Abbe/Abbey Genealogy (1916) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm ************************************************ Date sent: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 09:32:13 -0800 From: Xanthine Design Organization: Xanthine Design & Illustration To: George Waller Subject: Abbe text George- Here's the remainder of the Abbe text concerning the fouth generation of Abbe's in America. Again, this should just attach the the tail end of the poem about Capt. Thomas Abbe. I saved it as a text only file this time, so hope it goes through OK. As I've starting working on the fifth generation, I've noticed that more and more of the family started spreading out, up the Connecticut into Massachusetts and Vermont, and across the Hudson into New York and Ohio. I'm continuing on for myself, but do you think it has a spot on the Connecticut site? Thanks, Gregg Watts The church around which Captain Abbey beat the long roll was completed in the January preceding, and stood near the present church. It was used as a church for the town until 1849, when it was bought by the town and moved to the west side of the street, where it now stands and has been used as a town hall ever since. A memorial to Captain Abbey and others of the family is about to be erected by Mr. Alden Freeman with his mother and sisters. The Abbey Memorial will be on the Green in Enfield, on the site of the church out of which Captain Abbey drummed the congregation at the Lexington Alarm. The actual site of the old church is just in front of the present edifice. The design calls for a marble statue on a pedestal surrounded by four marble seats in the Greek style. On the backs of these seats are inscriptions commemorating the achievements of some of the best known descendants of the Abbey family, in the fields of war, literature and science. The sculptor, Sherry E. Fry, used as a model for the face and figure for the statue of Captain Abbey, a daguerreotype of his grandson, Seth Alden Abbey, taken at the same age. Daniel C. French, sculptor of the "Minute Men" unveiled at Concord Bridge in 1875, has taken great interest in the work of Mr. Fry, and loaned him the simple Colonial suit used for the presentation of Captain Abbey. The following is an extract from a letter written by Seth Alden6 Abbey to his son, Henry G. Abbey, dated June 15, 1872, telling something of Thomas Abbey: When a small boy, I was frequently at his house for a week at a time and have heard him tell many a thrilling tale of his hairbreadth escapes, hardships, sufferings, etc. During the French War he received a commission as Ensign in the Colonial troops and saw considerable service against the French and Indians. At the breaking out of the Revolution, a volunteer company was formed in his neighborhood and he was elected their captain and they were soon ordered to join Colonel Willett's Regiment in New York. I have heard him say, frequently, that he had chances of promotion, often, but his men would not consent to his leaving them. When a boy I saw many of his old soldiers who had served during the war; and the neighbors were as particular in addressing any of them, in giving them their title, as Corporal such a one, or Sergeant such a one, as they would be in addressing a General. Thomas Abbey died in 1811, and was as anxious for a fight with old England, which was then much talked of, just before his death, as in his younger days. He died suddenly with apoplexy. Captain Thomas4 Abbe married in Enfield, June 22, 1749, PENELOPE TERRY, born in Enfield, February 5, 1729-30; died there December 5 1817. She was the daughter of Dr. (or Captain) Ebenezer and Mary (Helms) Terry. Children, born in Enfield Abigail Abbey, b. May 13, 1750; d. June 22, 1844. Resided in the east part of Enfield. Married in Enfield, Nov. 1, 1770, Eliphalet Collins, b. in Enfield, July 11, 1744; d. May 22, 1815, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Pease) CoIlins. Children, order not known: i. Nathaniel b. in Enfield, April 18, 1771; ii. Abigail, m. Simeon Olmsted, son of Simeon and Rhoda (Abbe) Olmsted, see elsewhere; iii. Eliphalet; iv. Mary; v. Walter; vi. Jabez; vii. Elsie; viii. Betsey; ix. (son), b. in Enfield, Nov. 12, 1787. 175 Obadiah Abbe, b. June 15, 1752; m. Jane McClester. 176 Penelope Abbe (twin), b. March 24, 1755; m Josiah Bicknell. Mary (1) Abbe (twin), b. March 24, 1755; d. May 18, 1759. 177 Thomas Abbe, b. March 22, 1764; m. Ruth Bush. Mary (2) Abbe, b. July 7, 1766; m. George Prior of East Windsor. 178 Peter Abbey, b. July 20, 1769; m. Hannah Alden. 179 Simeon Abbey, b. Feb. 3, 1772; m. Tabitha Killam. 77. JOHN4 ABBE, JR., son of John3 and Hannah (Boardman) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., April 18, 1717; died there August 1, 1794, in his 78th year. He settled near Scantic on the east side of the town of Enfield. John Abbe, jr., served from April 14 to October 5, 1755, in 1st Regiment, 2d Company, under Lieutenant-Colonel John Pitkin, a company raised for the reduction of Crown Point. John Abbe was also in Captain Slapp's Company, May, 1755. There was also a John Abbe in the 1st Regiment, 2d Company, Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Putnam, 1761, and one who served March 20 to August 27, 1762, in same company. (Connecticut Historical Society Collections, IX, pages 240, 299; X, pages 9, 69.) He was a Revolutionary soldier, his name is on the list of men who marched from Connecticut towns to relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, 1775. He was a member of the 2d Company, 3d Regiment, Israel Putnam, Colonel, and Experience Storrs, Captain, which was recruited in Windham County in April and May, 1775. They marched in May to camps formed around Boston and were stationed during the siege in Putnam Centre Division at Cambridge until the expiration of term of service December 10, 1775. In July the Regiment was adopted as ''Continental," and was engaged at the Battle of Bunker Hill. (Some of these later records may refer to his son John5.) See Connecticut in the Revolution, page 53, and Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution, 1910 volume. His will, made February 2, 1789, probated September 5, 1794, mentions his daughters, Rocelina Olmstead, Hannah Terry, Submit Killam, Tabitha Terry and sons John Abbe, 2d, and Daniel Abbe. Married in Enfield, February 1 (or 11), 1738-9, SARAH ROOT, daughter of Captain Timothy Root of Somers, Conn., and Sarah Pease. She was born in Enfield, October 18, 1714; died there November 23, 1771. Children, born in Enfield 180 John Abbe, jr., b. Nov. 27, 1739; m. Charity Simons. Sarah Abbe, b. Feb. 11, 1741-2; d. in Enfield, Feb. 29, 1772. Timothy Abbe, b. Nov. 4, 1743; d. young. Obadiah Abbe (twin), b. March 28, 1745; d young. Richard Abbe (twin), b. March 28, 1745; probably d. young. Hannah (1) Abbe, b. Aug. 31, 1746; d. the same day. Timothy Diah (or Dyer) Abbe, b. Dec. 6, 1747; d. Nov. 15, 1771. 181 Daniel Abbe, b. Nov. 7, 1749; m. Sarah Pease. 182 Roxalenah Abbe, b. July 12, 1751; m. Simeon Olmsted. 183 Hannah (2) Abbe, b. March 31, 1753; m. Isaac Terry, jr. Submit Abbe, b. Feb. 12, 1755, in Enfield, Conn.; d. there March 3, 1830. Married Eliphalet Killam, b. Feb. 23, 1753, in Enfield; d. there Oct 31, 1830. Children: i. Lot, b. Dec 31, 1774, m. Tabitha (or Martha) Potter, daughter of Elam and Sybil5 (Pease) Potter, see elsewhere; ii. Tabitha b. Nov. 7, 1776, m. Simeon Abbe, see elsewhere; iii. Eliphalet, jr., b. Nov. 18. 1778, d. in Enfield, Oct. 28, 1830, m. Charlotte Holton; iv. Submit, b. Feb. 23, 1781, d. in Enfield, Aug. 18, 1826, m. John Olmsted; v. Jemima, b. March 1, 1783, m. James Ingraham; vi. George, b. Feb. 23, 1785, d. in Enfield, June 18, 1850, m. Lucy Ingraham; vii. James, b. Sept. 14, 1787, m. Harriet Watson; viii. Henry, b. Oct. 15, 1789, m. Abigail Pease; ix. Timothy, b. March 14, 1792, d. at Savannah, Aug. 6, 1828; x. Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1794, m. Roswell Abbe, whose ancestry has not been learned, d. and buried at Enfield, no children. 184 Tabitha Abbe, b. June 26, 1757; m. Zeno Terry. 78. SARAH4 ABBE, daughter of John3 and Hannah (Boardman) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., December 23, 1723-4 (or January). Married in Enfield, January 9, 1739-40, JOHN BURROUGHS. He removed from Enfield to Tolland, Conn, then up the Connecticut River to Hanover in search of land to which he had a claim. Being disappointed and discouraged, he determined to return to Tolland. He consulted, however, with friends at Walpole, and finally made a purchase near the west line in Alstead, N. H., where his wife's sister, Martha, had removed after her marriage. He, with his son, John, came on to the land, which was covered with heavy timber, and the first tree that was felled parted a limb which struck his head and injured him severely. He was carried by his son to Walpole, where he in a measure recovered, though he was never perfectly restored to his former health. Children John Burroughs, jr., went to New Hampshire with his father in 1765 and removed his family there in 1767; was living in Alstead in 1828. He volunteered under Captain Webber of Walpole in 1777 to go to Bennington, Vt., and was engaged in battle there; from there he proceeded against Burgoyne at Still Water and returned safely in the fall. He later held a commission as Captain. Married Mehitable Carlton of Tolland. Children (two sons and three daughters): John; Samuel, lived in Alstead in 1826. Joel Burroughs, m. Phebe Messer of Walpole. Had six sons and eight daughters. Timothy Burroughs, moved in 1798 to Brookfield, Vt; m. Esther Hurlburt of Wethersfield, Conn. Had three sons and seven daughters. Daniel Burroughs, early moved to Vermont and then to Ohio. Married (1) Mary Crane; (3) Olive Carpenter. Elijah Burroughs, moved to Ohio; m. Eunice Thompson. No children. 79. MARTHA4 ABBE, daughter of John3 and Hannah (Boardman) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., March 1, 1728; died in Alstead, N. H, August 22, 1795. Married in Enfield, November 27, 1745, ISAAC GLEASON, JR., born in Enfield, May 10, 1715; died in Windsor, Conn., 1750. He was son of Isaac and Mary (Prior) Gleason. Martha Abbe married (2) in Windsor, Conn., September 12, 1751, JOHN SLADE, died March 17, 1797, in his 72d year. He was at the battles of Bunker Hill and Ticonderoga. They removed to Alstead, N. H, in 1773, where a large colony of Connecticut families settled, including John Burroughs, who married Sarah Abbe, sister of Martha. Child by first husband 185 Isaac Gillette Gleason, b. Sept. 27, 1747; m.Azubah Pease. Children by second husband John Slade, jr., b. at Windsor, June 10, 1752; m. Mary Mack. Martha (1) Slade, b. at Windsor, July 22, 1754; drowned Sept. 14, 1765. William Slade, b. at Enfield, Nov. 25, 1756; m.Anne Root. Samuel (1) Slade, b. at Enfield, Jan. 12, 1760; d. 1761. Samuel (2) Slade, b. at Enfield, Feb. 2, 1762; m. Hannah Thompson. Thomas Slade (twin), b. at Enfield, Aug. 22, 1764; d. April 12, 1778, at Alstead. Daniel Slade (twin), b. at Enfield, Aug. 22, 1764; d. 1765. Martha (2) Slade, b. at Enfield, Feb. 6, 1767; m. James Allen. 80. RICHARD4 ABBE, son of John3 and Hannah (Boardman) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., August 1, 1735; died there Speptember 20, 1807. He was a farmer and held various minor town offices. He was a Sergeant April 8 to December 3, 1761, in Captain Robert Durkee's Company, 1st Regiment; also Sergeant March 17 to December 4, 1762 in 10th Company, 1st Regiment, under Captain Hugh Ledlie. (Connecticut Historical Society Collections, X, pages 252, 315.) This Richard Abbe served as Lieutenant of Militia in the Lexington Alarm, commissioned as Ensign in the Connecticut Continental line, January 1, 1777; resigned February 6, 1778. Richard Abbe was Ensign in Captain Abner Robinson's Company, Colonel McLellan's Regiment, March, 1778, for one year's service, which seems to have served in Tyler's brigade under Sullivan in Rhode Island, August and September, 1778. Sergeant Richard Abbe joined, May 29, 1781 Captain James Dana's Company, in service at Horseneck and near by, and joined Washington in July when he encamped at Phillipsburg. He was appointed by the assembly in 1779, Captain of the third company of militia. Married in Enfield, January 7 or 9, 1755, MARY5 BEMENT, born July 19, 1739, in Enfield; died there August 14, 1831 or 2. She was the daughter of Captain Dennis and Mary (Abbe) Bement. See number 72. Children, born in Enfield Mary Abbe, b. April 21, 1756; d. in Enfield, Nov. 7, 1812. Married in Enfield, March 28, 1778 or 1779, Elisha Holton, b. 1750, in Sutton, Mass.; d. Feb. 3, 1837. He was a Revolutionary soldier and m. (2) Lydia Bement, see number 165. Children, b. in Enfield: i. Polly, b. July 1, 1779, m. in Enfield, Sept. 4, 1799, Elijah Parsons of Enfield; ii. Susanna Putnam, b. March 13, 1781, d. Dec. 2, 1811, "her death was occasioned from a persuasion that it was a sin for her to eat, and therefore starved herself till death closed the scene" (Enfield Records); iii. Hannah, b. Aug. 15, 1789, m. David Olmstead, had John D., who m. Susan H. Smith, and had a daughter Mary P., who m. Frank W Clarke of Washington, D. C. 186 Thomas Abbe, b. Aug. 21, 1757; m. Lydia Parsons. 187 Richard Abbe, jr., b. 1760; m. Lydia Steveson. 188 Trephosa Abbe, b. Dec. 28, 1762; m. Joel Booth. Susannah Abbe, b. about1765; d. June 11, 1825, aged 60 years, not m. 189 Huldah Abbe, b. May 19, 1771; m. (1) Isaac Allen; (2) George Lord.