Gideon Abbey Sr.

Gideon Abbey Sr. was born February 13, 1716, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, and died June, 1784, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT, at age 68. Buried in Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham Co., CT. He is the son of Ebenezer Abbe Sr. of Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Mary Allen of Windham, Windham Co., CT.

Mary Wood was born about 1715 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, and died October, 1742, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, at about age 27. She is the daughter of Samuel Wood of Mansfield.

Gideon Abbey Sr. and Mary Wood were married March 15, 1738, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Gideon Abbey Sr. and Mary (Wood) Abbey had three children:

  1. Mary Abbey: Born March 24, 1738, in Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died young.
  2. Hannah Abbey: June 28, 1739, in Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Buried in Swann Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence Co., RI. Married March 29, 1759, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Josia Hall: Born March 27, 1738, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died
  3. Gideon Abbey Jr.: Born October 12, 1741, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; was Baptized January 3, 1742, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died June 17, 1759, in Unknown (age 18). Buried in Abbe Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT. Never married.

After Mary (Wood) Abbey died, Gideon Abbey Sr. married Keziah Walker.

Keziah Walker was born about 1718 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, and died January, 1747, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, at about age 28. Buried in Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham Co., CT. Married (3) 1747 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Bathsheba Smith: Born about 1720 in Ashford, Colony of Connecticut; Died after 1790 in probably Colony of Connecticut.

Gideon Abbey Sr. and Keziah Walker were married December 8, 1742, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Gideon Abbey Sr. and Keziah (Walker) Abbey had four children:

  1. Mary Abbey: Born Sept. 4, 1743, in Union, Colony of Connecticut. Died young.
  2. Mary Abbey: Born October 1, 1744, Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut. Died Unknown. Married March 24, 1763, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to John Hunt Jr.: Born in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut. Died Unknown.
  3. Amos Abbey: Born 1745 in the Colony of Connecticut. Probably died young.
  4. Solomon Abbey: Born April 12, 1746, in Mansfield City, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died July 29, 1840, in Mansfield City, Tolland Co., CT (age 94). Buried in Abbe Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT. Married March 10, 1768, in Mansfield City, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Lucy Johnson: Born September 11, 1747, in Lebanon, New London Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died July 17, 1785, in Mansfield City, Tolland Co., CT (age 37).

After Keziah (Walker) Abbey died, Gideon Abbey Sr. married Bathsheba Smith.

Bathsheba Smith was born about 1720 in Ashford, Colony of Connecticut, and died after 1790, probably in the Colony of Connecticut.

Gideon Abbey Sr. and Bathsheba Smith were married March, 1747, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Gideon Abbey and Bathsheba (Smith) Abbey had eleven children:

  1. John Abbey: Born March 8, 1748, in the Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Married Unknown, to Dorothy Bugbee: Born Unknown; Died Unknown.
  2. Samuel Abbey: Born October 2, 1749, in the Colony of Connecticut; Died young.
  3. Bathsheba Abbey: Born February 22, 1751, in the Colony of Connecticut; Probably died young.
  4. Elijah Abbey: Born July 7, 1753, in Ashford, Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Married, Nov. 4, 1772, to Ruth Balch: Born Unknown; Died Unknown.
  5. Samuel Abbey: Born January 7, 1755; Died Unknown. Married Miriam Hall.
  6. Bathsheba Abbey: Born February 22, 1751, in the Colony of Connecticut; Probably died young.
  7. Nathan Abbey, Born November 21, 1756; Died Unknown.
  8. William Abbey, Born April 14, 1758; Died Unknown Married Lydia Hall.
  9. Jerusha Abbey: Born Jan. 3, 1761. Married in Mansfield, Jan. 14 or 15, 1784, to Ephraim Hall Jr.
  10. Eunice Abbey: Born May 12, 1765, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut: Died October 5, 1849, in Cleveland, Oswego Co., NY (age 84). Buried in Cleveland Village Cemetery, Cleveland, Oswego Co., NY. Married 1789, in Connecticut, to Lemuel Eaton: Born December 17, 1772, in Kent, Litchfield Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died February 1, 1845, in Oneida Co., NY (age 72). Buried in Cleveland Village Cemetery, Cleveland, Oswego Co., NY.
  11. Ezra Abbey: Born May, 1767, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Baptized May 10, 1767, in Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Named in his father's will as infirm and unable to take care of himself.

TIMELINE

GIDEON ABBE, son of Ebenezer 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. Solomon Abbe, b. April 12, 1746; m. Lucy Johnson.

Children by third wife, born in Mansfield: 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. Samuel (2) Abbe, b. Jan. 7, 1755; m. Miriam Hall. Nathan Abbe, b. Nov. 21, 1756. 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.

 

 

The "Warwick Patent" is dated the "Nineteenth day of March in the Seventh/ yeare of ye reigne of our Sovergne Lord Charles by ye grace of God/ Kinge of England Scotland Ffrance and/ Ireland defender of ye ffaith &c Anno Dom/ 1631." Although not double dated, the historical context indicates that the date as recorded was "Old Style."  If double dated, it would have been recorded as March 19, 1631/2; if recorded "New Style," it would be March 19, 1632. 

Some Ebenezer Sr. Abbey family Records.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony (more formally The Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1628–1691) was an English settlement on the east coast of America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. 

Essex County was created by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires." Named after the county in England, Essex then comprised the towns of Salem, Lynn, Wenham, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, Gloucester, and Andover.

Massachusetts Bay Colony reverted to rule under the revoked charter until 1691, when a new charter was issued for the Province of Massachusetts Bay. This province combined the Massachusetts Bay territories with those of the Plymouth Colony and proprietary holdings on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. Sir William Phips arrived in 1692 bearing the charter and formally took charge of the new province.

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony in British America which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States from 1776 onward. It was chartered on October 7, 1691 by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The charter took effect on May 14, 1692 and included the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony, the Province of Maine, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the direct successor.

Ebenezer Abbey Sr. was born July 31, 1683, in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Mary Allen was born June 10, 1688, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Ebenezer Abbey Sr. and Mary Allen were married October 28, 1707, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Ebenezer Abbey Sr. died December 5, 1758, Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, at age 75.

The lady got back to me about the Huldah Clark news article. Maybe the Norwich Courier is a good newspaper to look for Abbe's, if AI is smart enough. She said she got it on Ancestry when she 1st started and then didn't see news like that later. So she probably didn't sign up for the premium Newpapers.com

In case it helps, the article on Huldah Clark (aka Huldah Abbe, d/o Solomon Abbe and Lucy Johnson), born 16 May 1783 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT. Huldah later marries an Oliver Stevens.

Findagrave and other records either mess it up or the 3 children Huldah had with her 1st husband Captain Solomon Clark were adopted by Oliver Stevens as their surnames are sometime Clark Stevens and sometimes Stevens.

Huldah (Abbey) Clark divorce from Solomon Clark. January 16, 1812, published in The Norwich Courier.

Huldah Abbey was born May 16, 1783, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT, and died April 26, 1871, in Connecticut, at age 88. Buried in Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT.

 

Huldah Abbey was born May 16, 1783, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT

 

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