son John abovesaid before the Decease of my selfe & wife if his Heires Shall Continue to maniage & Carry on my affaires as my abovesaid ffeioffe ought to doe then they Shall have the houses & Lands abovesaid as therin ordvard & in Confirmation of what is above written I have here vnto set to my hand & Seale Signed Seald & Deliverd August the 3 1683 in the presence of Thos ffiske Senjr: John Abbey Senjr martha ffiske his marke John Abbey Senjr ded acknowledg this writing above written to be his act & deed August ye 3d: 1683 before me Samuel Appeton Assistant. On the outside of the above document is the inscription: John Abbey's Disposale of his Estate 1653 Record In Ips in ye Regr office for ye probate of Will for sd County of Essex Decr 1702 p mee Danl Rogers Regr Administration on the Estate of John Abbey senjr of Wenham. John Appleton Esqr. Comissionated by his Excellency Joseph Dudley Capt. Generll and Governr in Cheif in & over her Majess Province of ye Massachtt Bay in New England, with the advice and Consent of her Majestes Counsell of said province for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of adminstro. Within the said County of Essex &c. To Thomas Abbey of Enfield in ye County of Hampshire son to John Abbey senjr of Wenham-Deceased Intestate-Greeting-Trusting in yr Care and ffidelity I doe by These presents Comitt unto you full power to administer all & singular the Goods, Chattells, Rights & Creditts of the said Deceased & well & ffaithfully dispose of ye same according to law which to him while he Lived & att ye time of his Death did appeartain & belong, to aske sue for demand Levy Receive & Recover and to pay all Debts in which the Deceasd stood bound so farr as his Goods Chattells Rights & Creditts Can extend according to the value thereof, and to make a true & prfect Inventory of all & singular the Goods Chattells Rights and Creditts of the Deceasd and to Exhibit the same into the Registry office of ye sd County att or before the Last Day of ffebruary next Ensueing, and to render a plain & true accott of ye said adminjo upon Oath att or before ye Twentieth Day of Decembr which Will bee in ye year of or Lord God One Thousand Seven hundd & Three-and I doe by These prsents Ordaine Constitute and appoint you administratoer of all & singular the Goods Chattells Rights & Creditts of ye Deceasd aforesd.-In Testimony Whereof I have herunto Sett my hand & caused the Seale of said office to be affixed-Dated in Ipswich the 12th Day of Decembr anno. 1702. Annoq. R: Reginae Annae Angliae &c primo. Examd-11 John Appleton. Daniel Rogers Regr. Recorded Book 307, Page 456. Essex Probate Office. Know All men by these presents, That We Thomas Abbey of Enfield in ye County of hampshire as principle and Waltar ffairfeild Senj & Thomas Edwards both of Wenham as sureties within His Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto John Appleton Esqr Judge of the Probate of Wills and granting Administration within the said County of Essex in the full sum of Two hundred Pounds Currant Money in New England. To be paid unto the said John Appleton Esquire his Successors in the said Office or Assignes. To the true payment whereof. We bind our selves, and each of us, our, and each of our heirs, Executors and Administrators, joyntly and severally for the whole and in the whole firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals. Dated the Eleventh day of Decembr Anno Domini. One thousand 702 Annoque Regni Reginae Annae primo. The condition of this present Obligation is such, That if the above-bounden Thomas Abbey administrator to all & singular the Goods, Chattells, Rights & Credits of his ffather John Abbey Senjr Late of Wenham Deceased to make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattells, Rights and Credits of the said Deceased, which have or shall come to the hands and possession or knowledge of him the said administrator or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him. And the same so made, do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the aforesaid County of Essex at or before the Last day of ffebruary next ensuing. And the same Goods, Chattells, Rights and Credits of the said Deceased, at the time of Death, which at any time after shall come into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly administer according to Law. And further do make, or cause to be made a just and true Accompt of his said Administration upon Oath, at or before the Twentieth day of Decembr which will be in the year of our Lord, One thousand 703. And all the rest & residue of the said Goods, Chattells, Rights & Credits which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrators Accompt (the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge or Judges for the time being of Probate of Wills and granting Administrations within the County of Essex aforesaid) shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to Law shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear, That any last Will and Testament was made by the said Deceased: And the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit the same into the Court of Probate for the said County of Essex making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly. If the said administrator within bounden being thereunto required do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (Approbation of such Testament being first had and made) unto the said Court. Then the before written obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to abide and remain in full force and virtue. Thomas TA Abbey (mark & seal) Walter fayerfield (seal) Thomas O Edward (seal) Sealed and Delivered in presence of francis Crumpton Daniel Rogers. This Inventory of the Estate of John Abee Senor formerly of Wenham decesed about thirten yere since Intestate we whos names are her vnto subscribed on this twentey-fovrth of febuary in the yere of our lord 17 did at the Request of thomas Abee one of the sons of the decesed and Administrator of his fathers estat or by his order vallew and aprise the said decesed his house and land in Wenham on which to our certain knowleg he lived for many yers and dyed seased of the same as his owne Estat of Inheritance as we ever understod we being his nere neighbors for many yers the sayd decesed his homsted being about twenty and three acers of vpland and medow together with the housing and fences ther on the apertenances ther onto belonging together with his Right in the Comon all which we vallewed at ninety and two pounds £92-s00-d00. We also being Informed that the sayd decesed in his lifetime did to acomodate his son Obadiah acording to his desire with a trad for his futer benifett when the sayd Obadiah was eighten yers old give to Richard Goldsmith three yers sarvit of his said son Obadiah and vntill he was one and twentey yers ould to learne him to be a shoemaker and all the sayd time his sayd father did find his sayd son meat and drink and Clothes washing and Lodging which we doe Judg to be worth thirtey pounds. the acount was settled betwen thomas Abee and his fathers Estat by the Children of the sayd decesed in our presents as witness our hands this 24 of the 12th month 1703/2 Richard RH Hutton ( his mark) Joseph ffowler Aprisers. the estate debtor to his sonn thomas Abee for severall things for which our said father John Abee Senor was Indebted to his son thomas Abee before the death of our sayd father John abee Senor the acount whereof was settled and alowed by vse vnderwritten which debt is thirtey and two pounds £32--s00-d00. as wittnes our hands this 24th febuerary 1702/3 Richard kimball for himself & Rebecc his wife (his mark) mary killam (her mark) Thomas Abbe (his mark) May 18th 1703 Then ye above sd Thomas Abbe made oath to this Inventory Before John Appleton John Abbe married (1) MARY -. She was born in England about 161520, and died in Wenham, Mass., September 6, 1672. "Mary, the wife of John Abbey, senr. dyed the 9 Sept. 1672"; Wenham records. She was doubtless the mother of all of his children. Her name is given as Mary Loring, by Frederick Orr Woodruff, who says that the name was found on Enfield records by one who made researches for him there. John Abbe married (2) November 25, 1674, MRS. MARY GOLDSMITH, widow of Richard Goldsmith, who was killed by lightning, May 18, 1674. She was living in 1683. "John Abbie and Marah Goldsmith maryed 25 of Novemb, 1674"; Wenham records. Children, probably all by first wife 2 John Abbe, b. probably in Salem, 1636 or 7; m. twice. 3 Samuel Abbe; m. Mary Knowlton. Sarah Abbe. Marah Abbe; m. Killam. 4 Rebecca Abbe; m. Richard Kimball. 5 Obadiah Abbe; m. Sarah Tibbals. 6 Thomas Abbe; m. Sarah Fairfield. SECOND GENERATION 2. JOHN2 ABBE, son of John1 and Mary ( ) Abbe, born in 1636 or 1637, probably in Salem, Mass., died suddenly, December 11, 1700, in Windham, Conn. As early as 1663, he was one of three to oversee the Town's Common and to resist encroachments on the timber. He may be the John Abbe who was constable in 1669. He is first described as a yeoman of Wenham, and was admitted to freedom by the court at Boston, May 11, 1670. In a document of 1683, his father designated him as the heir to his estate in Wenham upon the condition of his caring for his father and mother in their old age. He apparently resided upon this estate until about 1696. The following items from the inventory of Robert Macklaflin of Wenham, September 19, 1690, doubtless refer to this John Abbe: To Jno. Abbe for nursing-£1 To Jno. Abbe more for tending the swine for fatting-s16-d3 To John Abbe due for worke to save the corne & thresh the ry & killing the swine & carrying them to Salem & about fencing, £1-s18-d6. March 9, 1694-5, he sold to Francis Wainwright a house and lands in Wenham, 50 acres in all; and in the following year, February 21, he had a. deed of the same property back from Wainwright. In 1696 he disposed of his property in Wenham and purchased of Lieutenant Exercise Conant, July 13, 1696, for £70, silver money, home lot number 7, at Windham Centre, with the 1000 acre right belonging, dwelling house, etc. May 23, 1895, Jo. Abbey was a witness to a deed of Exercise and Sarah Conant of Beverly (Essex Deeds, Volume 2, page 101). He sold his farm in Wenham, 30 acres with buildings, to Nathaniel Wainwright, October 19, 1696, for £130. He probably soon after removed to Windham, Conn., for on December 9, 1696, he was admitted a freeman of that town as John Abbe, Senr, of Windham. He and his wife, Hannah, were dismissed from the Wenham Church to that of Windham by a letter of October 28, 1700, and were both original members of the first church in Windham at its organization, December 10, 1700. Wenham Oct. 29th, 1700. Revrd: Sr. Yours I received of 22d instant: in behalfe & att the request of our beloved Brethren, John Abbee & Robert Hibberd both members in full communion & good state with the church of Christ att Wenham, signifying their desires off Letters of dimission from sd church, in order (the Lord favouring) to join with others, in gathering & erecting a church att Windham & to call and ordain an officer to adminster the holy things of ChristÕs Kingdom unto them, which their desires, have accordingly been propounded to sd church, & readily complied withall: & to sd good worke have voted their dimission. As also we have dimissed their wives Hannah Abbe & Mary Hibberd unto such church when erected: & also all their children as iff named to your watch & discipline: And we here signify our rejoicing, that the Lord hath been pleased to make way for your Comtortable settlement in church order, according to the rules of the gospell: the elders & messengers of Neighhor churches yielding their approbation thereto, & accepting you as a sister church with them: bound up in the bond of thatt holy ffellowship, which ought to according to gospel rules observed between the true churches of the Lord Jesus Christ: We comend you with your pious & christian design, to the Guidance & conduct of the blessed & effectunly quickening spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, praying he would be with you in that weighty work: helping you to build up & to be further built up in the Kingdom of his grace here, being preserved blameless & brought to his Kingdom of Glory hereafter: The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all; Amen. Yours in the Lord, Joseph Gerrish, pastor, with Consent off the Brethren of the church of Christ at Wenham. Documents pertaining to the settlement of the estate of John Abbe are found in the Probate Office at Hartford, Volume 6, page 17; Volume 7, page 27. Hannah the Relict of John Abby late of Windham deceasd presented this Court with a paper called the Last Will of her husband. But the Court not being Sattisfied there- with doe defer the matter to some other time and order that the witnesses be present att the Probation of the said Will. She also did Exhibit an Inventory of his Estate and made Oath that She truely presented the Estate to the apprizers. September 4, 1701. Hannah the Relict of John Abby late of Windham deceasd presenting to this Court an Explanation of the Last Will of the said Abby the persons that were witnesses to the said Will which was given upon Oath, The Court having considered the will with the explanation thereof doe so cause to accept it as the Last Will of the said Abby deceasd-(The widow was appointed administrator, giving a bond of £50). Windham the 10th of December l700. The Will of John Abby. That his wife should enjoy the house and Homestead and the meadows that are already laid out, with the moveables dureing her life, and to dispose of it to them of her children as shee shall see cause. And the rest of the unlaid out land to be divided amongst his children and not to be sold away from my family not any of the Lands and the thirty acres adjoyning to Goodman Binghams and Goodman Larrabees Land to be at my wives dispose and to give deed and to make sale of according to Law. Witness our hands. Robert Hebard senior and John Reed senior, both of the Same Town. Windham Aprill 8th 1702. The said Robert Hebard and John Reed gave oath that they were present when John Abbey that is deceased did give this direction to make his will as is above written, and when it was read to him he said, just so he would have it, and that they did judge him to be in a disposing frame, and right understanding of mind. Before mee Joshua Ripley Justice Wee Robert Hebard and John Reed being Witnesses to the Last Will of John Abby of Windham do Testifie, That whereas 'tis said in the Will, the Lands and meadows that are already laid out shall be at his wives dispose to give to them of her children as Shee shall soe cause-That they did understand it and are fully persuaded said Abbey did mean the Children she had by him-and further that the Intailment extend no further than to the Lands that are yett to be laid out to the best of their Judgment-Taken upon Oath in Windham November 6th 1701. Before mee Joshua Ripley Justice. An Inventory of the Estate of John Abbey of Windham, who deceased December, 1700. vallned as money by us the subscribers vizt to- Imps his wearing apparell at £1-18-00 2 small beds and coverlids, sheets, in the Little room02-0000 a feather bed and the furniture in the great room06-00-00 Table linnen 7s Iron pott, Iron kettle & frying pan 20s 0107- 00 Iron pott, tramell & tongs 11s box Iron heaters and hamer 5s 00-16-00 a sith & tackling 2 augurs and an axx 12s 2 sickils cart boxes & hoops 01-10-00 horse harness & chaines, 4 howes and a pitchfork00-13-00 a plow & Irons, 2 beetle rings & wedges & plow cops (?) 00- 14-06 a drawing knife & staple for a yoak 3s/6d pewter dishes 22s/9d 01-06-03 morter & Iron pestle & 2 bells 9s/6d, tubs, beer barrels, pails, dishes, spoons 01-16-06 2 tables, a chest, box, chairs and spinning wheels01-05-00 His House, homelott and part of his first division30-00-00 pasture lott 10£ 4 acres meadow at Nachaug 4£ 14-00-00 6 acres of Land of the 10 acre division 03-00-00 30 acres of Land between the Lines 07-00-00 the 100 acre Lott 10£ the unlaid out Land 15£ 25-00-00 2 steers 5£ 2 cows 6£ one heiferr 50s 2 young creatures 5Os 16-00-00 one horse, saddle, bridle and pillion 25s a warming pan 6s 01-11-00 Gun, a mould and ammunition 01-02-00 two bibles and other books 10s swine 24s 01-14-00 Totall is 118-13-03 This Inventory was Taken by us Joshun Ripley, Jonathan Crane. The said Estate is Indebted about £14-3-2. September 4, l701. John2 Abbe married (1) -. Isaac Goodale, who was perhaps the son of Isaac and Patience Goodale, called John Abbe his uncle, so this first wife may bave been a. Goodale. There were also intermarriages between the Killams and Goodales. Married (2) HANNAH -. She was a widow with children at the time of her marriage to John Abbe. She was perhaps Hannah Goldsmith, widow of Richard Goldsmith of Wenham. She married (2) in Windham, November 16, 1703, Jonathan Jennings, sr., of Windham, and died March 8, 1724. On June 16, 1710, Hannah, relict of John Abbe, deceased, divided property to Mary, Abigail, Obadiah, and five children under age. (Windham Deeds, Liber D.) One of the provisions was "moved by the love and affection I bore to my beautifull daughter, Mary Abbe." Children by first wife, births recorded in Wenham, Mass. John (1) Abbe, b. May 5, 1665; d. May 15, 1665. "John, the son ofJohn abye, born 5 May, 1665. John, the son of John Abey, died the 15th of May, 1665," (Wenham Records). John (2) Abbe, b. Dec. 15, 1666; probably d. young. "John, the son of John Abbie, borne the 15th of December, 1666" (Wenham Records). Thomas Abbe, b. Dec. 5 (or Nov. 4), 1667; probably d. young. Thomas, son of John Abbey, b. the 5, 12 mo., 1667" (Wenham Records). 7 Joseph Abbe, b. Aug. 13 (or 18), 1673; m. Abigail Severance. 8 Obadiah Abbe, b. about 1675; m. Elizabeth Wilkinson. Abigail Abbe, b. about 1677 ; m. March 18, 1701, Daniel Sabin of Windham, Conn. Child: Sarah, b. March 27, 1703, recorded in Windham; d. May 3, 1737; m. in Windham, May 12, 1724, Israel Robinson and had children: Elisha, b. Feb. 25, 1725; Daniel, b. Jan. 18, 1733; Eliezer, b. July 8, 1734, and Abigail, b. Feb. 22, 1731. Children by second wife, births recorded in Windham, Conn., but all but last probably born in Wenham, Mass. 9 Richard Abbe, b. Feb. 9, 1682-3; m. Mary Jennings. 10 Mary Abbe, b. Sept. 16, 1684; m. James Pease. Mercy Abbe, b. March 5, 1689; d. Dec. 5, 1771; m. in Windhnm, Dec. 11, 1734, as his third wife, Nathaniel Flint of Windham, who d. June 3, l766. He m. (1) Sarah Martin, (2) Mary Davis, but had children by the first wife only. 1l John (3) Abbe, b. Apri1 20,1691; m. (1) Mary Bingham, (2) Mary Palmer, (3) Abigail (Cary) Ripley, (4) Mrs. Sarah Dodge. 12 Hannah Abbe, b. Aug. 13, 1693; m. Thomas Welch. 13 Lydia Abbe, b. May 21, 1896; m. Benjamin Bidlack. Sarah Abbe, b. March 11, 1699, in Windham; m. John Welch of Windham, April 11, l729. They sold land to Richard Abbe, Nov. 14, 1728, were then of Plainfield. Marriage recorded in Plainfield, Conn., as are the following records of the family. Children: i. Hannah, b. Dec. 11, 1730; ii. John, b. June 12, 1732; m. Sarah -, and had children: Eunice, b. Sept. 4, 1760, and Rufus, b. April 2, 1766. 3. SAMUEL2 ABBE, son of John1 Abbe, born probably at Wenham, Mass., about 1646, or soon after his father's settlement there; died in Windham, Conn., March, 1697-8. His name first appears in the Wenham records at the time of his marriage. "Samuel Abby and Mary Knowlton maryed the 12th October 1672." He received a grant of ten acres of land in Wenham, and land to set his house upon, from his father, John Abbey, and wife, Mary, April 3, 1675, his brethren to have the refusal of the place if he should sell (Essex Deeds, 15:150). Samuel and his wife, Mary, were communicants of the church in Wenham in 1674. He was a land surveyor in 1676 and appears upon the town records as a husbandman, made freeman, October 3, 1680 (Massachusetts Records, 5:540). He was named in his father's will, 1683. A map of Salem dwellings in 1692, published in Volume I of Upham's Salem Witchcraft, shows the location of Samuel Abbey's house, number 114 on a plot in the south-west part, east of Bald Hill, within the 500 acres laid out to Robert Goodell in 1652 and its subsequent additions. On November 1, 1682, Samuel Abbey bought of Lott Killam and wife, Hannah, of Salem, he being then of Wenham, 6 acres in Salem on Norrice's Brook (12:112), and also bought of James Stimpson and wife, Priscilla, who had been the widow of Isaac Goodell, at the same place, some land in 1684 (2:113). On April 3, 1697, he and his wife, Mary, sold those lands described as a dwelling house, two orchards, and seventeen acres in Salem, bounding Anthony Needham, John Walcott, Isaac Goodale, Samuel Goodale, Abraham Smith, Abel Gardner, Joseph Flint, and also six acres on Norrice's Brook, and two acres bought of James Stimpson, to Zachariah White of Lynn, all for £130 (12:147). The above James Stimpson was of Reading and had married the widow of the elder Issac Goodell. At the time of Goodell's death in 1680, the widow was administratrix and Samuel Abbey was one of her sureties. He was then probably of Salem or possibly Topsfield. He was admitted freeman of Salem Village, March 22, 1689-90. He and his wife were dismissed from the Salem Church September 15, 1689, to unite in forming one at Salem Village; the date of its formation being November 15, 1689. Salem Village is now Danvers. On July 1, 1690, he was taxed at Salem Village, and again, January 18, 1694-5, he and his son were taxed there. Samuel Abbey of Salem bought of Benjamin Howard of Windham, Conn., for £22. 10s. current money, half an allotment of land (500 acres), being number 2 at the Center, at or near the locality known later as Bricktop. He probably removed to Windham about that time as he was admitted an inhabitant of that town December 21, 1697, and died there March of the following year. His estate was settled in 1699. The inventory, taken May 9, 1698, gives as legatees, the following: wife, Mary; daughter, Mary, aged 25; son, Samuel, aged 23; son, Thomas, aged 20; Eleazer, aged 16 (the land records prove that this is a mistake for Elizabeth); Ebenezer, aged 16; Mercy, aged 14; Sarah, aged 13; Hepsibah, aged 10; Abigail, aged 8; John, aged 7; Benjamin, aged 6; Jonathan, aged 2. One record says he left a son, Eleazer, and a daughter, Abigail, each 8 years old at his death. This is doubtless an attempt to rectify the error noted above. Samuel Abbe was living in Salem during the days of witchcraft and was one of those opposed to its fanaticisms. One Rebecca Nourse, on trial as a witch, produced a paper signed by several "respectable inhabitants" of Salem, among whom was Samuel Abbe. This document as to her good character caused her to be set at liberty but the sentence was later changed for some reason and she was put to death as a witch. Only a few years ago a monument to her memory was erected by her descendants. Samuel Abbey testifies as to Mercy Lewis, May 20, 1692, she being at the house of her neighbor, John Putnam, jr., and accused of witchcraft. Samuel Abbe and his wife, Mary, were witnesses in a witch trial in Salem in 1692 against Sarah Snow, a woman of vicious temper who had lived in their home for a time but was dismissed on account of her disagreeable ways. She vowed vengeance upon them and when several of their cows and hogs were taken sick, the blame was laid to her as a witch. The following are taken from Records of Salem Witchcraft, copied from the original documents, Volume 1, pages 24 and 25. Samuel Abbey Et ux vs. Sarah Good Samuel Abbey of Salem Village aged 45 years or thereabouts and Mary Abbey his wife aged 38 years or thereabouts, Deposeth and saith. That about this Time Three Years past Wm Good and his wife Sarah Good being destitute of a house to dwell in these Deponents out of Charity; they being Poor lett them live in theirs some time untill that the said Sarah Good was of so Turbulant a Sperritt, Spitefull and so Mallitiously bent, that these Deponents could not suffer her to Live in their howse any Longer and was forced for Quiettness sake to turne she ye said Sarah with her husband out of their howse ever since, which is about two years 1/2 agone, the said Sarah Good hath carried it very Spitefully and Mallitiously, towards them, the winter following after the said Sarah was gone from our house we began to Loose Cattle and Lost several after an vnvsall manner, in a drupeing condition (sic) Condition and yett they would Eate: and your Deponents have Lost after that manner 17 head of Cattle within this two years besides Sheep and Hoggs, and both doe believe they Dyed by witchcraft, the said William Good on the last of May was twelve months went home to his wife the sd Sarah Good and told her, what a sad Accident had fallen out, she asked what, he answered that his neighbovr Abbey had lost two Cowes, both dyeing within halfe an hower of one another, the sd Sarah good said she did not care if he the said Abbey had Lost all the Cattle he had as ye said Jno Good told vs. Just that very Day that the said Sarah Good was taken up, we yr Deponents had a Cow that could not rise alone, but since presently after she was taken up, the said Cow was well and could rise so well as if she had ailed nothing. She the said Sarah good ever since these Deponents turned her out of their howse she hath behaved herselfe very crossely and mallitiously to them and their Children calling their Children vile names and hath threatened them often. Jurnt in Curio. Warrant for Sarah Good was given at Salem, February 29, 1691-2, in response to complaints of Sarah Vibber, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Hubbard, Ann Putnam, and Jno. Vibber. Among the many depositions in witness to her malign practices were those of Samuel Abbey and wife. Records of Salem Witchcraft, copied from the original documents, Vol. 2, pp. 41-2, old series. Samuel Abby v. Mary Easty The Deposition of Samuel Abby aged about 45 years who testifieth and saith that on the 2Oth of May 1692 I went to the house of Constable Jno putnam about 9 a clock in the morning and when J came there: Mircy lewes lay on the bed in a sad condition and continuing speachless for about an hour: the man not being at whom: the woman desired me to goe to Tho: putnams to bring Ann putnam to se if she could se who it was that hurt Mercy lewes: accordingly J went: and found Abigail williams along with Ann putnam and brought them both to se mercy lewes: and as they ware a goeing along the way both of them said that they saw the Apperishtion of Goody Estick and said it was the same woman that was sent whom the other day: and said also that they saw the Apperishtion of the other woman that appered with gooddy Estick the Other day, and both of them allso said that the Apperishtion of gooddy Estick tould them that now she was afflecting of mircy lewes and when they came to Mircy lewes both of them said that they saw the Apperishtion of gooddy Estick and Jno willard and Mary witheridge afflecting the body of mircy lewes: and J continueing along with mircy who contineued in a sad condition the greatest part of the day being in such tortors as no toungue can express; but not able to spake: but at last said Deare lord Received my soule and againe said lord let them not kill me quitt, but at last she came to hir self for a little whille and was very sensable and then she said that goody estick said she would kill hir before midnight because she did not cleare hir so as the Rest did, then againe presently she fell very bad and cried out pray for the salvation of my soule for they will kill me. Jurat in Curia Sepr 9th 92. Inventory of the Estate of Samuell Abby late of Windham who deed in March 1697, apprized and ordered to be recorded. Administration granted unto Abra. Mitchell who hath married Mary the Relict of the said Abby. July 5,1699. (Hartford Probate Office, Volume 6, page 93.) An inventory of the Estate of Samuell Abby late of Windham deed as mony. His wearing Cloths £2 a feathr bed bolster 2 pillows wth beirs £3 £05-00-00 a bedsted curtaines wth a rug and blanket £02-10-d00 3 pr Cotten and lining sheets 02-10-11 more beds wth 2 coverlids & blankets 02-00-00 2 pillow beires 3 pr lining sheets 02-00-00 3 table cloths 2 doz napkins £2 10s a great Iron pott 20s 03- 10-10 a little Iron pott 10s/2 iron kettles 10s/ tramell pot hooks and tongs 15s 01-15-00 pewter and earthen ware 22s/ a frying pan 5s 01-07-00 dishes spoons and trenchers 5s/ box and irons 6s00-11-00 chest, box, tubs, and payles 20s/ a gun 15s/ 3 knives 3s 0118- 00 two axes 10s/ hoes 6s/ beetle, rings and wedges 10s01-06-00 two pitchforks wth 3 hooks and old Iron 00-05-00 Horse tackling, cart, wheels, boxes, & hoops 02-05-00 a plough and Irons 6s/ an old spade shovell & mattock 3s 00- 09-00 a syth and tackling 6s/ 2 horses & a mare wth bridle & sadle 05-12-00 a little quantity of wool wth Old bags 6s 00-06-00 Lands £25-00-00/ two Swine 12s 25-12-00 £58-08-00 This Inventory taken May the 9th 1698 Pr us Joseph Cary Jeremiah Ripley Townsmen. (Hartford Probate Office, Volume 6, pages 125, 126.) Mary the Relict appeared in Windham the 2d of May 1699 and gave oath that she had made presentmen of the estate of her decd husband, and if more comes to her knowledge she will cause it to be added to the Inventory, before me Willm Pitkin, Assistant. Debts due from the estate is £5- 0-0 Cash Debts due to the estate is £l-10-0 Cash The children's names and age. Mary 25 years Samll 23 Thomas 20 Eleazr 18 Ebenezr 16 Mary 14 Sarah 13 Hipzibah 10 Abigaile 8 John 7 Benj 6 and Jonathan 2 years of age. (The names appear as here given but it is apparent that Eleazr is a mistake of the copyist for Elizabeth and that the second Mary should be Mercy.) Samuel2 Abbe married in Wenham, Mass., October 12, 1672, MARY KNOWLTON, born 1653, daughter of William and Elizabeth ( ) Knowlton. She married (2), April 27, 1699, Abraham Mitchell and had by him a son, Daniel, who was born and died December 10, 1700. Mary Mitchell, formerly Mary Abby, was dismissed from the Salem Village Church to Windham, Conn., September 14, 1701. The following notes are from the Knowlton Ancestry," compiled by Rev, C, H, W. Stocking of Freehold, N, J., published 1897: The name Knowlton reaches back traditionally to the time of William the Conqueror, 1066-87. Richard Knowlton was born 1553, probably at Knowlton Manor, which is situated about six miles from the great cathedral at Canterbury, Kent County, England. He married, July 17, 1577, Elizabeth Cantize. The last of their four children was William, commonly called Captain William, born 1584, married Ann Elizabeth Smith. They had six children, two of whom died young. Captain William with his remaining family sailed for America about 1632. He died on the passage and was probably buried at Nova Scotia, as an ancient grave- stone bearing the name of William Knowlton, 1632, was discovered there by a land-surveyor in 1839. The family appear to have moved to Massachusetts the next year, probably to Hingham, later to Ipswich. William, second son of Captain William, born in England, 1615, was a member of the first church in Ipswich and a freeman, 1641-2. He was a brick-layer by trade, married Elisabeth -, and died l655. The youngest of their seven children was Mary, born 1649, who married Samuel Abbe. Children of Samuel and Mary (KnowIton) Abbe Mary Abbe, b. in Wenham about 1674; probably d. unm. 14 Samuel Abbe, b. in Wenham about 1676; m. Hannah Silsby. Thomas Abbe, b. in Wenham about 1679, bapt. there 1680; d. in Windham, Conn., April 1, 1700; probably not m. In a deed of 1722, William Slate, Jonathan Ormsby, Sarah Abbe, Ebenezer Abbe, Jonathan Abbe, John and Samuel Abbe speak of "our loving brother Thomas Abbe deceased." 15 Elizabeth Abbe, b. in Wenham about 1681; m. William Slate. 16 Ebenezer Abbe, b. July 31, 1683; m. Mary Allen. Mercy Abbe, b. March 1, 1684-5, bapt. in Wenham before 1689; m; in Windham, Conn., June 8, 1703, Jonathan Ormsby of Windham. Child: Ichabod, b. April 15, 1704, recorded in Windham. Sarah Abbe, b. July 4, 1686; m. John Fowler of Lebanon. She was bapt. in Wenham before 1688. 17 Hepsibah Abbe, b. Feb. 14, 1689; m. Samuel Palmer. Abigail Abbe, b. Nov. 19, 1690; May 10, 1710, as recorded at Rehoboth, Mass., Joseph Ormsby of Rehoboth, b. July 8, 1684. 18 John Abbe, b. June 4, 1692; m. Hannah -. 19 Benjamin Abbe, b. June 4, 1694; m. Mary Tryon. 20 Jonathan Abbe, b. about 1696; m. Mary Johnson. 4. REBECCA2 ABBE, daughter of John1 and Mary ( ) Abbe, born probably in Wenham, Mass., about 1647; died June, 1704. She was mentioned in her father's will, 1683, and signed papers regarding the estate, 1702- 3. Married in Wenham, May 13, 1667 (Wenham record), RICHARD KIMBALL, born October 13, 1643, at Watertown, Mass.; died July 30, 1715, at Wenham. He was the son of Henry and Mary (Wyatt) Kimball, removed with his parents to Ipswich, thence to Wenham. He was administrator of his father's estate and in 1715 made a deposition regarding the house of Walter Fairfield, jr., in Ipswich. He married (2), November 20, 1706, Mrs. Ford, a widow of Ipswich. Children Rebecca Kimball, b. Dec. 20, 1668; m. April 12, 1694, James Poland of Ipswich. Mary Kimball, b. June 26, 1674; d. Feb., 1704. Abigail Kimball, b. March 12, 1680. 5. OBADIAH2 ABBEY, son of John1 Abbey, born probably in Wenham, Mass., between 1647 and 1652; died in Enfield, Conn., October 28, 1732. From the inventory of his father's estate we learn that he was apprenticed to Richard Goldsmith to learn his trade of shoemaker, and that he served Goldsmith three years from his eighteenth year. As Goldsmith died in 1673, this places the date of Obadiah's birth approximately. He was an early settler of Enfield on the eighth lot from the south corner, east side, one of the original proprietors in 1682. He seems to have been a prominent and influential man of the community, was constable between 1682 and 1717, surveyor of highways in 1692, assessor in 1702. In 1685 he was engaged in a law suit with Isaac Meacham. At Northampton is the will of Obadiah Abbey, dated September 22, 1732; probated November 14, 1732. He names as legatees his wife, Sarah, to whom is given maintenance, all household goods and moveables; his cousin (nephew) Thomas, son of his brother Thomas, to whom is given his Scantic lot, and to the former Thomas' son, Obadiah, house and land, with reversion to his youngest son, Thomas, if the said Obadiah should die; to the last-named Thomas, he gives farm lands at the Mountains; his wife's daughter, Phebe Heal; his cousin John Abbey's oldest son, John. His cousin, Thomas Abbey, and Elizabeth Warriner are made executors. This Elizabeth Warriner was presumablv the step-daughter of his wife, who was born in 1686. Obadiah Abbe's holdings in Enfield are described in the Enfield records: Home lot of 12 acres; 23 acres in the South Field, eastern division; 7 acres upon Schantuck River, 5 acres of it upland and 2, meadow; 2 acres of meadow upon a small brook easterly from the "grate meadow"; 4 acres of meadow by grant of March 5, 1700; and on November 17, 171[ ], a farm lying west of Schantuck grate meadow" consisting of 168 acres, some of the boundaries of which were designated as Òwht Oak Tree marked with the letters O A" and a "Pine Tree marked with the letters O A." See also under Thomas2 Abbe, references to Obadiah's property. Obadiah Abbe married in Enfield after 1697, SARAH TIBBALS, born November 29, 1654, daughter of Thomas Tibbals of Milford. Her first husband was Daniel Collins, by whom she had children, and she married second Joseph Warriner of Enfield, who died 1697. Obadiah Abbe had no children, so far as is known. 6. THOMAS2 ABBE, son of John1 and Mary ( ) Abbe, born probably in Wenham, Mass., about 1650 to 1656; died in Enfield, Conn., May 17, 1728. He was a witness to a deed made by his father conveying property to his brother Samuel, March 29, 1675. At first he took care of his parents and lived on the homestead, but about 1683 some complaint was made by his father who then turned him away and had his son John assume the charge of the place for himself and his aged wife. Thomas doubtless went immediately to Enfield, Conn., as he was one of the original proprietors of that town in 1683, with the 11th lot, east side, north of the south corner as his home lot. He at once became one of the prominent men of the settlement and is mentioned frequently on the records of Enfield: selectman in 1686, 1689, 1706, 1707, 1709, 1710; fenceviewer repeatedly; assessor in 1705. He was administrator of his father's estate in 1703, and made his father-inlaw, Walter Fairfield of Wenham, his attorney. There are several documents in the files at Essex pertaining to a law suit arising out of this. The case is that of Thomas Abbey of Enfield vs. Peter Legro of Wenham for trespass and the defendant is allowed to substitute his landlord as the defendant. So the case really is vs. Nathaniel Waldron, who held the lands formerly belonging to John Abbe, senior, and by him given to his son John, who in 1696 sold to Waldron. Some of these papers help prove various relationships and distinctly call Thomas of Enfield the son of the older John of Wenham. Thomas Abbe was active in the military life of the day. He was a soldier in King Philip's War and was wounded at the Great Swamp Fight. He was sergeant in 1711 and lieutenant of the Enfield Trained Band in 1713. Upon the organization of the army for the expedition against Narragansett Fort, Major Samuel Appleton was appointed to the command of the Massachusetts forces and on a list of the soldiers whom the Court, in May, 1676, voted to repay for losses of those who were "damnified" by the burning of Major Appleton's tent at Narragansett, appears the name of Thomas Abbe, £3, s.16. His name is also on the roll of Major Appleton's Company in the Narragansett Campaign. Thomas Abbe's will, made December 12, 1726, probated August 30, 1728, mentions the following: wife Sarah; son Thomas, executor and to inherit the homestead and 57 acres; son John, to inherit land at Scantic Bridge; daughters Sarah Geer and Tabitha Warner to have the cattle. Witnesses were Obadiah Abbee, John Pease, jr., and Joseph Sexton. He styles himself Thomas, senior, a husbandman. The following passages are taken from the records of Enfield: Thomas Abbe is Possessed by Grant and measuring out to Him (viz) a Home lot as it is in page 25 which is 11 acres be it more or less length from the Street westward & ye Common land East bounded North on the Ministers lot South on A lot Called Peletiah Glovers. Also he is possessed of A lot in the west devision in ye south Field it Being 8 acres more or less, it being bounded East on the Country Highway Simeon Booth South, west by the Grate River North with Pease length 80 rods bredth 17. Also another lot in the south Field in the 3d devision it Being 261/2 acres be it more or less Bounded North on the Highway that runneth between the 3d and 2d devision bounded West on Wd Bancroft South by the Highway that runs Between 3d and 4th devision, Wm Simons on the East. Also a lot at schantuck the ends Bounded by the banks The North with Saml Terry, south with John Burroughs it being 2 acres more or less. Also 31/2 acres of meadow Bounded on the sides and west end By upland Easterly end by a Pine Tree, this meadow lyeth upon a Brook called Braud Brook. Another lot lying upon Schantuck River above the saw Mill which land he hath insted of 1/2 an acre of meadow and in stead of Land the Town had for a Highway over Schantuck this land is 7 acres more or less, it being bounded East by the river, west by the upland and by a wht Oak Tree. June 1700 he is possessed of A peace of meadow by Grant of the Town on the 15 of March 1700 and it is measured to Him lying in Freshwater Brook Containing 4 acres more or Less Bounded on Obadiah Abbe west and by the upland south 16 rods North 20. Thomas Abbe senr is possd of a Farm or tract of land lying In the Mountains Near the North East Corner of the Township of Enfield Lying 160 rods in length, and 150 rods in wedth Easterly and westerly and is butted and bounded south East Corner on a Chestnut Tree near A mountain with A Heep of Stones at ye root of sd. Tree, Northeast Corner with A rock and A Heep of Stones upon it with A bush marked by it, North west Corner with a Chestnut and A heep of Stones, The afore sd Land as it is butted and Bounded is 150 Acres be it more or less. Laid out by Tom Jones Town Measurer-June 22d 1723. There is laid out to Thomas Abbe 2 peaces of sd devision Land, the one lying near the old sawmill, and bounds westerly by a Red Oak Tree a path, Southerly and Northerly on Highway or Common Land, Easterly on the sd Abbes own Land this land lyeth for 12 acres more or less being 55 rods in length Easterly and westerly, and 35 rods wide. The other peace or Tract of land lyeth in the East precinct near a sawmill Called Hampshire and is bounded Northerly on Abbes Brook or meadow and runs 100 rods as sd Brook or meadow runs, and 32 rods wide and bounds Southerly on Common land and westerly on A pine Tree marked with the letters T A and Easterly with Timothy Roots meadow, this Peace of land is 20 acres more or less. laid out by Thomas Jones Town Measurer June 11th 1724. Acct of a meeting held Apr. 7, 1684. The Com. met at Enfield. The house lot of Thomas Abbe was next to the ministers. Next on the South Side thereof and adjoining there- to lies the house lot of Thomas Abbe 11 rods in breadth Southward and running in length Eastward as the lot for the ministry doth 160 rods. Next to the lot of Thomas Abbe southward lies the house lot and home lot of Mr Peletiah Glover Jun 12 rods in breadth and runs in length eastward from the street on the west 160 rods. Next was Daniel Collins' lot of 12 rods. Next adjoining to Daniel Collins aforesd on the north lies Southward the home lot of Obadiah Abbe 12 rods in breadth and in length from the Street on the west back eastward 160 rods. Next was John Ferman's lot. April 10, 1683. At a meeting of the Committee for freshwater Plantation is given list of names and amounts of land held. No. 18 Thomas Abbe, 3 acres meadow, 4 fieldland. No. 42 Obadiah Abbe 4 acres meadow, 3 field land. At a meeting of the Committee for Enfield March 8, 1687, John Pease Senr, Isaac Gleason and Thomas Abbe were Selectmen for the following year. Thomas Abbe was also one of the Selectmen chosen May 20, 1689, viewer of fences February 11, 1689. January 7, 1691, it was "ordered also that those persons returned who neglected their days in cutting bushes in August last according to warning, shall make good and perform a days work for the same in cutting bushes on the commons where the selectmen shall appoint them, some time about this full of the moon, in June next or otherwise shall pay 2s/6d which shall be levied upon each person that neglects and hath not done his days work accordingly, by the 24th day of June next the persons that did not work last year, who are unless they pay the fine of 2s/6d to do and perform each of them a days work. At the time afore mentioned are Thomas Hale, Lieut. Meacham, Isaac Meacham Jur, Thomas Geer, Wm Simons, Zachariah Booth, Wm Booth, Thomas Howard, Jonathan Pease, Abraham Pease, John Pease, Simon Rumril, Elisha Kibbe, Isaac Morgan, Jonathan Bush, Ephraim French, Thomas Bishop, Nathaniel Horton, Benjn Jones, Thomas Abbe, Obadiah Abbe, Isaac Gleason, John Bement, Joseph West, Benjn West Samuel Orsborne and that none may escape the penalty in case of neglect, the select men are ordered to return the names of any of the afore sd mentioned persons, under their hands who have not performed their respective days works before the 24th of June next, unto Mr. Pynchon, who is then forthwith to issue out warrants to the Constable for levying two shillings and sixpence on each person then returned defective." at a meeting of the Committee for Enfield Granted to Henry Abell an allotment of 50 acres and homelot 10 or 11 acres and meadow in proportion. To Thomas Abbe 35 acres Meadow 4 acres and a homelot of 11 acres. To Joseph West a homelot of 12 acres of field land 26 acres, and meadow four acres. To Samuel Averill an allotment of 30 acres 10 or 11 acres of home lot and four acres of meadow provided they settle at Enfield by micalstide come two years each one of them or else such grant to be void. July 18th 1683. Present John Pynchon Lieut. Stebbins Dean J. Burt Dean Bn. Parsons Thomas2 Abbe married at Marblehead, Mass., December 16, 1683, SARAH FAIRFIELD, born December 24, 1655, at Reading, Mass; died in Enfield, Conn., November 27, 1742. She was the daughter of Walter and Sarah (Skipper) Fairfield, and had previously been married to Needham. The Wenham records give this record of the marriage, "Thomas Abby and Sarah Fairfield of Wenham were married the 17th day of December, 1683, being lawfully published with the consent of her parents Walter Fairfield, and his witness with Moses Maverick and Elizabeth Fairfield." The marriage is recorded in both Marblehead and Wenham. Walter Fairfield was son of John and Elizabeth ( ) Fairfield, who came to America, in 1638. According to tradition he sprang from the Huguenot Beauchamp family that left France for England shortly before St. Bartholomew's Day. Children 21 Sarah Abbe, b. March 31, 1684; m. Shubael Geer. 22 Thomas Abbe, b. Oct. 30, 1686; m. (1) Mary Pease, (2) Mrs. Rebecca Peirce. Mary Abbe, b. Feb. 4, 1688; d. Oct. 16, 1705, as recorded in the Wenham town records. Many family and published records have wrongly stated that Mary, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, m. James Pease. Her cousin Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1684, daughter of John and Hannah ( ) Abbe, was the one who m. James Pease. The Wenham records read: "Mary, the daughter of Thomas Abbe by Sarah his wife, d. Oct. 15, 1705," and the will of Richard Abbe is further proof. See No. 9. 23 John Abbe, b. Sept. 27, 1692; m. Hannah Boardman. Tabitha Abbe, b. March 29, 1696. She is called Abigail in her father's will, probably through the mistake of the scribe. Married in Enfield, Nov. 19, 1713, John Warner of Enfield, b. March 29, 1896-7. Children, born in Enfield: i. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 11, 1714; ii. John, jr., b. Aug. 28, 1718; iii. Daniel, b. May 25, 1719. Elizabeth Abbe, m. in Enfield, November 28, 1723, Benjamin Bement, b. in Enfield, 1698, son of John Bement. They had a son Benjamin, jr., b. in Enfield, 1724. They later removed to the part of Simsbury now called Granby. THIRD GENERATION 7. JOSEPH3 ABBE, son of John2 and - Abbe, born in Wenham, Mass., August 13 (or 18), 1673; baptized there 1676; died in the winter of 1706-7. He is described as "of Exeter." It is the belief of the compiler that the marriage to Abigail Severance is a second marriage and that Joseph3 Abbe had by a previous marriage had a son Joseph, who was born in 1700 or earlier and lived later in Ipswich, Mass. Probably married (1) -. Child 24 Joseph Abbe; m. Thomasin Baker. Married November (or August) 30, 1705 or 6, ABIGAIL SEVERANCE, born August 29, 1653; died after 1718. She was the daughter of Ephraim and Lydia (Morrill) Severance of Salisbury, Mass. She married (2) December 11, 1707, Philip Greeley of Salisbury, Mass., by whom she had at least one child. Child of Joseph and Abigail (Severance) Abbe 23 Joanna Abbe, b. at Salisbury, Nov. 15 or 16, 1706; m. Jonathan Brown. 8. OBADIAH3 ABBE, son of John2 Abbe, born in Wenham, Mass., about 1675; baptized there 1676. He settled first at Windham, Conn., removed to Ashford after 1718, and was living there in 1737. He was mentioned in the will of his brother Richard in 1737. In 1717 he received a grant of 50 acres from the town of Ashford in return for a payment of 50 shillings to the town. Some of the records given under his son Obadiah have reference to this man. The name is found on various tax lists and petitions referring to Ashford in the Connecticut archives. Married at Malden, Mass., December 26, 1701, ELIZABETH WILKINSON. Children, born in Windham, Conn. Mercy Abbe, b. Oct. 15, 1702. She was bapt. in Mansfield, Conn., Jan. 5, 1724. 26 Obadiah Abbe, jr., b. April 10, 1704; m. Elizabeth -. Elizabeth Abbe, b. April 1, 1706. Hannah Abbe, b. Dec. 5, 1707. She is probably the Hannah Abbe who m. as his third wife, in Killingly, Conn., Nov. 17, 1738, Joseph Symonds, b. June 8, 1689, in Lexington, Mass., son of Joseph and Mary (Tidd) Symonds, and grandson of William and Sarah ( ) Symonds of Killingly, Conn., Chelmsford, Mass., Londonderry, N. H., Ware, and Lexington, Mass. He was a cordwainer, owned land in Londonderry and Killingly, and lived in both places at different times. He was one of the leaders in the settlement of Ware River. By his first wife, Rachel -, he had at least four children, Rachel, Abigail, Benjamin and James. By the second wife, Mary , he had five children, Huldah, John, Joshua, Keziah, and Nathan or Nathaniel. By Hannah Abbe, he had: i. Jotham, b. Sept. 16, 1739, in Killingly, m. Mary -; ii. Hannah, b. Jan. 19, 1740-1, in Killingly; iii. Joel, b. March 6, 1744, in Ware, m. there, Oct. 19, 1765, Patience Hall and had twelve children, the second of whom was John, the great- grandfather of Ernest N. Warner of Madison, Wis., who has family records; iv. Judah, b. Aug. 26, 1746, in Ware, m. (intentions) May 13, 1777, Thankful Ellis; v. Elizabeth, b. July 2, 1748, in Ware, m. in Ware, Nov. 3O, 1765, John Craft; vi. Lucy, b. Aug. 20, 1750, in Ware; vii. Mary, b. April 23, 1752, in Ware, m. Adonijah Montague of Pawlet, Vt. Abigail Abbe, b.Oct. 25, 1709. Ruth Abbe, b. Sept. 15, 1712. In 1768 Ruth Abbe of Willington deeded land to her brother Obadiah of Ashford. Joseph (1) Abbe, b. May 28, 1714; d. Jan. 7, 1717-8. Richard Abbe, b. May 14, 1716; was mentioned in the will of his uncle Richard Abbe, 1737. Richard Abbe of Ashford was m. in Killingly, Nov. 21, 1739, to Hannah Simmons. Joseph (2) Abbe, b. Jan. 16, 1718-9. The wife of Joseph Abbe was a member of the Norwich Church, April 21, 1746. 9. RICHARD3 ABBE, son of John2 and Hannah ( ) Abbe, born in Wenham, Mass. February 9, 1682-3; died in Windham, Conn., July 10, 1737. He was a prominent and respected citizen of Windham, a man of considerable property and held various offices as constable, sheriff, justice of the peace, judge of the county court, and treasurer of the county. He represented Windham in the Legislature from 1726 to 1737 with one year's exception, and was influential in the church. In 1726 it was ordered at a meeting of the justices "that Mr. Richard Abbe's back-room in his dwelling-house shall be a common gaol till the new one be built." In 1727 he opened his stately mansion as an inn for public entertainment and received a license. In 1736 Richard Abbe Esq., of Windham, was one of the subscribers to the Chronological History of New England, by Thomas Prince, M.A., of Boston. At his death, his "books of all sorts" were appraised at £29-18-10. His will, dated June 27, 1737 probated September 5, 1737, makes the following bequests: to wife Mary, one-half his moneys, goods and chattels; to brother Obadiah, land in Ashford where he now dwells, to descend to his son Richard, reserving the use of one-third part to Elizabeth, wife of said Obadiah, and if said Richard should die before his father or mother not having lawful heirs, the land should descend "to the heirs of my Cozon Obadiah Abbe of Willington"; to Reverend Mr. Clap, minister of the first church in Windham, £5; to the church, £20. The residue was to be divided into six parts and shared among the following: "my sister Abigail ye wife of Daniel Sabins who is my sister of ye half blood and Johanah Brown ye wife of Jonathan Brown who is ye daughter of my Brother Joseph Abbe deceased who was of ye half blood; ye other five parts to be equally divided to my sister Mary ye wife of James Pease, Mercy ye wife of Nathaniel Flint, Hanah ye wife of Thomas Welch, Lydia ye wife of Benjamin Bidlack, and Sarah ye wife of John Welch who are my sisters of ye whole Blood.Ó To Brother John Abbe of Windham, lands and tenements in Windham, wearing apparel and arms. He enjoins his executors to take no unjust advantage his debtors and to allow those against whom he held mortgages reasonable time to redeem them even if they had been legally forfeited. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 2, page 192.) He had no children. The following is the inscription on his tombstone: Here lyes buried ye Body of Richard Abbe, ESQ., one of his Majesties Justices of ye County of Windham, who after he had Faithfully Served his Generation according to the will of GOD Fell asleep July 10th 1737 in ye 55th year of his Age. Richard Abbe married in Windham, November 16, 1703, MARY JENNINGS, born 1652, daughter of Jonathan Jennings, one of the first settlers of Windham. She died August 25, 1759, leaving no children. Her will, dated July 12, 1758, was proved September 18, 1759. Among its provisions are the following: £4 to the First Church in Windham, "to purchase a Flaqon for the Conveniance of Furnishing the communion Table in said Church"; unto Ginna my Negro woman her time & Freedom From hence Forward not to be Inslaved held or Controld by me or any under me as a slave or servant For Time or Life and I do hereby give & bequeath unto sd Ginna a good Bible & the best Feather bed I have saving one with good bedding, viz: Bolster, Pillows one pare good sheets, one pare woolen Blankets & a good coverlid & a Foot wheel and Farthernmore I give unto sd Ginna a good Iron Pott & Kettle with my every day clothes & a good silk crape gown & Two Pewter Platters which I give unto ye sd Ginna For the good servis she hath don me; "and I do here by order & desire that those of my Negro Children as shall be sold & disposed of so that they may have Christian Education and by their maysters not be used with cruelty & hardship." The inventory names four negro children: Sampson, £45; Peter, £45; Reuben, £35; Tamer, £28. The inscription on Mrs. Abbe's tombstone is as follows: In Memory of Mrs. Mary Abbe widow to Richard Abbe Esq. who died August 25th 1759 in ye 78th year of her Age. them also yt sleep in Jesus will God bring with him 1 Thess 4 and 14. Joseph Talcott Esqr Governour of His Majests Colony of Connecticutt in New England To Mr. Thomas Huntington Mr. Joshua Ripley Mr. John Fitch Mr. Joseph Adams Mr. Ebenezer West Mr. Joseph Strong Mr. Richard Abbe Mr. John Woodward Mr. Joseph Levens Mr. Peter Buel and Mr. Jonathan Dresser Esqrs Greeting Know Ye that by vertue of Authority derived from his Late Majesty King Charles the Second of England Scotland France and Ireland King by his Letters bearing date the three and Twentieth day of Aprill in the fourteenth year of his Reign and by and with Advice and Consent of ye Council and Representatives of this Colony in Generall Court Assembled I have Assigned you and Every of you Joyntly and Severally to Keep the peace Within the County of Windham Within the Colony aforesd & to keep and Cause to be kept all the Laws and Ordinances that are or shall be made for the good of the Peace and Conservation of the Same and for the quiet rule and Government of ye people Within ye County aforesd and to Chastise and punish all persons offending in ye County aforesd against ye sd Laws or Ordinances or any of them as according to those Laws and Ordinances shall be fitt to be done and to Cause to Come before you or any of you all those persons who shall threaten any of His Majests Subjects in their persons or Estates to find suffict sureties for the Peace and Good Behaviour or in Default of their finding Sureties to Committ them to goal or Safe Custody till they shall so do And I have assigned you Thomas Hunting Joseph Addams Ebenezer West and Richard Abbe to assist ye Judge of ye County Court for ye County aforesd to Enquire of hear & Determine by a Jury or otherwise according to Law all Causes Matters and things Civill and Criminall Cognizable by ye sd Court and I do Allso Assign you the said Joshua Ripley John Fitch Joseph Strong John Woodward Joseph Levens Peter Buel and Jonathan Dresser and Each and Every of you to Hear and Determine all Cause matters and things Civil and Criminal which any one Assistant in this Corporation now hath or hereafter shall have power by Law to hear and Determine And I Command you and Every of you that you dilligently Intend ye Keeping of ye Peace Laws and Ordinances and all and singular Other ye premises and perform and fullfill the same doing therein What to Justice Appertains According to ye laws of this Colony In Witness whereof I have Caused the Seal of ye Colony to be hereunto Affixed Given under my hand in Hartford this 25th day of May in the 5th year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George the Second by ye Grace of God King of Great Britain France & Ireland &c Anno Domini 1732 J. Talcott By his Honours Command Hez. Wyllys Secretry Commission Justices Windham County 1732 10.MARY3 ABBE, daughter of John2 and Hannah ( ) Abbe, born in Wenham, Mass., September 16, 1684; baptized there before 1685. Lived in Somers and Enfield. Some authorities have given Mary, wife of James Pease, as the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe of Enfield. But Mary, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah, died in Wenham, Mass., October 15, 1705 (Wenham Vital Records). Moreover, Richard Abbe, son of John and Hannah ( ) Abbe, in his will mentions his sister Mary, ye wife of James Pease. Her mother divided land belonging to her first husband, John Abbe, among his childrm, June 16, 1710, using these words, Òmoved by the love and affection I bore to my beautifull daughter Mary Abbe.Ó Married November (or October) 15, 1710, JAMES PEASE, born in Salem, Mass., 1677 or 1679, son of John, jr., and Margaret (Adams) Pease. The first of the Pease family in America was Robert, who married Marie -, father of John Pease, sr., called the father of Enfield. John Pease, sr., married Mary Goodell and had a son, Captain John Pease, jr., a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, served in the Colonial Wars, and married Margaret Adams, daughter of James and Frances (Vassall) Adams. James Adams was son of John Adams, who came to the Plymouth Colony in the ship Fortune in 1621, and his wife Eleanor Newton. James Pease removed with his father to Enfield when he was a child, was living in Enfield in 1710, and in Somers in 1713. He served as sergeant in one of the military companies. Children, born in Enfield Mary Pease, b. Oct. 8, 1711. 27 James Pease, b. May 4, 1713; m. Abigail Ford. Margaret Pease, b. May 16, 1715. 28 Richard Pease, b. Sept. 22, 1717; m. Elizabeth Parsons. Hannah Pease, b. April 20, 1722. John Pease, b. June 19, 1725; d. July 23, 1730. 11.JOHN3 ABBE, son of John2 and Hannah ( ) Abbe, born in Wenham Mass., April 20, 1691; baptized there 1691: died in Windham, Conn., January 16, 1770. Records pertaining to John Abbe of Windham are necessarily somewhat indefinite as there were several of the name living there at the same period. This was perhaps the John Abbe who was a proprietor in the drawing of a twenty-acre lot in 1707. He is probably the John Abbe of Norwich to whom, April 1, 1714, heirs of John Abbe make deed; Lydia Abbe, Thomas and Hannah Welch, Hannah Abbe, Richard Abbe, Daniel Sabin, and James Pease. (Windham Deeds, Liber F, page 183, etc.) In 1752 he bought property in Union, the homestead of Nathaniel Gould, also land of Nathaniel Walker and Joshua Webb. His name occurs in Union land transfers several times between 1754, when he made over property to his son Richard, and 1764. His will, dated June 6, 1767, was probated February 2, 1770. It mentions his wife, Sarah; to son John, whose wife is Lois, land in Windham; grandson, John, son of above John; to son, Richard, land on Beaver Hill in Windham; daughter, Hannah, who married Joshua Webb; to daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Eunice and Tabitha, lands in Windham; to his friend Reverend Mr. Stephen White of Windham, silver-headed cane. The inventory amounted to £1067, 12s, 6d, with land valued at £949, 15s. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 8, page 41.) John Abbe married (1) in Windham, November 7, 1717, MARY BINGHAM, born December 17, 1697, at Stratford, Conn.; died July 23, 1722. She was the daughter of Deacon Abel and Elizabeth (Odell) Bingham of Windham. Married (2) March 12, 1723, in Windham, MARY PALMER, born December 17, 1691, at Rehoboth, Mass.; died May 30, 1750, in Windham; buried there. She was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kingsley) Palmer. Married (3) April 23, 1751, MRS. ABIGAIL (CARY) RIPLEY, died October16, 1766; buried in Windham. She was daughter of Deacon Eleazer and Lydia ( ) Cary, and widow of Jeremiah Ripley, jr. Married (4) April 8, 1767, MRS. SARAH DODGE, died April 11, 1776. She was perhaps the widow of Isaac Dodge. Child by first wife 20 John Abbe, b. July 4, 1722; m. (1) Lois Monson; (2) - Smith. Chilren by second wife (baptized in Windham) 30 Hannah Abbe, b. Sept. 17, 1724; m. Joshua Webb. 31 Mary Abbe, b. Sept. 10, 1726; m. Elisha Wales. 32 Elizabeth Abbe, b. Sept. 16. 1728; m. Jesse Ward. 33 Richard Abbe, b. July 1, 1730; m. Mary Huntington. Eunice Abbe, b. August 20, 1732; m., probably as his second wife, Jonathan Jennings. No children are recorded in Windhnm. 34 Tabitha Abbe, b. Sept. 16, 1736; m. Charles Ripley. 13.HANNAH3 ABBE, daughter of John2 and Hannah ( ) Abbe, born August 13, 1693, in Wenham, Mass.; baptized there 1694; died March 24, 1769, buried in Windham, Conn., where they had resided. Married about 1713, THOMAS WELCH, born March 1, 1695, baptized at the First Church of Bristol, R.I., March 29, 1702; died August 14, 1781, buried at Windham. He was son of James and Mercy (Sabin) Welch. James Welch was a soldier in King Philip's War from Malden, Mass.; went to Mt. Hope, R.I., in Captain Samuel Moseley's Company and remained there until about 1702, when he removed to Plainfield, Conn. Thomas Welch took up the 1000 acres of land on Beaver Hill and Beaver Brook about three miles east of Windham on the road leading to Hampton. He married (2) before 1774, Mrs. Rachel (Huntington) Bingham, widow of Joseph Bingham. Thomas Welch died August 14, 1781, and was buried in Windham. His will, made February 1, 1770, was proved August 29, 1781. The following records of this family were kindly furnished by Mrs. Ashbel Welch of Germantonn, wife of one of the descendants: Children 35 Jeremiah Welch, b. Nov. 14, 1714; m. (1) Margaret Hebard; (2) Mrs. Jerusha Lasel. 36 John Welch, b. July 8, 1717; m. Abigail Manning. 37 Daniel Welch, b. March 20, 1726; m. Martha Cook. 13.LYDIA3 ABBE, daughter of John2 and Hannah ( ) Abbe, born May 1, 1696. "Lydeah, the daughter of John Abbey by Hannah, his wife, borne the 21th of May, Anno Dom. 1696," Wenham records. She was baptized in Wenham in 1696. Married in Windham, Conn., September 4, 1722, BENJAMIN BIDLACK, died February 3, 1740-1. He was son of Christopher and Sarah ( ) Bidlack, early settlers of Hampton, Windham County, Conn. Christopher gave to his son Benjamin his home farm in the northeast part of Windham. Benjamin Bidlack was a merchant, probably the first one in his section of the town, Canada Parish. In his inventory, taken March 11, 1740, are enumerated many articles of his trade. The opening items are: a wigg Christian hair, s15; a brown wigg Christian hair, s5; a white wigg, hors hair, etc. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 2 page 358.) ChiIdren, recorded in Windham 38 Sarah Bidlack, b. Nov. 24, 1723; m. Nathaniel Flint. 39 Benjamin Bidlack, b. July 10, 1725; m. Edith Spaulding. James (1) Bidlack, b. Jan. 3, 1726; d. March 29, 1728. James (2) Bidlack (twin), b. Oct. 28, 1728. The records of Captain James Bidlack, see below, may refer to this one. One James Bidlack m. in Windham, Feb. 14, 1750, Mehitable Durkee. John Bidlack (twin), b. Oct. 28, 1730; d. Aug. 8, 1776; m. Mary -. Children, recorded in Windham: i. Amos, b. May 19, 1754, d. Aug. 23, 1777; ii. John, d. Aug. 8, 1776. Mary (1) Bidlack, b. July 29, 1732; d. Feb. 27, 1732-3. Mary (2) Bidlack, b. Dec. 4, 1733. Lydia Bidlack, b. Jan. 8. 1736-7; m. in Windham, March 2, 1756, Asa Farnham, and settled in Ashford, Conn. He was b. Nov. 11, 1731, son of Nathaniel and Hannah ( ) Farnum. Child: Lydia, m. Joseph Snell, of Union. Conn., and had a son Joseph, jr, who was killed in an accident in a Willimantic factory. 40 Bethia Bidlack, b. May 22, 1738; m. Christopher Davison. Hannah Bidlack, b. Aug. 26, 1741. She may be the Hannah Bidlack who m. in Windham, Feb. 10, 1762, Benjamin Jewett. Captain James Bidlack, who may have been the James mentioned above, married Abigail Fuller, daughter of Stephen Fuller, and emigrated to Susquehanna, Pa. He, with Robert Durkee and Samuel Ransom, was taken captive by the Indians, March 24, 1779. He was stripped, tied to a tree, stuck full of sharp splints of pine knots; then, having piled pine knots around him, the Indians set fire to the whole, piled the other two men on the fire, held them down with pitchforks and tortured them until they expired. Sarah Bidlack, perhaps a sister or daughter of Captain James Bidlack, married Stephen Fuller, jr., brother of Abigail Fuller. He, with others, was taken by Indians in the Wyoming battle, July 3, 1778, was led to a wheat field, where the Indians piled around them sheaves of wheat and burned them to death. The fort was taken and fired, most of the women and children perishing in the flames. Mrs. Fuller, with some others, went in boats down the Susquehanna to Northumberland. About two weeks later she returned to look for the body of her husband but found the bodies so mutilated as to be unrecognizable. Her home had been despoiled of everything. She later returned to Hampton, Conn., on horseback, with her only daughter, Polly, who was then two or three years old. Polly Fuller afterward married Judge Ebenezer Griffin of Hampton. Sarah (Bidlack) Fuller married (2) Asa Abbott and had children. 14.SAMUEL3 ABBE, JR., son of Samuel1 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born about 1676, probably in Wenham, Mass.; baptized there 1679. He died in Windham, Conn., January 15, 1736-7, aged about 61. He was on the tax- list of Salem Village January 18, 1694-5 and was one of the original members of the First Congregational Church at Windham, Conn., December 10, 1700. He was among Windham's active and influential citizens and succeeded to the estate of his father at Windham Centre. A Samuel Abbe of Windsor bought land in Windham of Obid Abbe in 1714. His will, March 3. 1731-2, probated February 23, 1736-7, left everything to his wife, Hannah. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 2, page 144.) Inventory of Samuel Abbe. February 9, 1736-7. one straight bodyed coat £3 a jacoat £2 s5 5-5-0 a payr of coton and lining briches s10 0-10-0 a payr of ould leather dito s8 a payr of new leather dito £3 3-8-0 one Great Duffils Coat-a double breasted old Jacot1-15-0 one Coat and Jacoat 1-10-0 a bower hat £3 s5 a flaniel shawl s15 4-00-0 an ould hat s6 a pr of stockins s4-6 0-10-6 one payr of dito s7 one pr of dito s2-6 0-9-6 a payr of ould shoes s12 a silk handkirchiff s141-6-0 one lining dito s3 a payr of coton gloves s6 0-9-0 a bed and furniture £18-l5 one dito £4 22-15-0 one dito £4 s10 six chairs £1 s4 5-4-0 2 Bibles and sundry other books 3-9-0 2 iron pots one iron kittle 2 skillets 5-4-0 a warming pan & bras kittle 2-0-0 Tongs - candlestick tobacco box 0-15-0 several putar dishes basons and spoons 3-5-0 several poringers 1-0-0 1-0-0 earthen ware 1-2-6 a ston mugg and earthen cup 0-3-0 1-5-6 2 pails and severall wooden dishes 1-5-3 Glass bottles 0-6-6 1-11-6 4 spining wheels 2-5 one chest 2 boxes one Table1-3-5 4 ould barrils -5- tubs 1-6 2 hand pails 2 trays s8 1-3-0 one chest s10-4 meal bariels s6 a cider tub s51-1-0 one Riddle one half bushal s6 2 sives s6 0-12-0 one Churn 3 more ould bariels s9-6 an - Road -0-15-0 a payr of spectacles s3 a putar Chamber pott s50-8-0 one lamp a pr of tobacco tongs s3-6 one table s120-15-6 2 knives and forks s4 Table lining s1 Tramils and hooks 1-3-0 one hand saw s4 boxiron and heater s10 a small ould auger s2 0-16-0 one payr of shears s1-6 one hammer s1-6 a Gallon Rundlit s3 0-6-0 one more flanil shart s15 one small ould iron pott s3 0- 18-0 one stone jugg s3-6 one Earthen pott s1-6 0-5-0 Joshua Ripley junr Josiah Ripley, prisors under oath Extracted out of ye original and Recorded march ye 17th 1736/7 pr me John Crary Clerk of Probat. Samuel3 Abbe married March 15, 1710, HANNAH SILSBY, born October 3, 1687; died March 22, 1748. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Bethiah (Marsh) Silsby of Lynn, Mass. In her will, probated in Windham, December 14, 1758, she left property to her Silsby relatives. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 6, page 21.) Child, recorded in Windham Samuel Abbe, b. Oct. 12, 1712; d. March 15, 1714. 15.ELIZABETH3 ABBE, daughter of Samuel2 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in Wenham, Mass., probably about 1681, baptized there before 1682. Lived later in Windham, Conn. Married in Salem Village, Mass., September 23, 1702, WILLIAM SLATE, born about 1675; removed to Windham. Children William Slate, jr., b. Dec. 7, 1703. Elizabeth Slate, b. Aug. 29, 1705; m. in Mansfield, Conn., Jan. 23, 1727, William Smith, "a transient person." Daniel Slate, b. March 30, 1708. 41 Anne Slate, b. April 29, 1710; m. Joseph Whittemore. Samuel Slate, b. Nov. 8, 1711. John Slate, b. June 7, 1715. 42 Ebenezer Slate, b. Jan. 19, 1717-8; m. Sarah Manley. 43 Ezekiel Slate, b. Dec. 26, 1719; m. Mehitabel Hall. 16.EBENEZER3 ABBE, son of Samuel2 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born July 31, 1683, in Salem Village, Mass., baptized in Wenham before 1685; died in Windham, Conn., December 5, 1758. He removed with his father to the locality known as "Bricktop" in 1698; worked in Norwich for a time, about 1705; was at Windham in 1706 and later lived at North Windham and Mansfield. November, 1705, were recorded two deeds showing an exchange of property between Samuel Abbe and Ebenezer of Norwich, a lot upon Bushnell's Plain. He received a deed from Samuel, July 17, 1707, and sold land to Abraham Mitchell and William Slate in 1709 and 1711. October 29, 1713, John Abbe, now resident at Hartford, in Hartford County," sold to his brother Ebenezer land he had received from his father, Samuel Abbe of Windham. In a deed of November 2, 1713, he alludes to his deceased father, Samuel Abbe, January 11, 1714, land bought from his brother, Samuel Abbe, and calls Abraham Mitchell father." He is found frequently in the records of Windham down to late in life. September 8, 1743, he sold to his son, Samuel, land on the east side of Nauchaug River in Windham. In 1715, Ebenezer Abbe was one of the settlers who formed Canada. Parish at Hampton Hill in the northeast part of Windham, and was one of those who on May 9, 1717, signed a petition to the General Assembly asking to be made a separate parish. In October of the same year another petition was sent to the assembly, asking that the taxes on property in this parish should be used for the establishing of their church. This petition was signed by Ebenezer Abbe, for the rest," and William Durkee. His will, dated June 3, 1750, probated December 14, 1758, names these heirs: wife Mary; children Ebenezer, Joshua, Nathan, Gideon, Samuel, Elizabeth Cross, Zeruiah Marsh, Jerusha Wood, Abigail Cary, Miriam Cross; grandson Jonathan Bingham, only surviving son and heir of his daughter Mary, deceased. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 5, page 513.) Ebenezer Abbe married at Mansfield, October 28, 1707, MARY ALLEN, who died 1766, daughter of Joshua and Mary ( ) Allen, early settlers of Mansfield, who lived near what is now North Windham. Children, births recorded in Windham 44 Ebenezer Abbe, jr., b. July 27. 1708; m. Abigail Cary. 45 Elizabeth Abbe, b. Sept. 11. 1709; m. Daniel Cross. 46 Joshua Abbe, b. Jan. 20, 1710-11; m. Mary Ripley. 47 Mary Abbe, b. Sept. 21, 1712; m. Jonathan Bingham. Nathan Abbe, b. May 6, 1714. Resided in Mansfield, Conn. Married (1) in Mansfield, Dec. 4, 1746, Silence Ames, daughter of William Ames of Mansfield. She d. Feb. 6, 1776. He m. (2) in Mansfield, Oct. 17, 1776. Lucy Hovey, daughter of Samuel Hovey of Windham. No children by either marriage are recorded. His will, made Nov. 2, 1795, probated May 12, 1807, mentions his wife Lucy; brothers Joshua, Solomon and Samuel; Leonard Sessions; Anne, wife of Eleazer Cross; balance of estate to Jonathan Hovey "who dwells with me" (Windham Probate Records, Volume 15, pages 298, 310). The 1800 Census records Nathan Abbe in Mansfield with seven persons residing in the family. 48 Gideon Abbe, b. Feb. 33, 1715-6; m. (1) Mary Wood; (2) Keziah Walker; (3) Bathsheba Smith. Samuel (1) Abbe, b. Oct. 30, 1717 ; d. March 1, 1718. 49 Samuel (2) Abbe, b. April 24, 1719; m. Temperance Lincoln. 50 Zerviah Abbe, b. March 17, 1720-1; m. Elihu Marsh. 51 Jerusha Abbe, b. Oct. 22, 1722; m. Samuel Wood. 52 Abigail Abbe, b. Aug. 1, 1724 ; m. Benjamin Cary. 53 Miriam Abbe, b. Aug. 31, 1726; m. William Cross. 54 Solomon Abbe, b. May 29, 1730; m. (1) Sarah Knight; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Burnham. 17.HEPSIBAH3 ABBE, daughter of Samuel2 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in Salem Village (now Danvers), Mass., February 14, 1688-9; baptism recorded in Wenham. Married in Windham, Conn., April 8, 1707, SAMUEL PALMER, born January 4, 1683-4, in Rehoboth, Mass., son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kingsley) Palmer, and a grandson of Walter Palmer of Nottinghamshire, England, who died in Stonington, Conn., 1661. Children, births recorded in Windham Sarah Palmer, b. Feb. 2, 1707-8. Martha Palmer, b. April 25, 1710; d. April 26, 1710. 55 Samuel Palmer, b. Sept. 18, 1711; m. (1) Lydia Silsby; (2) Tabitha -. Ebenezer Palmer, b. Jan. 25, 1714. Bought land in Kent, 1754. An Ebenezer Palmer was witness to will of Hannah (Silsbee) Abbe and was at Litchfield, Dec. 5, 1758. Married in Windham, March 11, 1741, Mary Webb. Children, births recorded in Windham: i. Lucy, b. April 24, 1742; ii. Mary, b. and d. June 20, 1743; iii. Mary, b. June 11, 1744; iv. Sibel, b. Jan. 1, 1746-7; v. Sarah, b. July 24, 1749. Ichabod Palmer, b. April 17, 1716. Resided in Kent 1754. Married in Windham, Nov. 22, 1738, Phebe Broughton. Children, births recorded in Windham: i. Eunice, b. Aug. 19, 1740; ii. Amos, b. Sept. :30, 1742; iii. Jeremiah, b. July 19, 1744; iv. Elizabeth, b. June 4, 1747; v. Phebe, b. May 23, 1749. Zebulon Palmer, b. May 19, 1718; m. in Windham, April 25, 1746, Lois Carpenter. Children, recorded in Windham: i. Edna, b. April 19, 1747; ii. William, b. Sept. 14, 1749. 56 John Palmer, b. March 6, 1720-1; m. (1) Esther Cleveland; (2) Lydia Eames. Aaron Palmer, b. March 12, 1722-3. Moses Palmer, b. Aug. 24, 1726. Elizabeth Palmer. Ann Palmer, b. July 19, 1730; m. Sept. 20, 1751, Joseph Wood of Mansfield. 18.JOHN3 ABBE, son of Samuel2 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in Salem Village, Mass., June 4, 1692; died in East Hartford, Conn., October 30, 1790. He was a resident of Hartford as early as 1710 or 1713. John Abbe, resident at Hartford, sold to his brother Ebenezer, land formerly belonging to their father, Samuel Abbe. of Windham, October 29, 1713. (Windham Deeds, Liber D, page 328.) March 12, 1718, he purchased from Benjamin Hills of Hartford, 8 acres on the East side of the Great River." There were several John Abbes living at this period so that it is sometimes hard to tell which one is meant, but the following records seem to pertain to this one. March 3, 1731, he joined with several others in giving a deed to the Town of Hartford for a highway which was later known as Silver Lane and on which his house stood. (Hartford Deeds, Vols. 5, page 307, and 3, page 164.) John Abbe of East Hartford was one of the inhabitants of that town to protest against a tax in 1769; signed a paper with others regarding their desire to settle in what was known as "Western town" in 1733; was a proprietor in the Western land and signed a Tolland petition. (Connecticut State Archives, State Library, Towns and Lands, IX, 278b, with his autograph, V, 238e, V, 23b, and VII, 13.) Deeds made by him were recorded in Hartford, 1736, 1738, 1748, 1754, 1759, 1765, and 1770. The most important of these is that of January 15, 1759 (Hartford Deeds, 13, page 37), by which he conveys land to his son Nehemiah Abbe of Hartford. The name is spelled in various ways on the early records, Abbe, Abby and Abbey, but the latter seems to have been in most frequent use among the later descendants of his family. Married HANNAH -, Children 57 John Abbe, jr., m. Ruth Goodwin. 58 Stephen Abbey, b. about 1727 ; m. Mary (or Marah) -. 59 Eleazer Abbey, m. Mary -. 60 Nehemiah Abbey, m. Mabel Warren. Naomi Abbey. Sarah Abbey. These last two names are included in this list of children for the following reason. In a deed recorded in Hartford, Oct. 26, 1759 (Volume 9, page 559), John Abbe, junr., Solomon Hills and Sarah, his wife, and Naomi Abbe convey land in Hartford to George and John Buck of Wethersfield. 19.BENJAMIN3 ABBE, son of Samuel2 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in Salem Village, Mass., June 4, 1694; died about 1765. He probably removed with his family to Windham, Conn., and from there to Glastonbury, where his name appears on lists of freemen, 1718-35. He filled the offices of hayward, grand juryman, collector of rates, fence-viewer and tything man. In 1737 he was admitted to the First Ecclesiastical Society of Chatham or East Middletown, and his wife Mary, in 1741. He was appointed guardian of Daniel Andruss of Middletown, 1748. April 24, 1749, he deeded land "on the east side of the Great River" to his son Samuel. His will, filed in Middletown, was made December 4, 1754; probated October 15, 1765. Inventory was recorded November 20, 1765. His will names his wife Mary; son Samuel; daughters Agnes Bidwell and Lydia Abbey; grandchildren John, Ebenezer, Agnes and Lucy Miller; grandchildren Moses, Samuel, John and William Cornwell. Married at Glastonbury, January 24, 1716, MARY TRYON, born October 5, 1695, daughter of Dr. Joseph and Lydia. ( ) Tryon. Children 61 Samuel Abbe, b. 1726; m. (1) Rachel Mason ; (2) Mrs. Sarah Leland. 62 Agnes Abbe, m. Daniel Bidwell. Lydia Abbe. Hannah Abbe. Mary Abbe. 20.JONATHAN3 ABBE, son of Samuel2 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in Wenham, Mass., about 1697; settled in Willington, Conn., where he died May 3, 1757. The following records from the Ashford land books probably refer to this Jonathan Abbe: 1719, 100 acres of land from John Follett; 1721, 10 acres from Joseph Orcutt, adjacent to land of previous deed; 1761 and 1764, references to holdings of land; 1764, land from Azariah Sanger, Elizabeth Sanger and Joseph Abbe. (Ashford Deeds, B, 133; E, 119; EI, 272, 433.) The inventory of his estate was entered in Hartford, June 2, 1757, by William Arent, James Comins, and Abner Barker, appraisers. (Hartford Probate Records, l7; 32,18; 86.) The estate consisted of 106 acres of land, with utensils and household goods to the amount of £381-5-4. The Court granted administration upon the estate to Jonathan Abbe of Willington, who was also appointed guardian for Mary, aged about 11 years, and Rebekah, aged about 3 years, minor children of said Jonathan Abbe. The estate was ordered to be distributed March 4, 1760, the widow having quitted her right to any of the estate. To Jonathan Abbe eldest son a Double Share of said Estate and to Samuel, Anna, Mary and Rebekah Abbe an equal single Shair." Married (1) MARY JOHNSON, probably daughter of Caleb Johnson of Willington. She died in Willington, January 19, 1742-3. Married (2) in Brooklyn, Conn., September 19, 1745, REBEKAH WEDGE. The date of this marriage is recorded in Willington as September 19, 1747. Children by first wife 63 Jonathan Abbe, jr., b. about 1725; m. Allice Johnson. 64 Samuel Abbe, b. March 21, 1727-8; recorded in Ashford; m. Lucie Persons. Isaac Abbe, b. July 2, 1730; d. Sept. 18, 1753, recorded in Willington. Thomas Abbe, b. Feb. 17, 1733; d. April 13, 1733, recorded in Willington. Mary (1) Abbe, b. April 11, 1734; d. Nov. 7, 1740, recorded in Willington. 65 Anne Abbe, b. July 25, 1737; recorded in Willington; m. James Weston. Jeduthan Abbe, d. in Willington, Sept. 12, 1743. Children by second wife, recorded in Willington Mary (2) Abbe, b. Sept. 1, 1746. John Abbe, b. Oct. 16, 1750; d. July 10, 1753. Rebekah Abbe, b. about 1754. Jonathan Abbe was appointed her guardian in 1757. 21.SARAH3 ABBE, daughter of Thomas2 and Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., March 31, 1684; died February 16, 1731-2. With her brothers Thomas and John and sister Tabitha Warner, she signed a receipt for legacy from her grandfather, Walter Fairfield, January 6, 1725-6. Married in Enfield, January 27, 1702-3, SHUBAEL GEER, born probably 1683, son of Thomas and Deborah (Davis) Geer, one of the earliest settlers in Enfield. He was a member of Captain Appleton's Company at the Great Swamp Fight. Children, born in Enfield Shubael (1) Geer, jr., b. Dec. 1, 1703; d. March 15, 1703-4. 66 Sarah Geer, b. Jan. 5, 1704-5: m. John Simons. Deborah Geer, b. Aug. 17, 1707; d. in Enfield, August 12, 1794. Married there Aug. 24, 1732, Ezekiel Prior, her cousin, b. in Enfield, April 24, 1708; d. there, July 27, 1798; son of John and Mary (Geer) Prior. He was a soldier in the expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, June 6 to August 6, 1758; also to Fort Edward, Aug., 1757. Children: i. Chloe, b. Feb. 28, 1733- 4; ii. Zaccheus, b. March 13, 1736-7, d. Jan. 19, 1818, m. Feb. 9, 1759, Abigail Pease, b. in Enfield, Dec. 1, 1739, d. Dec. 18, 1818, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Rose) Pease, had children, Anna, b. Jan. 28, 1765, and Zaccheus, jr., b. Jan. 12, 1768. Zaccheus Prior, Jr., m. Elizabeth Parsons of Enfield, May 9, 1793, who d. June 18, 1842, aged about 77, and had a daughter, Susan, d. in Enfield, May 4, 1801, aged 8 months. 67 Mary Geer, b. March 10, 1709-10; m. Roger Griswold. 68 Tabitha Geer, b. July 21, 1712; m. Edward Collins. Bathsheba Geer, b. Jan. 16, 1714-15; Married in Enfield, Jan. 7, 1736-7, Charles Sexton of Enfield, son of Captain Joseph and Hannah (Wright) Sexton, b. Jan. 7, 1707-8; d. on the way home from the expedition to Havana, Sept. 16, 1762. They lived in Somers. Children: i. Bathsheba, b. in Enfield, Sept. 14, 1741; ii. Charles, jr., b. in Somers, April 28, 1744, d. on the way home from the expedition to Havana, Sept. 25, 1762; iii. Elenor, b. in Somers, Aug. 17, 1746; iv. Hannah, b. in Somers, Aug. 15, 1748. 69 Shubael (2) Geer, b. May 26,1717; m. Hannah Pease. 70 Elizabeth Geer, b. Jan. 15, 1719-20; m. Ebenezer Terry. Thomas Geer, b. July 1, 1722; m. as her first husband, Hannah Abbe, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Pease) Abbe. 71 Annah Geer, b. Dec., 1725; m. Aaron Pease. 22.THOMAS3 ABBE, JR., son of Thomas2 and Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, born October 30, 1686, in Enfield, Conn.; died there 1759. He was captain and then lieutenant (1714) of military companies. He resided in Enfield, Conn. With his brother John and sisters Sarah Geer and Tabitha Warner, he signed receipt for legacy from his grandfather, Walter Fairfield, January 6, 1725-6. He was executor of the will of his uncle, Obadiah Abbe, together with Elizabeth Warriner in 1732. His will, made December 30, 1758, probated April 18, 1759, mentions wife, Rebecca; children, Mary Bement, Sarah Parsons, Tabitha Pease, Hannah Phelps, Thomas; grandchildren, Nathaniel and Eliphalet Chapin, Thomas and Elihu Geer. Son Thomas, executor. Married (1) in Enfield, March 3 (or 13), 1714-5, MARY PEASE, born in Enfield, May 24, 1688; died March 18, 1745 (Enfield record), daughter of Captain John, jr., and Margaret (Adams) Pease. She was descended from William Vassall, Assistant with Governor Winthrop of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1630, who was son of John Vassall who built and commanded the Samuel and Tobey, jr., in the Spanish Armada. Married (2) June 12, 1746, MRS. REBECCA PEIRCE. Children, all by first wife, born in Enfield 72 Mary Abbe, b. Jan. 25, 1716-6; m. Dennis Bement. 73 Sarah Abbe, b. March 26, 1718; m. (1) Nathaniel Chapin; (2) Hezekiah Parsons. 74 Tabitha Abbe, b. July 9, 1720; m. Ephraim Pease. 75 Hannah Abbe, b. March 27, 1723: m. (1) Thomas Geer; (2) Noah Phelps. Abigail Abbe, b. July 28, 1725; probably d. young as she was not mentioned in her father's will, 1758. Obadiah Abbe, b. Feb. 18, 1728; d. in Enfield, April 15, 1745. 76 Thomas Abbe, b. April 11, 1731; m. Penelopa Terry. 23.JOHN3 ABBE, son of Thomas2 and Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., September 27, 1692; died 1790, in or near Hartford, Conn. He was a farmer, known as one of the first settlers of Upper King Street, Enfield; received a land grant, February 18,1716-7. He is mentioned as a lieutenant, 1786-1791, and held various minor offices in the town. John Abbe is possessed of A peace of Meadow by Alienation from Richard French lying west of Jobes Hill so Called Bounded North partly by A swamp and partly by upland, and south East and west by upland being in length East and west 160 rods and in breadth North and south 3 rods one peace with an other being by Estimation one acre and 1/2 be it more or less. Feb. 18th 1716:17. (Enfield records.) With his brother Thomas and sisters Sarah Gears and Tabitha Warriner he signed a receipt for a legacy from his grandfather, Walter Fairfield, January 6, 1725-6. (Essex Deeds, 49:190.) Married HANNAH BOARDMAN, born in Wethersfield, Conn., December 18, 1693, daughter of David and Hannah (Wright) Boardman or Boreman, granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (Betts) Boreman and great granddaughter of Christopher Boreman of Clayton, England, and his wife, Julian Carter. Children, born in Enfield John (1) Abbe, bapt. in Wethersfield, 1715 or 1716; d. young. 77 John (2) Abbe, b. April 18, 1717; m. Sarah Root. Hannah Abbe, b. April 19, 1719. Thomas Abbe, b. Dec. 18. 1721; d. in the army at Cape Breton, 1745; not m. 78 Sarah Abbe, b. Dec. (or Jan.) 23, 1723-4; m. John Burroughs. Daniel Abbe, b. May 8, 1726; d. in the army at Cape Breton, 1745; not m. 79 Martha Abbe, b. March (or May) 1, 1728; m. (1) Isaac Gleason, jr.; (2) John Slade. Mary Abbe, b. May 14, 1730. Tabitha Abbe, b. March 9, 1732; d. in Enfield, Dec. 11, 1802. Married in Enfield, June 25, 1752, Joseph Bement, a soldier in the French and Indian War, probably son of William and Hannah ( ) Bement of Enfield. He d. in Enfield, Jan. 12, 1803 (Enfield records). 80 Richard Abbe, b. Aug. 1, 1735; m. Mary Bement. FOURTH GENERATION 24.JOSEPH4 ABBE, probably son of Joseph3 Abbe. He was a blacksmith in Ipswich, Mass. His shop, in which considerable work was done, was known as Abbe the Smith's Shop." Joseph Abbe, perhaps an adult, was baptized in Ipswich, November 18, 1722. In 1749, he sold his blacksmith shop and lands in Ipswich. His will is found in the Probate Records at the East Cambridge Court House, Middlesex County, Mass., Vol. 54, page 113. October 7, 1772, Joseph Abbee of Hopkinton, Mass., being advanced in age, dwelling on a farm in said town, wife Tamasin Abbe; four grandchildren, children of his son John deceased and Jerusha, his wife, to wit, John, Mary, Joseph, Amos (John not yet of age); his son Aaron, a blacksmith living in Hopkinton. The son John had lived in Hopkinton on a farm. The property is to be equally divided between the two sons John and Aaron and their heirs. Joseph died before March 10, 1773, when the inventory of his property, amounting to about £888, is filed. Married, banns published November 5, 1721, THOMASIN or TAMAZIN BAKER, daughter of William Baker of Ipswich. She was a member of the First Church of Ipswich, April 21, 1746. Children, recorded in Ipswich Sarah (1) Abbe, bapt. Nov. 25, 1722; d. Jan, 5 or 6, 1722-3. Sarah (2) Abbe, bapt. June 28, 1724; d. Nov. 18, 1726. Joseph (1) Abbe, bapt. May 7, 1726; d. Aug. 25, 1726. Joseph (2) Abbe, bapt. June 25, 1727; d. July 8, 1727. John (1) Abbe, b. July 21, 1728; d. July 12, 1738. James (1) Abbe, bapt. Aug. 16, 1730; d. June 22,1731. Tamasin (1) Abbe, bapt. March 12, 1731; d, Sept. 7, 1733. William (1) Abbe, bapt. Feb. 10, 1733 ; d. Aug. 14, 1734. James (2) Abbe, b. May 25, 1735; d. Aug. 30, 1736. 81 John (2) Abbe, b. Dec. 27, 1736; m. Jerusha Burnap. Tamasin (2) Abbe, bapt. April 8, 1739 ; d. April 19, 1742. William (2) Abbe, bapt. Jan. 11, 1740. Mary Abbe, bapt, Feb. 6, 1741; probably d. young or at least without heirs, as she is not mentioned in her father's will. Martha Abbe, d. Oct. 25, 1745. 82 Aaron Abbe, bapt. Sept. 20, 1747; m. Anna Ñ. 25.JOANNA4 ABBE, daughter of Joseph3 and Abigail (Severance) Abbe, born November 15, 1706, probably in Salisbury, Mass.; died September 7, 1757, in Kensington, N.H. She was mentioned in the will of her uncle, Richard Abbe of Windham, Conn., in 1737. The choice of Joanna Abbey of her stepfather as guardian is on file at Essex. "I Joanna Abbee of Salisbury, daughter of Joseph Abbee deceased and wife Abigail, born 15 Nov., 1706, do desire that my father in law Mr. Philip Greele should be my guardian. Dated 5 Oct., 1724" Acknowledged before Wm. Bradbury and witnessed by Jarvis Ring, jr. A seal attached shows a griffin rampant. Married in the 2d Church in Salisbury, February 17, 1726, JONATHAN BROWN, born in Hampton, N.H., February 24, l700; died July 10, 1766. He was son of Jacob and Sarah (Brookings) Brown and a direct descendant of John Brown, an early immigrant to America, of Scottish descent but born in London. There has been much confusion among the Browns in tracing ancestry due to the fact that Joshua Brown, a descendant of Richard Brown, married Joanna Morrill, on December 8, 1726, in the 2d Church in Salisbury, Mass. the same church in which, on February 17, 1726, Jonathan Brown had married Joanna Abbe. Then after the death of Joanna Abbe Brown, her husband married, on November 30, 1758, Mrs. Joanna (Morrill) Brown, widow of Joshua. Joshua and Joanna (Morrill) Brown had at least eight children, and Jonathan and Joanna (Abbe) Brown, ten, but there were no children by the second marriage of Jonathan Brown to Mrs. Joanna (Morrill) Brown. Most of the records of this family are found in John R. Eastman's History of Andover, New Hampshire. Children of Jonathan and Joanna (Abbe) Brown Abigail Brown. Miriam Brown. Sarah Brown. Joanna Brown. Jonathan Brown, jr. 83 Abbe Brown, b. May 28, 1739; m. Elizabeth Leavitt. 84 Joseph Brown, m. Ann Brown. Lydia Brown. Moses Brown. Judith Brown. 26.OBADIAH4 ABBE, son of Obadiah3 and Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Abbe, born in Windham, Conn., April 10, 1704. He is doubtless the one called "my Cozon Obadiah Abbe of Willington" in the will of Richard3 Abbe of Windham, 1737. Various land transactions in Ashford, 1725, Obediah of Willington to Richard Abbe of Windham, 1731, Obediah to Richard Abbe, may refer to him. January 20, 1768, was made a deed from Obadiah of Ashford to his brother Richard, of the same town, land in the westerly part of the town of Ashford descended by the will of Richard Abbe of Windham "to the heirs of my honored Father Obediah Abbe of Willington." January 19, 1768, Ruth Abbe of Willington transfers property to Obediah of Ashford, land descended from her uncle Richard of Windham. In 1767 Jeremiah Abbe received land from his brother Obadiah, both being sons of Obadiah. [Ashford Town Records F, 11, 12, 26, 74, 75, 76, 78; K, 49; L, 197, 253, 290, 291, 400.] The names of Obadiah and Jeremiah Abbe are among the signers of an Ashford petition regarding the church, 1765. Connecticut archives, Ecclesiastical Affairs, XIV, 271 b, State Library.) Married ELIZABETH Ñ. She is probably the Elizabeth Abbe who was a member of the church in Willington in 1759. Children 85 Joseph Abbe(?). Elizabeth Abbe, b, Aug. 29, 1734, recorded in Willington. Probably the Elizabeth who married there Aug. 22, 1760, Azariah Sanger. Azariah Sanger and wife were received from the church in Ellington to the church in Willington. 86 Obediah Abbe, b. about 1735; m. Zeruiah Belch. 87 Jeremiah Abbe, b. Feb. 20, 1737-8, recorded in Willington; m. Mary Armstrong. John Abbe, b. Nov. 12, 1739; d. Nov. 14, 1740, recorded in Willington. Ruth Abbe, deeded land to her brother, Jeremiah, March 6, 1770. (Ashford, Liber L, page 400.) 27.JAMES4 PEASE, JR., son of James and Mary3 (Abbe) Pease, born in Enfield, Conn., May 4, 1713; died 1760. Married October 16, 1737, ABIGAIL FORD, born June 12, 1719, daughter of John (or Joseph) Ford of Windham, Conn., and Elizabeth Grinslet. The marriage was recorded in the Somers town records. They resided in Somers, Conn. Children, born in Somers 88 Elizabeth Pease, b. Sept 17, 1738; m. John Tice. James Pease, b. Feb. 27, 1839. 89 John Pease, b. June 12, 1742; m. Zepary Coy. Abigail Pease, b. June 10,1744. Margaret Pease, b. Oct 10, 1749. Tilton Pease, b. Sept. 21. 1751; d, March 15, 1753. Joseph (1) Pease, b. Sept. 26, 1753 ; d. young. Joseph (2) Pease, b. Aug. 24, 1755. 90 Keziah Pease, b. Oct 12, 1757; m. John Smith. Joel Pease, b. Nov. 2, 1760. He resided in Wilbraham, Mass., then in Marlboro, Vt, was a soldier in the Continental Army at the age of sixteen, and was captain of a Militia Company in Somers. Married Louisa (or Lovisa) Meacham. Children: i. Lucy, b. Jan. 28, 1786, in Somers; ii. Joel, b. in Somers, lived in Wilbraham, Mass., and later in Vermont; iii. James, b. in Somers, lived in Vermont; iv. Frederick M. 28.RICHARD4 PEASE, son of James and Mary3 (Abbe) Pease, born in Fairfield, Conn., September 22, 1717; lived in Somers, Conn., and died there. Married November 1, 1753, ELIZABETH PARSONS. Children, born in Somers Keturah Pease, b, Sept. 18, 1754. 91 Samuel Pease, b. Aug. 26, 1756; m. Sarah Root. 92 Richard Pease, b. Oct. 20, 1758; m. Sovier Parsons. 29.JOHN4 ABBE, son of John3 and Mary (Bingham) Abbe, born July 4, 1722; died July 4, 1788. He received land in Windham by his father's will. Married (1) LOIS MUNSON. Mentioned in the will of her father-inlaw, June 6, 1767. Lois Abbe joined the Windham Church by profession September 22, 1799. Married (2) Ñ SMITH. No children. Child by first wife John Abbe, b. in Windham, Jan. 10, 1755; d. unm. about 1820 in Windham County, Conn. Mentioned in his grandfather's will, l767. 30.HANNAH4 ABBE, daughter of John3 and Mary (Palmer) Abbe, born Windham, Conn., September 17, 1724; died February 12, 1815. Married in Windham, May 28, 1744, JOSHUA WEBB, born February 19, 1721-2, in Windham, son of Samuel and Hannah (Ripley) Webb; died April 17, 1808, in Rockingham, Vt. About 1766, he removed to Rockingham (Bellows Falls) where he lived until his death, except for a short time in Westminster. He was the first town representative and held that office fifteen successive years. Children (first four born in Windham), probably all born in Connecticut Jehiel Webb, b. Jan. 23, 1744-5; d. Feb. 16,1813. He had a grandson, Jehiel Webb, who was living in Northfield, Mass., about 1860. Joseph Webb, b. May 8, 1746; d. Sept. 23,1825. He m. and had sons who died young, leaving no children. Azariah Webb, b. Oct. 11, l748; d. April 14 1846. He m. and had a son Greenleaf who was living in Guildhall, Vt., about 1860. Charles Webb, b. Aug. 19, 1750; d. Sept. 21 1820. Married and had sons Charles and John who lived in West Bloomfield, N.Y. Hannah Webb, b. June 20, 1752, recorded in Windham; d. Oct., 1817. Eunice Webb, b. Nov. 28 or 20, 1755; d June 26, 1845. Calvin Webb, b. July 31, 1757; d in Rockingham, Vt., Nov. 15, 1853. Went to Rockingham with his father and settled on the same farm. Married and had children, one of whom was Ethan B, b. 1784; d. March 15, 1872; lived near Bellows Falls, Vt. Ethan B. Webb m. Fanny Burnham, b. about 1797, d. Sept. 24, 1876, and had children, Sarah, Carleton E. and Emily, who always lived in Rockingham. Mary Webb, b. Jan. 28, 1760; d. July 30, 1841. Anna Webb, b. Aug. 22, 1761; d, Feb. 17, 1842. Luther Webb, b. Oct. 24, 1763; m. Dorothy Wheelock. Joshua Ripley Webb, b. July 7, 1766; d. Feb. 21, 1813. Married and had a son Edward, who lived in Northfield, Vt. 31.Mary4 Abbe, daughter of John3 and Mary (Palmer) Abbe, born September 10, 1726, at Windham, Conn. Married in Windham, April 23, 1747, ELISHA WALES, born March 10, 1728, in Windham; died April 6, 1788, in Union, Conn. He was son of Deacon Ebenezer and Esther (Smith) Wales; accompanied his family to Union and remained there till about 1760, when he removed to Ashford. With other members of his fame he was one of the patentees of the township of Norwich, Vt., which was organized at Mansfield, Conn., August 21, 1761, but it is doubtful if any of them became actual settlers. There is a tradition that he served in the French and Indian War. In 1763 he was commissioned captain of the 12th Company, 5th Regiment, Connecticut Colonial forces. December 14, 1769, he was appointed to correspond with other committees in the county and elsewhere to encourage and forward manufactures and the spirit of industry in this government, also to see that no goods were imported into Ashford. In 1776 he represented Ashford in the General Assembly of Connecticut. Children Ebenezer Wales, m. at Ashford, Dec. 26, 1773, Anna Babcock. He entered service in the army July, 1775, was Lieutenant of the 1st Regiment Connecticut line from 1778 till the close of the war. Member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati. 94 Elisha Smith Wales, b. 1753; m. Mary Watkins. Nathan Wales, m. Dec. 22, 1771, Sarah Keyes, daughter of Ephraim Keyes of Ashford. He was a soldier in the Revolution, was made Captain in 1780 in a State Regiment. After the war he removed to Norwich, N.Y. 95 Mary Wales, m. John Keyes. Hannah Wales, bapt. June 19, 1760. 32.ELIZABETH4 ABBE, daughter of John3 and Mary (Palmer) Abbe, born September 16, 1728. Resided in Union, Conn. Married in Union, May 22, 1754, JESSE WARD, born in Union, August 6, 1729, son of William and Rachel (Ñ) Ward. Children, births of four are recorded in Union John Ward, b. May 15, 1755; m. Oct. 26, 1780, at Belchertown, Judith Ayres. Abigail Ward, b. Dec 11, 1757. Lucena Ward, b. May 2, 1766. Lois Ward, b. May 8, 1768. Humphrey Ward, b. Nov. 16, 1769. 33.RICHARD4 ABBE, son of John3 and Mary (Palmer) Abbe, born in Windham, Conn., July 1, 1730; died February 17, 1794 (?). He seems to have lived in Windham, although the vital records of that town contain the birth of only one child, Merari (Mexari or Miriam). Family traditions and names prove that Hezekiah, Mason, and Richard were also his sons and there were doubtless others. In his will be left a farm of 90 acres on Beaver Hill in Windham to his son Merari or Mexari. He is said to have been an officer in the Revolution. Married MARY HUNTINGTON, born in Windham, April 2, 1735, daughter of David and Mary (Mason) Huntington. Children, some died in infancy Merari or Mexari Abbe, b. in Windham, Dec. 14, 1752. several published records have given this name as Mexari, but the recent accurate copy of the Windham records has it Merari. The old manuscript of Windham vital records made by Jonathan Clark has it Miriam, but this is not likely to be as correct as one of the others. Received farm at Beaver Hill, Windham, by his father's will. 96 Hezekiah Abbe, b. Jan. 4, 1755, in Union, Conn.; m. Martha Manning. 97 Mason Abbe, b. April 17, 1759; m. Sarah Frisell. 98 Richard Abbey, b. at Windham, Aug. 15, 1769; m. Dolly Ellis. Ñ (daughter), m. Ñ Dodge and lived in Vermont. 34.TABITHA4 ABBE, daughter of John3 and Mary (Palmer) Abbe, born September 16, 1736, in Windham, Conn. Married in Windham, November 16, 1758, CHARLES RIPLEY, born February 25, 1733, son of Jeremiah and Abigail (Carey) Ripley. He held a commission in the French and Indian War and fought against the Indians in Canada. He was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, was taken prisoner by the British at Monmouth, N.J., and confined in the Sugar House prison in New York. At a time when he was reduced to extreme prostration by want of food, some refuse bones were offered him. He remonstrated and the keeper of the prison dealt him a blow on the head that instantly killed him. Children, births recorded in Windham 99 Epaphras Ripley, b. Feb. 13, 1759; m, Ann Webb. Benjamin Ripley, b. Jan. 28, 1761; no children. Charles Ripley, b, Aug. 19, 1762. 100 John Abbe Ripley, b. April 3, 1764 ; m. Margaret Clark. Sarah Ripley, b. May 9, 1767. 101 Vine Ripley, b. Nov. 30, 1769; m. Lois Crampton. Calvin Ripley, b. Feb. 16, 1772; d. in Bennington, Vt. 36.JEREMIAH4 WELCH, son of Thomas and Hannah3 (Abbe) Welch, born in Windham, Conn., November 14, 1714; died September 17, 1790. His will, probated December 13, 1790, mentions wife Jerusha; sons Elijah, Eleazer and Reuben; daughters Hannah, Mary, Jerusha, Chloe, and Anna (single). Married (1) December 15, 1736, MARGARET HEBARD, who died September 9, 1784, aged 71. Married (2) May 25, 1785, MRS. JERUSHA LASELL. Children Hannah Welch, b. March 2, 1737-8; m. N Buzby. Mary Welch, b. Nov. 4, 1739; m, as his second wife, John Huntington. Jeremiah Welch, b, Dec. 10, 1741; d. Dec. 26, 1741. Jerusha Welch, b. May 13, 1743; m. March 9, 1769, Nathan (or Jonathan) Martin, jr. Elijah Welch, b. July 6,1745. He was a physician; m. and settled in Orange County, N.Y. Eliphalet Welch, b. May 15, 1747; d. Nov. 4, 1772. Ann Welch, b. April 4, 1749; was unm. in 1790, as stated in her father's will. 101 Eleazer Welch, b. Dec. 12, 1750; m. (1) Abigail Brown, (2) Althea Manning. Reuben Welch, b. in Windham, Aug. 21, 1752. Married, May 1, 1775, Jerusha Carey, who was b. Jan. 15, 1755. Children: i. Fanny, b. Sept 9, 1776; ii. Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1717; iii. Lucy. b. Feb. 24, 1779; iv. Anna, b. Oct 7, 1782; v. Polly, b. Dec. 16, 1784; vi. Elisha, b. Jan. 27, 1787; vii Chloe, b. Nov. 5, 1788; viii. Lydia, b. Aug. 11, 1791; ix. Alathea, b. Nov. 27, 1793; x. Eliphalet, b. Aug. 7 or 11, 1796; xi. Carey, b. Jan. 13, 1799; xii. Mira, b. Jan. 17, 1802. Abigail Welch, b. June 4, 1754; d. April 7, 1755. Chloe Welch, b. in Windham, July 5, 1756. Married Feb. 3, 1781, James Robinson. children: i. James; ii. Gurdon, resided in Boston. A grandson of Chloe Welch, Rev. A. A. Robinson, b. May 14, 1814, was settled over the Baptist Church at Pacherville, Conn., 1886, and was preaching there in 1899. He m. a daughter of Lyman Lyons of Wales, Mass. 36.John4 WELCH, son of Thomas and Hannah3 (Abbe) Welch, born in Windham, Conn., July 8, 1717; died March 4, 1802. Resided in Windham. Married October 27, 1745, ABIGAIL MANNING, born November 25, 1722; died January (or February) 6, 1794; daughter of Samuel, jr., and Irene (Ripley) Manning of Windham. Children, born at Windham Irenah Welch, b. Sept. 7, 1746; d. 1804; m., March 31, 17-, William Sabin. Jerusha Welch, b. Sept. 4, 1748; m. Jonathan Martin. Children: i. Jonathan; ii. Samuel; iii. Amelia; iv. Julia; v. Irene; vi. Ashbel. 103 John Welch, jr., b. Feb. 3, 1750-1; m. Olivia Fitch. Asenath Welch, b. April 4, 1753; d. Nov. 4, 1813; m., as his second wife, July 4, 1793, Shubael Pitch, who d. March 1, 1834. Children: I. Asenath; ii. Ashbel. 104 Ashbel Welch, b. April 21, 1764; m. Margaret Dorrance. 37.DANIEL4 WELCH, son of Thomas and Hannah3 (Abbe) Welch, born in Windham, Conn., March 20, 1726; died April 29, 1782. He was graduated from Yale in 1749, and preached at North Mansfield and Abington. Married February 18, 1752, MARTHA COOK, daughter of Moses and Deborah (Cadwell) Cook. She died December 11, 1775. Children Hannah Welch, b. Dec. 10, l752; d. Dec. 26, 1846; m. Captain Jesse Waldo. 105 Moses Cook Welch, b. Feb. 14, 1754; m. four times. Daniel (1) Welch, jr., b. Feb. 10, 1756; d. March, 1756. 106 Thomas Welch, b. Feb. 22, 1757; m. Lucinda Pierce. Daniel (2) Welch, b. May 7, 1759; d. Sept. 3, l785. He was a physician. 107 Gurdon Welch, b. May 23, 1761; m. Mary Manning. Caroline Matilda Welch, b. July 7, 1763; d. June 11, 1785; m. Gurdon Moulton. Child: Caroline Matilda, was mentioned in her grandfather's will as her mother's only child and heir. Martha Welch, b. June 17, 1765; m. Arad Evens and moved to New York state. Children: i. Thomas; ii. Chloe; iii. Phebe; iv. Arad, was living in 1862. Jerusha Welch, b. Dec. 5, 1767; d. Dec 17, 1815, at Mansfield, Conn. Married Roger Waldo, b. Aug. 2, 1766; d. June 28, 1813; a son of Jesse and Bridget (Thompson) Waldo. He was a physician, was born, lived and died at Mansfield. No children. He m. (2) Chloe Evans, by whom he had a son, Jesse Harrison, b. Dec. 5, 1816. Deborah Welch, b. Nov. 15, 1769; m. _ Bicknell and removed to western Connecticut. 108 Sophia Welch, b. Sept. 27, 1771; m. Gurdon Barrows. Abigail Welch, b. Dec. 26, 1773; d. Dec. 24, 1818; not m. 38.SARAH4 BIDLACK, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia3 (Abbe) Bidlack, born in Windham, Conn., November 24, 1723; died there September 5, 1749. Married in Windham, June 16, 1742, NATHANIEL FLINT, JR., born in Windham, September 5, 1720, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Martin) Flint. He married (2) Mary Hovey by whom he had ten children: Luke, Jonathan(1), Jonathan(2), Phineas, Abigail, Zaccheus, Daniel, Elisha, Mary and William. His will, made August 3, 1792, was probated April 1, 1795. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 13, page 426.) Children of Sarah Bidlack, recorded in Windham Benjamin Flint, b. Sept. 27, 1743; resided in Hampton; m., April 12, 1770, Bethiah Cheney of Pomfret. Children, born in Hampton: i. Hannah, b. Aug. 16, 1770; ii. Chloe, b. May 10, 1772; iii. Charlotte, b. April 19, 1774; iv. Sarah (1) b. April 14, 1776, d. April 28, 1776; v. Sarah (2), b. June 2, 1777; vi Asa, b. March 29, 1779; vii. Elisha, b. Aug. 30, 1781; viii. Polly, b. Nov. 5, 1783; ix. Amelia, b. Feb. 13, 1787; x. Benjamin, jr., b. Jan. 4, 1791; xi. Cheney, b. June 6, 1793. 109 Nathaniel Flint, 3d, b. July 15, 1745; m. Lucy Martin. Sarah Flint, b. April 28, 1747; d. before 1792; m. Elias (or Josiah) Chapman of Ashford. 39.BENJAMIN4 BIDLACK, JR., son of Benjamin and Lydia3 (Abbe) Bidlack, born July 4, 1725. Resided in Windham, Conn. Married in Windham, November 11, 1742, EDITH SPAULDING. She married (2) April 7, 1756, Joshua Read. Children, recorded in Windham Jonathan Bidlack, b. Nov. 19, 1744; m., April 22, 1767, Hannah Cutler. Children, recorded in Windham, Conn.: i. Eunice, b, Feb. 9, 1768; ii. Olive, b. Dec. 1, 1769; iii. Asa, b. Oct. 9, 1771; iv. Mary, b. April 27, 1773; v. Ralph, b. Oct. 2, 1774; vi. Jonathan, b. Sept. 19, 1776; vii. Oliver, b. April 29, 1778; viii. Edith, b. Jan. 22, 1780. Ruth Bidlack, b. Feb. 14, 1746-7; d. Jan., 1761. Sarah Bidlack, b. Nov. 29, 1748; d. Jan. 16, 1751. 40.BETHIA4 BIDLACK, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia3 (Abbe) Bidlack, born May 22, 1738. Married, as his second wife, June 24, 1756, CHRISTOPHER DAVISON, born April 15, 1732, son of Thomas, jr., and Lydia, (Merrick) Davison, of Preston, Conn. He married (1) June 5, 1755, Lydia Hovey, daughter of Nathaniel Hovey, by whom he had a son, Asa. He resided in Windham, Conn. Child, recorded in Windham Daniel Davison, b. Nov. 9, 1757; d. Dec., 1757. 41.ANNE4 SLATE, daughter of William and Elizabeth3 (Abbe) Slate, born in Windham, Conn., April 29, 1710; died in Mansfield, Conn., March 28, 1772. Married in Mansfield, October 9, 1734, JOSEPH WHITTEMORE, born March 13, 1694; died in Mansfield, May 15, 1742. Children, born in Mansfield Joseph Whittemore, jr., b. July 4, 1736; m. in Mansfield, Nov., 1763, Sarah Howe, b. about 1738; d. July 17,1802. Children: Joseph, b. April 11, 1764; Samuel, b. Jan. 12, 1769, d. at Bolton (?), before 1802; Shubael, b. Feb. 28, 1771; Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1779. Samuel Whittemore, above, m. at Mansfield, Jan. 1, 1794, Sarah Wales, b. in Hebron, May 11, 1773, d. about 1802, and had a son Williams Howe Whittemore, b. in Bolton, Feb. 2, 1800, d. in Rye, N.Y., July 25, 1885, m. in Rye, Dec 22, 1831, Maria Clark, b. Jan. 16, 1803, d. in Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 25, 1886. Their daughter married William P. Bacon, a graduate of Yale, 1858, and a resident of New Britain, Conn., about 1899. Ann Whittemore, b. Feb. 8, 1738- 9. Elizabeth Whittemore, b. June 9, 1741. 42.EBENEZER4 SLATE, son of William and Elizabeth3 (Abbe) Slate, born probably in Windham, Conn., January 19, 1717-8. Lived later in Mansfield, but doubtless removed soon after his marriage. Married in Mansfield, March 6, 1740, SARAH MANLEY, daughter of Eleazer Manley. Child Sarah Slate, b. May 5, 1741, in Mansfield; bapt. there May 10. 43.EZEKIEL4 SLATE, son of William and Elizabeth3 (Abbe) Slate, born probably in Windham, Conn., December 26, 1719; died in Mansfield, January 9, 1792. Married in Mansfield, January 30, 1746, MEHITABEL HALL, daughter of James and Mehitabel (Ñ) Hall, born February 18, 1722; died December 7, 1803. Children, recorded in Mansfield Ezekiel Slate, jr., b. Oct. 30, 1746; m. Mary Russ, daughter of John Russ of Mansfield. Children: I. Eleazer, b. July 15, 1768; ii. Annis, b. Aug. 9, 1769; iii. Nathan, b. Aug. 22, 1770; iv. Ezekiel, b. May 26, 1772; v. Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1774. Mehitabel Slate, b. Feb. 19, 1749. James Slate (Lieutenant) b. Dec., 1751; m. Feb. 1, 1781, Mary Needham of Brimfield. Children: i. Clarissa, b. Nov. 16, 1782; ii. Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1784, m. Oct. 6, 1808, Alvin Bennett; iii. Sally, b. March 5, 1787; iv. Mehitabel, b. Jan. 10, 1790; v. Lora, b. May 10, 1792; vi. James, b. April 10, 1794, d. Dec. 4, 1797; vii. Nancy, b. May 11, 1796, m. Oct. 11, 1818, Thomas Place; viii. Needham, b. Aug. 6, 1798, m. Fanny Ñ, and had six children: Fanny Marilla, b. Feb. 20, 1826, m. May 27, 1847, William B. Crane; Mary Jane, b. June 3, 1827, m. Jan. 20, 1848, Albert Barrows; James Jackson, b. Feb. 3, 1829; Angeline Martha, b. Oct. 10, 1830, m. March 24, 1850, Albert Barrows; Daniel Needham, b. Nov. 14, 1834, and Marcia Clarissa, b. Sept. 8, 1839; ix. Phila, b. Jan. 7, 1801; x. Armina, b. Aug. 29, 1803; xi. Sabrina, b. Dec. 30, 1805. Elizabeth Slate, b. July 22, 1754. Anne Slate, b. July 8, 1756. Mary Slate, b. Aug. 15, 1758. Zerviah Slate, b. June 7, 1761; m. Oct. 23, 1783, Aaron Hall of Mansfield. Children: i. Zerviah, b. June 5, 1784; ii. Aaron, b. Dec. 2, 1785; iii. Zeria, b. Aug. 7, 1787; iv. Zadock, b. Feb. 23, 1789. Sarah Slate, b. Jan. 14, 1766; m. April 2, 1789, Samuel Barrows. Children: i. Nathan, b. Oct. 26, 1790; ii. John, b. Dec. 5, 1792; iii. Samuel, b. Oct. 17, 1795; iv. Sally, b. Aug. 27, 1797; v. Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1803; vi. James Madison, b. Oct. 19, 1809. 44.EBENEZER4 ABBE, JR., son of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born July 27, 1708; resided in Windham or North Windham, Conn. Married February 22, 1729-30, ABIGAIL CARY, probably daughter of Joseph Cary, jr. One account gives her name Abigail Soale and still another says she was Abigail Goodale, daughter of Isaac Goodale of Salem. Children, baptized at Windham Mary Abbe, b. March 26, 1731. 110 Isaac Abbe, b. July 25, 1733; m. Eunice Church. Ezekiel Abbe, bapt. at Windham, July 27, 1735. Perhaps he was the Ezekiel Abbe who served during the French and Indian War: April 21-Dec 2, 1755, in 3d Company, 26 Regiment, Major Isaac Foote; June 8-Oct. 3, 1756, in 3d Company, 2d Regiment, Major Jehosaphat Starr; 16 days in militia company under Captain John Carpenter, Aug., 1757. Abner Abbe, b. Aug. 26, 1737. This is probably the Abner Abbe who enlisted June 8, 1756, in 2d Regiment, 3d Company, Major Jehosaphat Starr; d. or was captured Sept. 19, 1756. Ebenezer Abbe, 3d, b. June 10, 1739. Perhaps the Ebenezer Abbe in Captain Benjamin Whitney's Company at Guilford and other parts of Windham County, 1783-4. 111 Jacob Abbe, b. Aug. 23, 1741; m. Sarah Richardson. 112 John Abbe, b. Aug. 22, 1743.; probably m. Abial Averill. Samuel Abbe, b. June 21, 1747. 45.ELIZABETH4 ABBE, daughter of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born September 11, 1709. Married in Mansfield, November 13, 1735, DANIEL CROSS, born July 20, 1713, in Mansfield, Conn., son of Daniel and Desire (Ñ) Cross. Children, born in Mansfield Ichabod Cross, b. Jan. 18, 1736-7. Mary Cross, b. June 4, 1739. Daniel Cross, b. May 20, 1741. Abigail Cross, b. April 14, 1743; d. Nov. 29, 1749. John Cross, b. Oct. 14, 1745. Shubael Cross, b. Dec. 16, 1747. Theophilus Cross, b, April 1, 1750. Uriah Cross, b. June 9, 1752; m. Mary Children: i, Uriah, b, Aug, 21, 1718; ii. Sarah Abbe, b. April 2, 1781; iii. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1782; iv. Moses, b. Aug. 7, 1784, recorded at Lunenburg, Vt., Jan. 22, 1785; v. Hazen, b. Aug. 2, 1786; vi. James, b, April 14, 1789. 46.JOSHUA4 ABBE, son of Ebenezer3 Mary (Allen) Abbe, born January 20, 1710-1, in Mansfield, Conn.; died January 13, 1807;1 buried in Windham. His homestead was at North Windham, just within the bounds of Chaplin. He was a large land-owner and his extensive holdings at North Windham were generally called his "kingdom while he was known as King Abbe." He was a man of large heart, generous impulses and liberal opinions; of great vigor of both mind and body and a match for anyone in shrewdness and wit. His strong religious feelings made him a conspicuous leader in a sect which arose from the Baptist denomination in Windham and became known as Abbe-ites. His home was ever open for religious meetings or for the entertainment of guests. Among celebrated guests is the name of "Mother" Ann Lee, founder of the sect of Shakers. His will, made April 7,1804, inventory March 18, 1809, mentions his wife and daughters, Zibeiah Wales, Mary Hebard, Zerviah Webb and Lucretia Badger. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 15, pages 280, 285, 435, 539.) It is said that in 1803-4, he had 9 children, 88 grandchildren, 120 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. In the Census of 1800 his family numbered eight persons, Mansfield enumeration. Married in Windham, April 14, 1736, MARY RIPLEY, born November 16 (or 18), 1716, at Windham, Conn.; died October 1,1769, at Windham. Her tombstone at Windham says she died October 13, 1770, in her 54th year. She was daughter of Joshua Ripley, jr., who at that time resided in Willimantic and was connected with the Iron Works." Her mother was Mary Backus, a descendant of Lieutenant William Backus, Lion Gardiner, Thomas Bingham, Lieutenant Jonathan Rudd and other Colonial dignitaries. Her descent from Governor Bradford of the Mayflower is as follows: William1 Bradford; Deputy-Governor William2 Bradford, jr.; Hannah3 Bradford, married Joshua Ripley; Joshua4 Ripley, Jr. Children, births recorded in Windham 113 Zibeiah Abbe, b. June 11, 1737; m. Jonathan Wales. 114 Rachel Abbe, b. Feb. 6, 1738-9; m. Samuel McClellan. 115 Mary Abbe, b. Dec. 21, 1740; m. Nathaniel Hebard. 116 Zerviah Abbe, b. Jan. 7, 1743; m. Nathaniel Webb. 117 Shubael Abbe, b. Nov. 9, 1744; m. Lucy Chester. 118 Phineas Abbe, b. Nov. 22, 1746; m. (1) Mary Bingham; (2) Susanna Brown. 119 Lucretia Abbe, b. March 10 (or 18), 1749; m. Edmund Badger. 120 Joshua Abbe, jr., b. Jan. 9, 1751; m. (1) Triphena Bass; (2) Mrs. Rogers. 121 Elisha Abbe, b. May 15, 1753; m, Jerusha Webb. Elizabeth Abbe, b. Dec. 6, 1758; d. Jan 20, 1759. 47.MARY4 ABBE, daughter of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born September 21, 1712; died March 4, 1735, in Windham. Married in Windham, May 9, 1734, JONATHAN BINGHAM, born August 17, 1712, at Windham, Conn.; died February 16, 1800. He was son of Deacon Abel Bingham and Mary (or Elizabeth) Odell, was early adopted by his uncle Jonathan Bingham, who had no children, and willed him his homestead near the Windham Center Burying Ground. He married (2) Mrs. Sarah (Upton) Vinton, widow of Malatiah Vinton of Stoneham. By this second marriage he had children: Mary Malatiah, Elisha, Phebe, and Naomi. Children of Mary Abbe (probably there were others) Jonathan Bingham, jr., b. Feb. 20, 1735; m. Elizabeth Warner, b. April, 1707; d. Aug. 21 1751 in Mansfield; daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth (Babcock) Warner of Mansfield, Conn., and a descendant of Andrew Warner of Cambridge, Mass., 1632. They are said to have numerous descendants in Vermont and New Hampshire. Children: Elisha Warner, b. in Mansfield, March 23, 1765; Erastus, b. in Mansfield, April 17, 1767; Frederick, b. in Cornish, Cheshire County, N.H.; Amy, b. in Cornish. Jonathan Bingham was one of the signers to a petition for the establishment of a Congregational Church at Cornish, Nov. 21, 1798. Naomi Bingham, b. May 13, 1744. Married, May 22, 1771, Lieutenant Joshua Tracy, b. in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 13, 1745; d. in Norwich, March 20, 1777, of smallpox; was buried "on the hill in Franklin, near Dr. Woodward's." He was the son of John and Margaret (Hyde) Tracy. Children: i. Abel, b. April 26, 1779, at Norwich, probably d. without issue; ii. Thomas, b. May 23, 1774, at Norwich, was educated at Yale, d. in Baltimore, not m.; iii. Joshua, b. in Norwich, Dec. 21, 1776, d. Aug. 11, 1779. 48.GIDEON4 ABBE, son of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born in Mansfield, Conn., February 13, 1715-6; died there in 1784. He settled first in Windham, resided later in Union, Mansfield, and Ashford. He purchased of Nathaniel Badger, jr., 100 acres on the west side of Union in 1742; was living in Union in 1743-4, and sold 100 acres of land there to Jonathan Barber, April 19, 1744. (Union Records, Book 2, page 17.) In 1769, Gideon Abbe of Hanover, N.H., bought a piece of land in Hartford, Conn., including a dwelling house. The same year Gideon Abbe of Hartford bought land. In 1770 he was called of Coventry on deeds. (Hartford Deeds, 11, p. 70; 13, pp. 40, 224; 15, p. 233.) His will was made May, 1779, probated June 25, 1784. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 12, page 43, etc.) Married (1) in Mansfield, March 15, 1735, MARY WOOD, who died October, 1742, daughter of Samuel Wood of Mansfield. Married (2) in Mansfield, December 8, 1742, KEZIAH WALKER, who died January, 1746-7. Married (3) in Mansfield, March, 1747, BATHSHEBA SMITH, daughter of William Smith of Ashford, Conn. She survived him and was living in Mansfield in 1790, one male over 16, one female in family. Children by first wife Mary (1) Abbe, b. in Windham, March 24, 1738; d. young. Hannah Abbe, b. in Windham, June 28, 1739. Married in Mansfield, March 29, 1759, Josiah Hall, b. March 27, 1738, son of James3 (William2, John1) Hall of Mansfield. They removed to Rhode Island about 1770. Children: i Hannah, b. Aug. 18, 1760; ii. Phebe, b. July 13, 1765, m. Nov. 24, 1789, Daniel Canada of Mansfield; iii. Josiah, b. June 9, 1767; iv. Elisabeth, b. Sept. 29, 1769, m. Oct. 26, 1786, William Balch, had children, Stephen, b. Nov. 29, 1787, Betsey, b. Oct. 27, 1789, and Origen, b. Jan. 15, 1794; v. Shubael, b. Sept. 24, 1771. Gideon Abbe, jr., b. Oct 12, 1741. He is found in no further records and was probably the Gideon Abbe who served in 1st Regiment, 3d Company, under Major John Slapp, in the French and Indian War and died June 17, 1759. Children by second wife Mary (2) Abbe, b. in Union, Sept. 4, 1743; recorded there, daughter of Gideon and Keziah Abbe. Mary (3) Abbe, b. Oct, 10, 1744, in Mansfield. Married there (First Church Record), March 24, 1763, John Hunt, jr.; of Mansfield. Children, born in Mansfield: i. Anne, b. Jan. 27, 1764; ii. Joseph, b. April 15, 1766; iii. Mary, b. April 2, 1769; iv. John, b. May 14, 1772. Amos Abbe, bapt. at Windham, Oct. 3, 1745, according to manuscript at the Connecticut Historical Society, probably d. young. 122 Solomon Abbe, b. April 12, 1746; m. Lucy Johnson. Children by third wife, born in Mansfield 123 John Abbe, b, March 8, 1747-8; (?)m. Dorothy Bugbee. Samuel (1) Abbe, b. Oct. 2, 1749; d. young. Bathsheba Abbe, b. Feb. 22, 1750-1; probably d. young. Elijah Abbe, b. in Ashford, July 7, 1753. His name is found in the Mansfield census records of 1800 and 1810. Married, Nov. 4, 1772, Ruth Balch, b. in Mansfield, daughter of Jonathan and Esther (Hall) Balch, and had a child born in Mansfield, Dec. 15, 1773, d. Dec. 16, 1773. He resided in Mansfield and all his property went to Thomas Balch, a relative of his wife. 124 Samuel (2) Abbe, b. Jan. 7, 1755; m. Miriam Hall. Nathan Abbe, b. Nov. 21, 1756. 125 William Abbe, b, April 14, 1758; m. Lydia Hall. Jerusha Abbe, b. Jan. 3, 1761. Married in Mansfield, Jan. 14 or 15, 1784, Ephraim Hall, jr., son of Ephraim and Miriam (Wolcott) Hall. Children, born in Mansfield: i. Elisha, b. Oct. 31, 1784; ii. Jehiel, b. April 9, l786. Eunice Abbe, b. May 12, 1765. Ezra Abbe, bapt. in Windham, May 10, 1767. Named in his father's will as infirm and unable to take care of himself. 49.SAMUEL4 ABBE, son of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born April 24, 1719, in Windham County, Conn. He may be the Samuel who resided in Windsor, Conn., in 1790. He is said to have removed to Otsego County, N.Y., about 1794, lost his property, and died there. It is likely that the earlier published records of this branch of the family omitted a generation, and it was a later Samnel Abbe who married, in Mansfield, Conn., July 8, 1766, TEMPERANCE LINCOLN, daughter of Thomas Lincoln of Windham. Children, born in Mansfield 126 Shadrach Abbe, b. March 6, 1767; m. Welthan Anne Abbe, b. June 13, 1769. Lucy Abbe (twin), b. May 22, 1771. Lemuel Abbe (twin), b. May 22, 1771. He was recorded in Burlington. N.Y., in 1800, aged between 26 and 45. Mary Abbe, b. Feb. 9, 1774. Amelia Abbe, b. July 14, 1776. Azubah Abbe, b. Dec. 21, 1778. 127 Ebenezer Abbe, b. June 9, 1781; m. Mary Blanchard. 50.ZERVIAH4 ABBE, daughter of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born March 17, 1720-1. Married in Windham, Conn., May 10, 1736, ELIHU MARSH, son of Thomas Marsh of Mansfield, Conn. He resided for a time in Mansfield, then removed to New Fairfield, and later to New Milford, where he purchased land, 1765, 1769, and 1770. His home was in the part now called Jerusalem, and he resided there until his death. He was an elder in the Strict Congregational Church of New Milford for a number of years. Children Elihu Marsh, jr., b. in Windham, Conn, May 8, 1727. Married Martha Walters and removed to Sherman, Conn., where he resided until his death. Children: I. Anna, m. Enos Peck; ii. Rachel, m. Ebenezer Wright. Sarariah Marsh, b. May 8, 1740; m. Kent B. Wright. Mary Marsh, b. June 12, 1742; m, Ebenezer Leach and lived in Sherman. 128 Eunice Marsh, b. Dec. 6, 1744; m. Joel Northrop. Lydia Marsh, b. April 11, 1747. Married Isaac Northrop, son of Thomas and Ñ (Terrill) Northrop. He died aged 77. Their daughter m. Ñ Waldo and d. in Chatham, N.Y., 1868, aged 92. 129 John Marsh, b. Aug. 4, 1749; m. Abigail Warner. 130 Samuel Marsh, b. Oct. 8, 1751; m. Miriam Leach. 131 Joseph Marsh, b. April 20, 1754; m. (1) Abigail Waldo; (2) Deborah Waldo. 132 Hannah Marsh, b. Feb., 1757. Ruth Marsh, b. Aug. 31, 1789; m. Ichabod Leach and lived at Sherman. Benjamin D. Marsh, b. May 10, 1762; m. Anna Jayger and removed to Bennington, Vt. 132 Amos Marsh, b. Sept. 8, 1764; m. Abigail Sutton. 51.JERUSHA4 ABBE, daughter Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born in Mansfield, Conn., October 22, 1722. Married in Mansfield, March 31, 1742, SAMUEL WOOD. Children, births recorded in Mansfield Mary Wood, b. Jan. 29, 1743. Eunice Wood, b. Jan., 1745. Ann Wood, b. April 1, 1747. Hannah Wood, b. Feb. 1, 1748-9. John Wood, b. March 1, 1751. Married in Mansfield, Oct. 26, 1780, Abigail Church, daughter of Jonathan Church. Mary Wood, b. March 30, 1753. Cibel Wood, b. April 13, 1755. 133 Gideon Wood, b. July 10, 1759; m. Kezia Owen. Nathan Wood, b. April 16, 1761. Married in Mansfield, Jan. 18, 1781, Lucy Johnson of Windham, Conn. Siba Wood, b: June 9, 1764. Samuel Dudley Wood, b. July 9, 1767. Children, recorded in Mansfield: i Sophia, b. Sept. 24, 1791; ii. Anna, b. Nov. 14, 1800; iii. Lois, b. July 11, 1806. 52.ABIGAIL4 ABBE, daughter of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born August 1, 1724. Married in Windham, November 1O, 1743, BENJAMIN CARY. Some accounts give the name Corey. Children, first two born in Windham, Conn., others in Mansfield Mary Cary, b. Aug. 12, 1744. John Cary, b. May 9, 1746. David Cary, b. Jan. 29, 1750. Benjamin Cary, b. Feb. 19, 1752. Eunice Cary, b. Ñ 5, 1754. Jacob Cary, b. May 14, 1756. Jonathan Cary, b. Feb. 28,1758. 53.MIRIAM4 ABBE, daughter of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born August 31, 1726; died December 2, 1823. Married in Mansfeld, Conn., October 5, 1745, WILLIAM CROSS, born May 25, 1720; died June 1, 1801. He was son of Daniel and Desire (Ñ) Cross, of Mansfield, Conn. After 1756, he removed to Windham. He owned the farm at North Windham which was later used as the town farm. His inventory was made September 21, 1801. (Windham Probate Records, Vol. 16, pages 502, 541; and Vol. 15, page 16.) Children, first five born in Mansfield, others in Windham Eunice Cross, b. July 7, 1747; m. (1) Nathan Lincoln; (2) Ñ Butterfield; (3) Perez Trap. William Cross, b. June 25, 1748; m., Oct. 24, 1767, Molly Wheeler. Children: i. Elathea, b. May 11, 1768; ii. Levi, b. Feb. 8, 1770; iii. Rachel, b. Feb. 8, 1772. Miriam Cross, b. Feb. 18,1750; m. (1) Samuel Stubbs; (2) Ñ Butterfield; (3) Perez Tracy. Eleazer Cross, b. Sept. 28, 1753. Anne, wife of Eleazer Cross, is mentioned in the will of his uncle, Nathan Abbe. Nathan Cross, b. March 6, 1756. He m. Mary Ñ and had son Zebulon, b. Sept. 30, 1780. Joseph Cross, bapt. May 11, 1760; settled first in Windham, Conn., but removed, after 1804, to Barton, Vt.; m. Persis Bacus, daughter of Nathaniel Bacus. Children: I. William; ii. Samuel; iii. Sophia; iv. Ephraim, bapt. June 2, 1796; v. Lucy, bapt. Aug. 16, 1798; vi. George Washington, bapt. May 15, 1800; vii. Erastus, bapt. Aug. 2, 1804. Mary Cross, bapt. July 5, 1761. Ebenezer Cross, bapt. Mar. 9, 1762. Tryphena Cross, bapt. April 27, 1767; m. Elijah Backus. 134 John Cross, m., (1) Mrs. Sarah (Backus) Gibbs; (2) Mrs Amy (Ñ) Jagger. 135 Shubael Cross, b. about 1771; m. Rachel Sawyer. 54.SOLOMON4 ABBE, son of Ebenezer3 and Mary (Allen) Abbe, born May 29, 1730; died 1799. He was born in North Windham, Conn., lived later in Windham and, after 1789, in Mansfield, where he died. His inventory, taken June 21, 1799, amounted to $138.00, personal property; and $270.18, real estate. At the settlement of the estate, the following heirs are given: widow Elizabeth; only son Abel; daughter Lydia, wife of David Allen; daughters Sarah, Phebe and Esther of Mansfield. (Windham Records, Vol. 14, pages 310, 311, 367.) Married (1) in Windham, June 17, 1751, SARAH KNIGHT, died July 25, 1797, daughter of Joseph Knight of Norwich, Conn. Married (2) in Mansfield, May 3, 1798, MRS. ELIZABETH BURNHAM of Hampton, Conn., who survived him. Children, by first wife (first six born in Windham) Joseph Abbe, b. April 6, 1752; d. Sept 4, 1754. Sarah (1) Abbe, b. Jan. 26, 1754; d. Sept. 12, 1754. Sarah (2) Abbe, b. Aug. 9,1775; m. in Mansfield, April 30, 1777, Andrew Hartshorn. Children, b. in Mansfield: i. Luther, b. Feb 25, 1778; ii. Avery, b. March 10, 1782, m. at Lynn, Mass., Oct 14. 1804, Elizabeth Smith of Lynn and had Solomon Abbe, b. Nov. 28, 1805, and Sarah Smith, b. Oct. 13, 1807; iii. Lucy, b. Oct 4, 1784. Lydia Abbe, b. July 6, 1757. Resided in Mansfield, Conn. Married, May 16, 1776, David Allen, jr., of Ashford. Children: i. John, b and d. Nov. 30, 1779; ii. and iii. twins, Azubah b. May 2, 1781, d. aged 1 week, and Sarah, d. May 3, 1781. (Son), b. Aug. 29, 1759; d. Aug. 30, 1759. (Son), b. and d. Aug. 12. 1760. Phebe Abbe, b. Oct 1, 1761, in Mansfield, Conn., and resided there. Married, Sept. 28, 1780, Uriah Smith of Lebanon, Conn. One account wrongly gives his name Micah Smith. There was a Uriah Smith in Mansfield, 1800, with a family of four (census records). In his will, March 25, 1814, probated April 11, 1814, are mentioned his wife Phebe, nephew Erastus Smith, niece Phebe Nichols and her two children and Lucina Webster. He was then of Mansfield. (Windham Probate Records, Vol 16, page 269.) Esther Abbe, b. June 20, 1764. Married in Mansfield, March 6, 1788, Leonard Sessions, b. in Windham, July 28, 1788; d. in Arkwright, Chautauqua County, N.Y., April 15, 1891, aged 102 yrs. 8 mos. and 19 days. Children: i. Leonard, b. July 28, 1788; ii. Lydia, b. Jan. 27, 1790; iii. Marcus, b Sept 21, 1792, m. Oct. 24, 1838, Clarissa B. Conant of Mansfield, lived in Chaplin; iv. Cyrus, b. March 10, 1797. A grandson, Frank J. Sessions, lives in Fort Wayne, Ind. 136 Abel Abbe, b. Aug. 7, 1766; m. Miriam Bingham. 55.Samuel4 Palmer, son of Samuel and Hepsibah3 (Abbe) Palmer, born September 18, 1711, in Windham, Conn. He resided in Warren, Conn., and, from 1750 to 1761, had property holdings in Kent. Married (1) in Windham, April 11, 1738-9, LYDIA SILSBY, born in Windham April 11, 1716; died in Mansfield, February 3, 1753, aged 37. Daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Allen) Silsby. Married (2), probably in Warren, TABITHA Ñ. Children (by first wife only), first four recorded in Windham Elijah Palmer, b. March 21, 1739-40. Nathaniel Palmer, b. May 2, 1742. Ezekiel Palmer, b. Dec. 15, 1744. Lydia Palmer, b. Jan. 11, 1748-9. 137 Elnathan Palmer, b. Aug. 30, 1750; m. Jemima Strong. Stephen Palmer, b. Nov. 29, 1752. 56.JOHN4 PALMER, son of Samuel and Hepsibah3 (Abbe) Palmer, born in Windham, Conn., March 6, 1720-1; died August 13, 1807. He was a member of the Church in Scotland, Windham County, Conn., at the time of the Separate movement. For too free exercise of his gift of exhortation, he was summarily arrested by the civil authority and kept in Hartford jail four months, only increasing his zeal, devotion, and opposition to the established churches. After further trial, the church united in calling him to its ministry, and on May 17, 1749, he was ordained its pastor. "Though deficient in education and somewhat rough in speech and manner, Mr. Palmer was a man of estimable character and sound piety, and under his guidance the Brunswick church, as it was called, maintained for many years a good standing in the community, comparatively free from those excesses and fanaticism which marred so many of its contemporaries. No difficulty was found in supporting its worship by voluntary contributions. A church edifice was built a mile or so southeast of Scotland Village, long known as the Brunswick meetinghouse. Mr. Devotion (pastor of the established church) was never reconciled to this intrusion within his parochial diocese, but was accustomed every Sunday morning to send his negro servant with a rescript to the Brunswick meetinghouse, forbidding Mr. Palmer or any other unauthorized person to preach therein that day - a prohibition which only served to increase the number of attendants and fan the spirit of separation and opposition." Married (1) May 18, 1749, in Windhan, Conn., ESTHER CLEVELAND, who died October 28, 1754, aged 27. Married (2) October 28, 1755, LYDIA EAMES, who died December 7, 1805. Children by first wife 138 Levi Palmer, b. Feb. 7, 1749-50; m. Elizabeth Cone. Esther Palmer, m. Jeremiah Bingham. Children by second wife John Palmer, b. Sept. 12, 1756. Went to New Durham, N.Y. Marshall Palmer, b. Dec 24, 1758; d. July 7, 1812. Settled in Bozrah. Married, Oct. 9, 1783, Eunice Manning, daughter of Hezekiah Manning. She died May 26, 1848. Children: i. Charles (1), b. March 12, 1784, d. July 14, 1786; ii. Charles (2), b. June 23, 1787, d. July 7, 1854; iii. Eunice (1), b. Jan. 18, 1789, d. Jan. 14, 1794; iv. Zephaniah, b. Oct. 1, 1794; v. Eunice (2), b. March 11, 1800, d. Feb. 11, 1804; vi. George C., b. April 25, 1805, d. May 8, 1805. Samuel Palmer, b. Jan. 6, 1762; m. Ñ Clark. Lived at Canterbury. Lydia Palmer, b. Dec 16, 1764; m. John Walker. David Palmer, b. April 20, 1769; d. 1849. Congregational minister at Townsend, Mass., 1800 to 1831; graduate of Dartmouth in 1797. Married Chloe Kingsley, daughter of John Kingsley. His son John K. was a professor in a school for women in Cambridge or Charlestown. 57.JOHN4 ABBE, JR., son of John3 and Hannah (Ñ) Abbe, born 1724 or earlier, probably in East Hartford, Conn.; died there about 1763. His name appears frequently upon the deeds of that town, beginning in 1745 when his father, John Abbe, transferred some property to him. In 1754 he received a grant of 3 acres in the town distribution. In 1759 John Abbe, jr., Solomon Hills and Sarah, his wife, and Naomi Abbe, deeded land in Hartford to George and John Buck of Wethersfield. (Hartford Deeds, 7, 226; 8, 22; 14, 348; 9, 559; 10, 247.) He was collector of the town in 1748, and signed petitions in 1746. He was a private in the 2d Company, 1st Regiment, raised by Lieutenant-Colonel John Pitkin for the reduction of Crown Point, April, 1755, serving for 28 weeks. March 2, 1763, the Court granted administration on his estate to Nehemiah Abbe of Hartford, who exhibited the inventory May 3, 1763. (Hartford Probate Records, 19, pages 55, 67, 111.) Married RUTH GOODWIN, who died 1782. She was daughter of John and Sarah (Ñ) Goodwin of Hartford. December 13, 1771, there was a transfer of land "set out to the said Ruth Abbee as part of the estate of Caleb Goodwin deceased.'' A deed of September 13, 1782, speaks of her as "our honored mother Ruth Abbe deceased.'' Administration upon her estate was granted to her son, John Abbe, jr., of Hartford, May 28, 1782, and the inventory of the estate was recorded in October of the same year. It is an interesting document, containing such items as: Great Bible 3/; 3 old books 1/6; silk crape gown 9/6; silk hoods and velvet ones; string of gold beads 54/; extensive list of dishes of all kinds and glass ware; Dwelling house £72; Home Lott 5 acres £20; 4 acres pasture £16; 121/2 acres woodland £62-10; 3 acres meadow land £25-10; 71/2 acres of woodland £48-15. (Hartford Probate Records, 23, page 80.) Children, born at East Hartford John Abbe, jr., bapt. April 15, 1750. Administration upon the estate of a John Abbey of East Hartford was granted to Timothy Williams, Feb. 11, 1816. There was a John Abby of East Hartford in the Census of 1800, no others in family. 139 Ruth Abbe, bapt. April 22, 1753; m John Risley. Damaris Abbe, bapt. Nov. 13, 1757; m. (1) Charles Buckland, Jr.; (2) Joshua Risley. Child: Timothy Buckland, b. 1781, d. June 16, 1864, aged 83, buried in East Hartford. An inventory of the Estate of John Abbe Jun. late of Hartford Deceased to 1 bible 2/6 old bible 1/6 Mr. Pemberton's Book on Divers Subjects of Divinity 1/6 two Psalm books 1/4 Mr Williams 2 books 10a speling book 1/6 psalter 1/4 £0-9-8 Mr. Thompsons book 5 Cloak vest 25/10 & breeches 14/6 Camblet coat 9/ Camblet vest 5/6 2-15-3 fustian vest l0/ old coat 3/6 blew vest 1/ great coat 9/ castor hat 10/ firelock 18/ broad ax 5/ 2-16-3 Small ax 1/ fine handsaw 3/6 coarse saw 4/ large angur 4/6 small angur 1/6 0-14-6 Chizel 1/ vizes 1/6 1/ pr compasses 8d Turners gouge & chizel 2/ 0-6-2 Joyners chizel 1/ Joynter 2/ foreplain 8d smoothing plain 8d groving plain 1/ quarter Round 1/ 0-6-4 hamer 6d one violin 6/6d harving plain 1/ & black stockins 1/6 pr worsted do 1/6 checkd linen shirt 3/6 0-14-6 Do 2/6 2 woolen shirts 12/ handkerchif 4/ neck Ribbon 1/2d & neck chiefs 2/6 2 putr plates 1/8d 1-3-8 old putr 15s is 15/ one large 4/6 mugg 1/ Tin ladle & Tunel 1/ 6 black chairs 7/6 4 white Do 2/ 1-11-0 white handkerchif 3/ pr sheets 10/ to Ditto 5/1 3 old sheets 3/6 4 napkins 3/ 3 towels 1/4d 1-5-10 3 pillow coats 2/ table cloth 1/2 curtains & vallence 9/60-12-8 Trundlebed & blanket sheet & feather Bed and boalster & under bed & bedsted & cord 0-13-2 Best bedsted 5/ feather bed 21/8d under bed 1/ a pillow 3/2d 3 small do 3/ white blankets 7/6 bedquilt 3/ bed cord 1/ warming pan 2/ best Table 5/ 1 old table 1/6 small Table 1/3d 2-7-10 1 Chest with draws 14/ 1 Chest 1/8d 2 Tramels 12/6 handirons 11/ pr tongs 3/6 1 Ñ 2/6 pair bellows 1/ coper skillet 2/ brass kettle 20/ churn 2/6 Jack knife 1/6 half a case of knives and forks 1/2 3-18-4 1 great wheel 2/6 Dutch wheel 7/6 hand pail 1/3d looking glass 2/ 1 box 10d old real 8d 1 chest 1/ one knife 9d pr shears 1/5 Dry Casks 3/4d 2 Cyder barels 2/6d one hhd 3/ wood-tunel 1/9 half barel 9d two shaves & bow 2/4d pr pinchers 9d hamer 1/ pan kettle 4/ sickel 1/ sithe and tackling 1/2 old hatchet 1/ Iron pot 5/ Cash 9d & Table frame 2/6 10-15-7 Thomas Ritter Timothy Williams appraisers under oath April 25, 1763. (Hartford Probate Records, volume 19, page 11.) 58.STEPHEN4 ABBEY, son of John3 and Hannah (Ñ) Abbe, born probably at East Hartford, Conn., about 1727; died there March 26, 1796, aged 71. The first mention of him in the deeds of Hartford is in 1749, then in 1754, with reference to land on the west side of the "Great River." Later transactions were of 1760, 1761, and 1765. (Hartford Deeds, 7, page 541; 8, pages 26 and 111; 9, page 388; 10, pages 36, 37, 174; 12, page 436.) His home was on the east side of the "Great River." Administration was granted upon his estate, July 6, 1798, to Jonathan Stanley of East Hartford. The brief inventory recorded, July 9, 1798, gave a total of £204-12-9. The widow, Mary, received a share. Among the sales was one to "Theodore Abby 1 acre & half Home lot, being the same that was set to wido Mary Abby as dower in sd estate." (Hartford Probate Records, Vol. 25, 199, 220, 237; Vol. 26, 63.) His name appears as signer of petitions regarding East Hartford lands. (Connecticut Archives, State Library, IX, 281d, with autograph.) He was collector of the town in 1755. In 1791 there was an epidemic of small-pox and there was a fad, which proved to be short-lived, of whole families inoculating themselves with the disease and retiring into seclusion. Stephen Abbey with several others petitioned the town for permission to do this in April, 1791. The privilege was taken away by the authorities in September of the same year, but we have no record to show that the petitioners really tried the experiment and with what results. Married MARY (or MARAH) Ñ. There was a widow Mary Abbey who died in East Hartford, February 1, 1804, and one who died April 10, 1809. Children, from Book of East Hartford Church Records, Baptisms, in Connecticut Historical Society 140 Mary Abbey, bapt. April 8, 1750; m. (1) Nathaniel Burnham, (2) Captain Stephen Roberts. 141 Eunice Abbey, bapt. Aug. 25, 1751; m. Roderick Burnham. 142 Stephen Abbey, jr., bapt. Sept. 30, 1753; m. Susannah Olmsted. 143 Anna Abbey, bapt. Nov. 23, 1755; prob. m. David Deming. Hannah Abbey, bapt. Nov. 20, 1757. Betty (or Betsey) Abbey, bapt. Aug. 19, 1759. She received personal property by the will of her brother Stephen, 1823; was unm. at that time. Perhaps the Betsey Abbey who d. at East Hartford, Jan. 12, 1829. 144 David Abbey, bapt. May 24, 1761; m. Thankful Wadsworth. Dolly Abbey, bapt. April 17, 1763. Kate Abbey, bapt. March 30, 1765. 145 Theodore (Theador) Abbey, bapt. March 22, 1767; m. Abigail Porter. 146 Russell Abbey, bapt. Feb. 5, 1769; m. Martha Olmsted. Jett Abbey, bapt. Oct 30, 1774. One Jet Abba d. in East Hartford, Dec.l8, 1794. 59.ELEAZER4 ABBE, son of John3 and Hannah (Ñ) Abbe, born probably in East Hartford, Conn. He was a party to land transfers in Hartford in 1752 and 1754. (Hartford Deeds, 8, pages 26, 303; 12, page 358.) He was on the list of an independent company raised in 1755 during the French and Indian War, and 3 lead pounds and 6 flints were delivered to him. (Connecticut Historical Society Collections, IX, 84.) He is credited with 5 days service under Captain Ebenezer Wallisant, dated April 2, 1778. (Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls.) The records of the Pension Office at Washington show that Eleazer Abbe entered the service in the 3d Connecticut Regiment, April 16, 1778, and was discharged from the 1st Regiment, September 29, 1781; he was a resident of East Hartford in 1788; bounty land warrant No. 267 for 100 acres was allowed on this service and was delivered to Joel Barlow, April 25, 1805. He is doubtless the Eleazer Abbe of the 1790 Census in Danby, Rutland County, Vt., one male over 16, one under 16, 3 females in family. One of his family may have been Benjamin Abbey, recorded in the 1800 Census in Rutland, 1 male and 1 female between 26 and 45, 5 boys and 1 girl under 10. Married MARY Ñ. There was a widow Mary Abbe died in East Hartford February 1, 1804, and one who died April 10, 1809, possibly this Mary. Children, baptized in East Hartford Eliphalet Abbe, bapt. Sept. 15, 1754. Eliphalet Abbey served 6 days on the Lexington alarm list from Hartford; enlisted May 20, 1775; discharged Dec. 20, 1775, in 2d Company, under Colonel Hinman, Captain George Pitkin of Hartford, served at the siege of Boston; was private in Colonel Huntington's Regiment; sick in hospital at Stamford; discharged Nov., 1776; enlisted July 8, 1777, for the war in 2d Troop, Colonel Sheldon's Light Dragoons, from Hartford; farmer, 5 feet 61/2 inches tall, dark complexion, dark eyes and brown hair. 147 Jeduthan Abbe, bapt. Aug. 14, 1757; m. Lucretia Bement. Martha Abbe, bapt. Aug. 19, 1759. Sal Abbe, bapt. Nov. 1, 1761. George Abbe, bapt. May 13, 1764. Becky Abbe, bapt. Sept. 7, 1769. 60.NEHEMIAH4 ABBEY, son of John3 and Hannah (Ñ) Abbe, born probably in East Hartford, Conn.; died there, probably November 22, 1813. Earliest mention of him is in deed of January 15, 1759, by which John Abbe conveys property to his son Nehemiah Abbe. He figured in other deeds of 1764, 1770 and 1751. (Hartford Deeds, 12, 217, 218; 13, 11, 257; 14, 349; 15, 117.) His signature is among inhabitants of East Hartford who enter a protest against taxes in 1769. (Connecticut State Archives, Towns and Lands, IX, 278b.) He served 16 days in Captain William Wadsworth's Company in 1757. He was collector in East Hartford in 1768. The 1790 Census gives Nehemiah of East Hartford one male over 21, two males under 21, five females in family. In 1800 he is recorded with 1 male and 1 female over 45, 1 male between 26 and 45, 2 females between 16 and 26 and 1 male under 10 in the family. Married MABEL WARREN, born 1745; died September 27, 1793, aged 48. She was daughter of Edward and Mabel (Porter) Warren of East Hartford. Children, baptized in East Hartford (said to have been seven) Nehemiah Abbey, jr. (1), bapt. Oct 29, 1775; d. young. 148 Nehemiah Abbey, jr. (2), bapt. Aug. 31, 1777; m. Tryphena Treat. Mabel Abbey, bapt. Feb. 6, 1780. John Abbey, bapt. Feb. 24, 1782. 149 Anna Abbey, bapt. Aug. 18, 1784; m. Jesse Burnham. 61.SAMUEL4 ABBE, son of Benjamin3 and Mary (Tryon) Abbe, born 1726; died August 10, 1806, buried in Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Conn. He received property by deed from his father, April 24, 1749, land on the "east side of the Great River" at Middletown, Conn.; was also party to deeds, 1758 and 1759. He was a store-keeper and kept the old "Abbey Tavern." In the Census of 1790, he is given in Chatham, Conn., 3 males over 21, 1 male under 21, 3 females in family. In 1800 he has 2 males and 1 female over 45, 1 male and 1 female between 16 and 26. His will, made May 16, 1806, probated August 30, 1806, is recorded in Middletown. The inventory amounted to $5,292.61. Will of Samuel Abbe of Chatham, Middlesex County, Conn., mentions: wife Sarah; son Samuel, now residing in Genesee; son David, now residing at New Orleans; son John, now residing at Middlebury, N.Y.; daughter Jemima, wife of George Cooper; son George; surviving children of daughter Damaris Hurlbut, deceased; daughter Mary Wilcox; daughter Rachel Treat; sons Thomas, Benjamin, Asaph, Reuben; appraiser, Nathaniel Cornwell. A Samuel and Sarah Abbey, with many other parties, all formerly, and some now of Connecticut, signed a land transfer in 1789, dividing a lot known as "Lottania." (Albany Deeds.) Married (1) RACHEL MASSON. Married (2) April 4, 1776, MRS. SARAH WARREN LELAND of Grafton, Mass. She had eleven children by her former marriage so that her son by this marriage had the distinction of having had twenty-two half brothers and sisters. Children of first wife (order not known) 150 Benjamin Abbey, b. 1752; Thomas Abbey, was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner. He is perhaps the Thomas Abbey who d. in Portland, March 24, 1824, aged 72. 151 Samuel Abbey, b. about 1760; m. (1) Ñ; (2) Margaret Lee or Miller. David Abbey, resided in New Orleans in 1806. 152 John Abbey, resided in Middlebury, N.Y., in 1806; probably married Ruth Risley. Jemima Abbey, m. before 1806, George Cooper. 153 George Abbey, b. Jan. 17, 1763; prob. m. Mary Brooks. Damaris Abbey, d. before 1806; m. June 21, 1776, in Chatham-Portland, Conn., Ñ Hurlbut. Children survived in 1806. Mary Abbey, m. in Chatham-Portland, Dec. 16, 1772, Darius Wilcox of Middletown. 154 Rachel Abbey, m Charles Treat. 155 Reuben Abbey, b. April 11, 1770; m. (1) Eunice (Goodell) Williams; (2) Mrs. Reeves; (3) Mrs. Mary Tryon. Child by second wife 156 Asaph Abbey, b. Aug. 26, 1776; m. Ruth Hollister. 62.AGNES4 ABBEY, daughter of Benjamin3 and Mary (Tryon) Abbe, probably in Glastonbury, Conn.; died August 30, 1765. She is mentioned in her father's will as "Agnes Bidwell of Glastonbnry." Married December 25, 1740, DANIEL BIDWELL, born November 18, 1717; died December, 1791 (or February 28, 1792). Son of Samuel and Ann (Stanborrow) Bidwell of Middletown, Conn. One descendant says Mary Barnes was his mother's name. He was drum major in the French and Indian War, 1756; bought and sold land, recorded in Chatham town records, 1768-1791. His will was made December 13, 1790, probated April 2, 1792, at Middletown, inventory amounting to £213.4s.6d Children Daniel Bidwell, jr., b. Oct 8, 1741; d. before 1790; m. Tabatha Benjamin Bidwell, b. May 9, 1744, in Chatham, Conn.; d. Oct 31, 1831, in Durham, N.Y. He was Ensign of the 11th Company, 23d Regiment, established by the Connecticut assembly, May, 1775; Captain of the same at Boston in 1775; reinforced Washington on the Hudson, March,l777; was at the Danbury Raid and Saratoga. About 1786 he moved from Chatham to Durham. Married Eunice Ñ, b. 1743; d. June 16, 1828. Child: Betsey. Mary Bidwell, b. April 21, 1746; m. Josiah Griswold. Hannah Bidwell, b. Sept. 21, 1748; m. John Smith. 157 John Bidwell, b. Dec. 28, 1750; m. Sarah Penfield. 158 Sarah Bidwell, b. March 12, 1753; m. Abner Pelton. Esther Bidwell, b. March 10, 1755; m. Abel Strickland. Samuel Bidwell, b. May 26, 1758; d. young. Josiah Bidwell, b. March 8, 1760; d. Sept. 5, 1790. He was a drum major during the Revolution, from Connecticut. Married Lucinda Kneeland who m. (2) Ñ Pelton, and had sons Joseph and Amasa, and (3) Phineas Norton. She d. in New Marlboro, Mass. Children of Josiah Bidwell: i. Demmis, b. 1787, was living in 1800; ii. Josiah, b. Sept. 4, 1789, d. Aug. 20, 1859. 63.JONATHAN4 ABBE, JR., son of Jonathan3 and Mary (Johnson) Abbe, born in Ashford or Willington, Conn., about 1725. No record of his birth has been found but he is designated in his father's will as eldest son. The following land transfers in Ashford, Conn., probably refer to him: Jonathan of Ashford, 1785; same 1793; agreement with Job Tyler regarding a mill privilege, 1795, David Abbey being a witness. (Ashford Land Records, Liber 11, page 663; Liber 12, pages 14, 371; Liber 13, pages 15, 16, 17.) In 1768 a call was extended by the Church in Westford to the Reverend Ebenezer Martin, and Jonathan Abbe is one of the names subscribed to the covenant of the newly formed church. He shared pew number 18 with Ephraim Walker when the new church was built. He and his father had been members of the Willington Church in 1759. Jonathan, jr., is said to have lived in Tolland, but no records of his residence there are found. A Jonathan Abbe married in Willington, November 1, 1774, Mary Weston, who died August 11, 1775. This is possibly a first marriage of his son, Jonathan. There is also recorded in Willington the marriage of Jonathan Abbe to Abigail Osborn, July 8, 1756, and they were members of the church there in 1759. Married in Willington, April 10, 1752, ALICE JOHNSON. Children, first six born in Willington, others in Ashford 159 Jonathan Abbe, b. Feb. 26, 1753; m Mrs. Lucy (Knox) Robbins. Isaac Abbe, b. June 18, 1754. He was perhaps the Isaac Abbey who m. in Ashford, Sept. 15, 17Ñ (perhaps 1776), Jemima Knowlton, b. April 22, 1759, daughter of Thomas and Bridget (Bosworth) Knowlton. There was an Isaac Abbe of Ashford, Conn., in 1790 census, 3 males over 21, 1 female in family. In 1800 he had 1 male and 1 female over 45, 1 male between 16 and 26 and 1 male under 10. In 1810, 1 male and 1 female over 45 and 1 male between 10 and 16. About 1793 one Isaac Abbe was among those members of the Baptist Church in Ashford who were allowed the improvement of their gifts in public prayer and exhortation. In the will of Stephen Abbey of Pittsfield, Otsego County, N.Y., probated March 1, 1832, provision is made for defraying the expenses of his brother Isaac Abbey and his wife. Alice Abbe, b. June 20, 1756. Anne (1) Abbe, b. April 26,1758; d. Aug. 30, 1760. Anne (2) Abbe, b. Sept. 11, 1761. Lydia Abbe, b. Dec. 17, 1762. Phebe Abbe, b. April 9, 1765. Mary Abbe, b. May 25, 1767. Stephan Abbe, b. Oct. 2, 1771. Deeds were given to Stephem Abbey, conveying land in the town of Pittsfield, Otsego County, N.Y, in 1795 and 1803 (Cooperstown Deeds). The will of Stephen Abbey was probated March 1, 1832. The will gives to James Eaten during his life 100 acres of land described therein, "to be his property through life and then to be the property of his daughter Mary Ann Eaton." The remainder of said lot is bequeathed to his wife Betsey A. during her lifetime, "and what remains to be the estate of Stephen A. Greene after defraying the expenses of my brother Isaac Abbey and his wife" by providing for them out of the property on said lot. "I bequeath the one hall to my beloved wife Betsey and the remainder to the said James Eaten and I do hereby appoint the said James Eaten and Benjamin Greene Executors." The wife, Betsey Abbe, d. Oct. 7, 1848. Her will was probated July 1, 1850, and the letters were issued to David Robinson and Benjamin Greene. The estate was divided between nephew and nieces: Thomas, Mary E., Katharine R., and Ursuly M. Greene. (Cooperstown Probate Records.) In the 1800 census there was a Stephen Abbe of Pittsfield, N.Y., age over 45, 1 female between 18 and 28, 1 female under 10, 1 male between 10 and 16. There was in the 1810 census Burlington, N.Y., B. Abbey, whose family was made up of 1 male and 1 female between 26 and 45, 2 males and 1 female under 10, 1 male and 1 female between 10 and 16, 1 male and 1 female between 16 and 26. 64.SAMUEL4 ABBE, son of Jonathan3 and Mary (Johnson) Abbe, born in Ashford, Conn., March 21, 1727-8; died in Willington, September 12, 1794. He was listed in the 1790 Census from Willington, Tolland County, 2 males over 21, 1 female. Member of the church in Willington in 1759. Married in Willington, May 8, 1750, LUCIE PERSONS. Children, births recorded in Willington church and town records Lucie Abbe, b. Oct. 18, 1751. Hannah Abbe, b. July 3, 1752. Daniel (1) Abbe, b. Sept. 8, 1754; d. Oct. 22, 1754. Daniel (2) Abbe, b. July 11, 1756; d. Jan. 27, 1757. Sarah Abbe, b. Oct. 19, 1757. Probably the Sarah Abbe who m. in Willington, Jan. 10, 1788, Daniel Bates, who d. there Feb. 21, 1798, leaving two children: i. Betsey, b. Nov. 8, 1795; ii. Daniel, jr., b. Sept. 15, 1797. Oliver Abbe, bapt. July 29, 1759; d. Aug. 11, 1759. Dolle (1) Abbe, d. Sept 13, 1760. Dolle (2) Abbe, bapt. Dec. 1, 1765. Esther Abbe, bapt. Jan., 1769; d. Jan. 17, 1770. Abiel Abbe, bapt Aug., 1751. Married in Ashford, March 3, 1793, Mary (Polly) Chandler of Ashford. Child: Samuel, b. in Willington, Sept. 14, 1794. 65.ANNE4 ABBE, daughter of Jonathan3 and Mary (Johnson) Abbe, born in Willington, Conn., July 25, 1737; died there February 28, 1814. Married JAMES WESTON. Children, born in Willington Submit Weston, b. June 7, 1763; d. Nov. 2, 1792. Mary Weston, b. Jan. 11, 1767; d. April 10, 1792. John Weston, b. Dec 3, 1768. Timothy Weston, b. May 23, 1771. Anne (1) Weston, b. Aug. 17, 1774; d. Sept. 20, 1775. Elizabeth Weston, b. April 8, 1779. Anne (2) Weston, d. Aug. 11, 1795. 66.SARAH4 GEER, daughter of Shubael and Sarah3 (Abbe) Geer, born in Enfield, Conn., January 5, 1704-5; died in Enfield. Married in Enfield, December 1, 1723, JOHN SIMONS, son of William and Sarah Simons, born in Enfield, January 24, 1695; died there January 27, 1781. Children, born in Enfield John Simons, jr., b. March 19, 1724; m., 1748, Miriam Jones. Children, b. in Enfield: i John, 3d, b. Jan. 22, 1751; ii. Miriam, b. May 30, 1753; iii Mary, b. Oct 11, 1755; iv. Ebenezer, b. April 11, 1758; v. Lotan, b. Dec 8, 1760; vi. Dan, b. Jan. 26, 1764; vii. Alvin, b. Aug. 21, 1766; viii. Tabitha, b. July 26, 1769; ix. Edward, b. Dec. 29, 1772; x. Sarah, b. June 24, 1775. Sarah Simons, b. Aug. 22, 1726. Paul Simons, b. Sept 11, 1729; m. Mary . Children, b. in Enfield: i Zilpah, b. Dec. 14, 1752; ii. Molle, b. Dec. 22, 1753. Ebenezer Simons, b. Feb. 19, 1731-2; d. March 11, 1755. Asahel Simons, b. April 7, 1734; d. June 3, 1811. He was a soldier in the expedition to Fort Edward, Oct., 1757. Married, June 19, 1759, Mehitable Isom or Isheem of Ellington or Windsor. She d. April 8, 1813, aged 73. Child: Joseph, b. in Enfield, Nov. 20, 1772. Charity (1) Simons, b. July 27, 1736; d. Feb. 17, 17378. Charity (2) Simons, b. Sept. 4, 1738; m. John5 Abbe, son of John4 and Sarah (Root) Abbe. See number 180. Bathsheba (1) Simons, b. Jan. 24, 1740-1; d. Oct. 4, 1742. Titus Simons, b. June 7, 1743; m. Jan. 20, 1763, Sarah Simons of Windsor. Children, b. in Enfield: i. Titus, jr., b. Jan. 30, 1765, d. June 14, 1771; ii. Sarah, b. July 31, 1767. Bathsheba (2) Simons, b. June 9, 1748; d. April 30, 1754. Edward Simons, b. Sept. 3, 1750. 67.MARY4 GEER, daughter of Shubael and Sarah3 (Abbe) Geer, Enfield, Conn., March 10, 1709. Married in Enfield January 7, 1730-1, ROGER GRISWOLD of Enfield. Children, born in Enfield Roger Griswold, jr., b. Feb. 16, 1731. He was a soldier under Major-General Phineas Lyman, March 14 to Sept. 5, 1757. Married Naomi . Children, b. in Enfield: i. Naomi, b. Nov. 28, 1767; ii. Jemima, b. Jan. 25, 1770; iii. Lucy, b. April 26, 1772; iv. Mehitable, b. March 23, 1777. Shubael Griswold, b. March 15, 1734; d. Dec. 26, 1812. Soldier in Colonial Wars. Married Dorcas , who died May 16, 1798, aged 60. Children, b. in Enfield: i. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1758; ii. Lovise, b. March 25, 1760; iii. Shubael, jr., b. March 31, 1763. Solomon Griswold, b. Feb. 11, 1737. He was a soldier in the company with his brother Roger, March 9, to Nov. 11, 1757, and was under the same commander in the expedition for the reduction of Canada, April 6 to Sept. 25, 1760. Married Sarah Leason. Children, b. in Enfield: i Roxalena, b. Feb. 23, 1766; ii. Deborah, b. April 24, 1768; iii. Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1770; iv. Pata (daughter), b. June 6, 1775; v. Tabitha, b. Oct. 7, 1777; vi Solomon, jr, b. July 26 (?), 1780. Jehiel Griswold, b. Feb. 25, 1740; d. May 16, 1827. Married Mary Pease, daughter of Hezekiah and Hannah (Ñ) Pease, who d. May 10, 1833, aged 80. The will of Jehiel Griswold, made June 20, 1817, probated May 28, 1821, mentions wife Mary, children, Lovice, Jehiel Simeon, George, Amariah, Hezekiah, Mary (Kent), and Betsey (Goss). Children, recorded in Enfield: i. Mary, b. Sept 2, 1773; ii. Jehiel, jr., b. Feb. 17, 1776; iii. Lovice, b. Nov. 5, 1778, d. April 5, 1842, not m.; iv. Simeon, b. June 10, 1781; v. George, b. Dec. 25, 1783. Jonah Griswold, b. Feb. 28, 1743; d. May 10, 1817; m. Mary Ñ, who d. June 11, 1818. Child: Jonah, jr., called Captain Jonah; m. in Enfield, Jan. 23, 1800, Clarissa Chaffee of Somers, who d. March 14, 1832, aged 51. Jonan, jr., had children, who d. in Enfield: i. Jonah, 3d, b. Aug. 31, 1800; ii. Abigail b. 1803, d. Sept. 18, 1824; iii. Nelson, b. 1808, d. April 10, 1832; iv. Omri, b 1815, d. July 8, 1815, aged 4 months; v. Harriet H., b. 1817, d. April 13, 1832; vi. Sophia, b. 1821, d. April 9, 1832. Joseph (1) Griswold, b. Oct 3, 1745; d. Aug. 30, 1746. Joseph (2) Griswold, b. May 30, 1749. 68.TABITHA4 GEER, daughter of Shubael and Sarah3 (Abbe) Geer, born in Enfield, Conn., July 21, 1712; died at childbirth, August 30, 1746. Married in Enfield, February 19, 1735-6, EDWARD COLLINS, born in Enfield, November 26, 1713; died October 10, 1796, son of Nathaniel Collins and Mrs. Alice Adams. His will, made September 3, 1796, was probated February 26, 1798. He married (2) Rebecca Hale, by whom he had several children. He was ensign in 1751; deputy to the General Court of Connecticut, 1755 to 1779, except 1777; justice, 1772-9. Children of Tabitha Geer, born in Enfield Edward Collins, jr., b. Jan. 14, 1736-7; d. Oct 4, 1743. Elisha Collins, b. Jan. 17, 1738-9. Ebenezer Collins, b. April 17, 1741; m. Hannah Ñ. Children, b. in Enfield: i. Hannah, b. March 6, 1763; ii. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 14, 1764, m. Azubah , who d. Oct. 1, 1805, in her 39th year; iii. Levi, b. March 1, 1767; iv. Lovice, b. March 28, 1770; v. Elisha, b. March 19, 1774. Tabitha Collins, b. June 23, 1743; d. Aug. 7, 1749. 69.SHUBAEL4 GEER, JR., son of Shubael and Sarah3 (Abbe) Geer, born in Enfield, Conn., May 26, 1717. Resided later in Andover, Vt., and Charlestown, N.H. Married November 20, 1737, HANNAH PEASE, born in Enfield, 1718, daughter of Ebenezer and Mindwell (Sexton) Pease. Children, born in Enfield Hannah Geer, b. Dec. 3, 1738; d. young. Sarah Geer, b. Nov. 28, 1740. ShubaeI Geer, 3d, b. May 6, 1743 d. before 1825, probably in Charlestown, where he was living 1773-1794, at least. Married Feb. 11, 1766, Sarah Babcock of Ashford, who was living, a widow, in 1828. Children: i. Anna. b. in Enfield, March 19, 1768; ii. William, b. in Andover, Vt., Sept. 25, 1769; iii. Cynthia, b. in Andover, March 19, 1771, m. in Claremont, N. H., May 21, 1792, Charles J. Kingsley; iv. Ralph, b. Oct. 24, 1777, in Charlestown; v. Augusta, b. Aug. 18, 1780, in Charlestown. Ebenezer (1) Geer, b. July 6, 1745; d. Aug. 30, 1746. Ebenezer (2) Geer, b. Oct 23, 1747; d. Aug. 30, 1749. Ebenezer (3) Geer, b. Jan. 1, 1750-1. Probably lived in Charlestown. Married Sarah Ñ who d. Feb. 23, 1777. Hannah Geer, b. March 19, 1753; m. Dec 31, 1772, Joshua Markham of Enfield, b. June 18, 1751. Mindwell Geer, b. Feb. 10, 1756. History of Enfeld, Vol. 1, page 28, says Mindwell born 1746, probably not correct. 160 Walter Geer, b. 1759 (not recorded in Enfield with other children); m. Lucy Allen. George Geer (twin), b. June 6, 1761. Lived in Keene, N.H., about 1788 Served in the Revolution. Married, March 20, 1788, Anna (or Joanna) Nott of Walpole. Child: Royal, b. in Charlestown, N.H., March 5, 1789. Charles Geer (twin), b. June 6, 1761. 70.ELIZABETH4 GEER, daughter of Shubael and Sarah3 (Abbe) Geer, born January 15, 1719-20, in Enfield, Conn.; died October 20, 1757. Married in Enfield, September 10, 1747, EBENEZER TERRY, born October 29, 1722, in South Kingston, R.I; died July 15, 1817, in Enfield. He was son of Ebenezer and Mary (Helms) Terry, and married (2) in Enfield, January 17, 1760, Mindwell Pease, daughter of Israel and Sarah (Booth) Pease, by whom he had children: i. Mary (1); ii. Mary (2); iii. Hiram; iv. Mindwell; v. Nathan; vi. Boaz; vii. Levi; viii. Sarah; ix. Geer. He was a farmer in Enfield. He was Deputy from Enfield to the General Court of Connecticut in 1761. The Terry Genealogy gives Mehitable's birth February 28, 1749-50 and Elizabeth's October 6, 1756. Children by Elizabeth Geer, born in Enfield Mehitable Terry, b. Jan. 4, 1747-8 (according to Enfield records); d. May 27, 1829. Resided in Hartland, Conn., and Granville, Mass. Married, Dec 5, 1771, in Enfield, Isaac Meacham. Children: i. Isaac, b. perhaps 1772, d. Sept 9, 1773; ii. Elizabeth, b. 1774, d. May 20, 1846, m. Asa Strong, b. July 6, 1778, d. Aug. 14, 1848, son of Elnathan and Rachel (Warner) Strong, resided in Granby, Conn.; iii. George; iv. Ira; v. Dennis; vi. Mehitable, m. Benjamin Andrews; vii. Dorcas, m. Charles Phelps; viii. Ruth, m. Ñ Allen. 161 Elizabeth Terry, b. Feb. 28, 1749-50 (according to Enfield records) m. Samuel Lillie. Ebenezer Terry, b. Aug. 31, 1783; d. Jan. 8, 1854, in Guiltord, N.Y., where he settled about 1820. Married, June 29, 1786, Susanna Prior, b. about 1764; d. March 26, 1841. Children: I. Susan; ii. Naomi; iii. Sarah. Ebenezer Terry was a volunteer from Enfield, May, 1775, in Captain Hesekiah Parson's Company, Colonel Perkins' Regiment. He went to Roxbury, June 16, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. In August he was ordered to some towns on the coast and was at Hingham previous to his discharge, Feb, 1776. In May, 1777, he was living in Charlestown, N.H., where he enlisted with Captain Asa Walker, Colonel Bellows' Regiment, marched to Fort Independence, opposite Ticonderoga, and was discharged July, 1777. After the war he lived in Hartland, Conn., Barkhamsted, Conn., Sangerfield and Guilford, N.Y. 71.ANNA4 GEER, daughter of Shubael and Sarah3 (Abbe) Geer, born in Enfield, Conn., December, 1725; died there February 15, 1764. Married there October 10, 1751, AARON PEASE, born in Enfield, April 1, 1726, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Warner) Pease. He was a blacksmith in Enfield and died there. Collector of the Colony Tax for several years. He married (2) Mary Terry, by whom he had four children, Elam (1), Ann, Elam (2), and Martha. Children by Anna Geer, born in Enfield 162 Aaron Pease, jr., b. June 3, 1752; m. Huldah Spencer. Levi Pease, b. June 22, 1754; resided in Somers, Conn. Married, (1) Jan. 10, 1775, Abiah Pease, daughter of Robert Pease of Somers; (2) Roxa . Children by first wife: i. Abiah, b. in Somers, Oct. 17, 1775; ii. Sarah, b. in Somers, May 17, 1780. Child by second wife: Roxa, b. in Somers, Aug. 20, 1793. Sarah Pease, b. Dec 2, 1756; d. in Enfield, Nov. 23, 1808. Married in Enfield, Nov. 3, 1774, Daniel Abbe, son of John and Hannah (Boardman) Abbe. See elsewhere. 163 Stone Pease, b. June 11, 1759; m. Asenath Pease. Ann Pease, b. Nov. 6, 1761; d. young. 164 Ephraim Pease, b. June 5,1765; m. Jennie Phelps. 72.MARY4 ABBE, daughter of Thomas3 and Mary (Pease) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., January 25, 1715-6; died there August 3, 1788. Married in Enfield, January 13, 1736-7, CAPTAIN DENNIS BEMENT, born in Enfield, 1711; died November 16, 1789, son of Edmond and Priscilla (Warner) Bement. He was 7th Captain of the Enfield militia; kept a public house there and held various town offices. Children, born in Enfield Mary Bement, b. July 19, 1739; m Richard4 Abbe, son of John3 and Hannah (Boardman) Abbe. See number 80. Tryphena Bement, b. May 21, 1741; m. Jonathan Parsons. Children: i. Sarah, b. May 1, 1766; ii. Walter, b. Jan. 4, 1771; iii. Dennis, b. Nov. 20, 1773, probably the Dennis Parsons who m. in Enfield, April 20, 1796, Dorcas Bush. She d. Feb. 12, 1798, and had son, Bush, b. Jan. 25, 1798. 165 Dennis Bement, jr., b. Feb. 11,1743-4; m. Lydia . Prudence Bement, b. May 11, 1746; d. Aug. 30, 1831. Her will, made July 7, 1829, probated Sept. 6, 1831, mentions the following: Lydia, wife of Elisha Holton; Elizabeth, wife Dr. Horatio A. Hamilton; widow Mary Olmstead; Piney, wife of Seth Alden; Delight, wife of Roderick White; Charlotte, wife of Richard Abbe, jr.; widow Huldah Lord; widow Tryphena Parsons. Edmond Bement, b. Jan. 16, 1748-9. Settled in Enfield and d. there. His will, made July 21, 1798, probated April 19, 1799, left property to the following: to his sisters, Prudence Bement; Mary, wife of Captain Richard Abbe; Tryphena, wife of Jonathan Parsons; and to his brother, Dennis Bement. He d. March 9, 1799, at Enfield. 73.SARAH4 ABBE, daughter of Thomas3 and Mary (Pease) Abbe, born in Conn., March 26, 1718; died May l2, 1785. Married (1) in Enfield, June 15, 1740, NATHANIEL CHAPIN, born in Enfield, August 9, 1711; died at Cape Breton, June 16, 1745. He was a son of Thomas and Sarah (Wright) Chapin. He was a soldier and went to Cape Breton with the expedition against Louisburg. Children, born in Enfield 166 Nathaniel Chapin, jr, b. Dec. 31, 1738; m. (1) Sybil Terry; (2) Zerviah Parsons. 167 Eliphalet Chapin, b. March 2, 1741; m. Azuba Pease. Jabez Chapin. Sarah Abbe married (2), CAPTAIN HEZEKIAH PARSONS of Enfield. 74.TABITHA4 ABBE, daughter of Thomas3 and Mary (Pease) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., July 9, 1720; died there June 12, 1787. Married in Enfield, May 29, 1740, EPHRAIM PEASE, born 1719; died 1801. He was son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Warner) Pease. Merchant and became wealthy as a contractor in the time of the French war. He acted as town magistrate, and was known as Captain Pease. Children, born in Enfield Ephraim Pease, jr., b. Dec. 23, 1741; d. March 16, 1764; was a merchant in Enfield; not m. Peter Pease, b. Feb. 12, 1743; d. while a student at Yale, Sept. 17, 1763. Obadiah Pease, b. June 16, 1746; d. May 26, 1786; graduate of Yale. Tabitha Pease, b. Dec 18, 1749; d. March 11, 1769. 168 Sibyl Pease, b. May 20, 1754; m. (1) Elam Potter; (2) Rev. Nehemiah Prudden. Nancy Pease, b. Sept. 2, 1756; d. April 25, 1782; m., April 29, 1773, Augustus Diggins of Windsor. Probably no children by this marriage. He m. (2) Sabra Stebbins of Springfield and had children. Anna or Abigail Pease, b. Feb. 6, 1760; d. May 17, 1764. The Enfield Records give the name Abigail and the Pease Genealogy, Anna. She must have been twin with Agnes. 169 Agnes Pease, b. Feb. 6, 1760; m. Rev. Nehemiah Prudden. 75.HANNAH4 ABBE, daughter of Thomas3 and Mary (Pease) Abbe, in Enfield, Conn., March 27, 1723; died in East Windsor, Conn., September 12, 1818. Married (1) in Enfield, January 30, 1745-6, THOMAS GEER, son of Shubael and Sarah (Abbe) Geer, born July 1, 1722; died 1751. Settled in East Windsor. See number 21. Married (2), November 15, 1752, SERGEANT NOAH PHELPS, born in Enfield, March 16, 1726, son of Israel and Rachel (Jones or Clark) Phelps. He was a farmer in Enfield and removed to East Windsor in 1774 or 1775, where he died. He served 40 days as a Sergeant in the Lexington Alarm, later enlisted in Colonel Wolcott's Regiment, Captain Wells' Company, and is reported have died in service. Children by first husband (mentioned in the will of their grandfather, 1758) 170 Thomas Geer, jr., b. Oct. 5, 1746; m. Mary Pease. 171 Elihu Geer, b. May 3, 1749; m. Eleanor McClester. Children by second husband, born in Enfield Noah Phelps, jr., b. May 6, 1753, was a Lieutenant in the Revolution; d. at Valley Forge; not m. Hannah Phelps, b. Sept. 9, 1755; settled in Westfield, Mass. Married ___Perkins and had a daughter, Hannah, b. about 1780, who m. Colonel Foote of Middlefield, Mass. Daniel (1) Phelps, b. March 16, 1759; d. June 18, 1759. 172 Abigail Phelps, b. July 20, 1760; m. John Ward. 173 Daniel (2) Phelps, b. Oct. 19, 1763; m. (1) Elizabeth Pelton; (2) Ruth Pelton. 174 Obadiah Phelps, b. Feb. 24, 1767; m. Lucy Pelton. 76.THOMAS4 ABBE or ABBEY, son of Thomas3, jr., and Mary (Pease) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., April 11, 1731; died there June 1, 1811. He is unquestionably buried in Enfield although the huge monument of a more recent family has probably obscured his grave. He was best known by the title of Captain Abbe. His first enlistment noted is as Corporal in the 3d Company, 1st Regiment, May 25 to November 22, 1758; then as Lieutenant in the 7th Company, 1st Regiment, under Captain Seth King, April 1 to December 1, 1761. (Connecticut Historical Society Collections, X, pages 10 and 247.) He was commissioned captain, January 1, 1777. In his "Quest of Ancestors," Mr. Alden Freeman says: That long line of warlike Abbeys beginning with John, who came in the "Bonaventure" and settled in Salem in 1636; his son Thomas, who settled in Enfield after Ring Phillip's War; his grandson, Lieutenant Thomas Abbey, and his greatgrandson, Thomas Abbey, ensign and lieutenant in the French and Indian Wars and afterward captain under Washington throughout the Revolutionary War, whose service I was invited to represent in the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati. On the Thursday following the battle of Lexington, Thomas Abbey, on learning of the fight, procured a drum and actually drummed the people out of the meetinghouse at Enfeld, where they were gathered at their regular weekday lecture. This interesting event was beautifully commemorated by a poem written by Benjamin F. Taylor, and published in the Atlantic Monthly in May, 1878, and the following is a copy of the poem: THE CAPTAINS DRUM In Pilgrim land, one Sabbath day, The winter lay like sheep about The ragged pastures mullein gray; The April sun shone in and out, The showers swept by in fitful flocks, And eaves ticked fast like mantel clocks; And now and then a wealthy cloud Would wear a ribbon broad and bright, And now and then a winged crowd Of shivering azure flash in sight. So rainbows bend and bluebirds fly And violets show their bits of sky. To Enfield church throng all the town, In quilted hood and bombazine, In beaver hat and flaring crown, And quaint vandyke and victorine; And buttoned boys in roundabout From calyx collars blossom out; Bandanas wave their feeble fire, And foot-stoves tinkle up the aisle; A gray-haired elder leads the choir, And girls in linsey-woolsey smile. So back to life the beings glide Whose very graces have ebbed and died. One hundred years have waned, and yet We call the roll,and not in vain, For one whose flint-lock musket set The echoes wild around Fort Duqnesne, And smelled the battle's powder smoke Ere Revolution's thunders awoke. Lo, Thomas Abbey answers, "Here!" Within the dull long-metre place, That day, upon the parson's ear, And trampling down his words of grace, A horseman's gallop rudely beat Along the splashed and empty street. The rider drew his dripping rein, And then a letter, wasp- nest gray, That ran: "The Concord minute men And red-coats had a fight to-day! To Captain Abbey this with speed." Twelve little words to tell the deed. The captain read, struck out for home The old quickstep of battle born, Slung on once more a battered drum That bore a painted unicorn Then right-about, as whirls a torch, He stood before the sacred porch. And then a murmuring of bees Broke in upon the house of prayer; And then a wind-song swept the trees, And then a snarl from wolfish lair; And then a charge of grenadiers, And then a flight of drum-beat cheers. So drum and doctrine rudely blent, The casements rattled strange accord; No mortal knew what either meant; "Twas double-grad and Holy Word, Thus saith the drum and thus the Lord. The captain raised so wild a rout He drummed the congregation out. The people gathered round amazed; The soldier bared his head and spoke, And every sentence burned and blazed, As trenchant as a sabre stroke: "Tis time to pick the flint to day, To sling the knapsack, and away! "The green of Lexington is red With British redcoats, brothers' blood! In rightful cause the earliest dead Are always best beloved of God. Mark time! Now let the march begin! All bound for Boston fall right in !" Then rub-a-dub the drum jarred on, The throbbing role of battle beat; "Fall in, my men!" and one by one They rhymed the tune with heart and feet, And so they made a Sabbath march To glory 'neath the elm-tree arch. The Continental line unwound Along the Church-yard's breathless sod, And holier grew the hallowed ground Where Virtue slept and Valor trod, Two hundred strong that April day They rallied out and marched away. Brigaded there at Bunker Hill, Their names are writ on glories page. The brave old captain's Sunday drill Has drummed its way across the age.