William Maxwell Abbey

William Maxwell Abbey was born April 8, 1826, in New York City, NY, and died April 24, 1897, in Geneva, NY, at age 71. He was the son of Roswell Abbey of Connecticut and Elizabeth Truslow of Durham, Middlesex Co., CT.

Margery Ann Kiple was born November 17, 1825, in Buckingham Twp., Bucks Co., PA, and died April 15, 1880, in Philadelphia, PA, at age 54. She was the daughter of Jacob Kiple/Kypel of Unknown and Jane Clancy of Chester Co., PA.

William Maxwell Abbey and Margery Ann Kiple were married December 21, 1848, in Philadelphia, PA.

William Maxwell Abbey and Margery Ann (Kiple) Abbey had three children:

  1. Edwin Austin Abbey: Born April 1, 1852, at 315 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA; Died August 1, 1911, at Chelsea Lodge, London, England (age 59). Married April 22, 1890, to Mary Gertrude Mead: March 15, 1851, in Torquay, Devonshire, England; Died June 20, 1931, in Brent, England (age 80).
  2. William Burling Abbey: Born December 17, 1854, in Philadelphia, PA; Died 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, France (about age 63). Married to Katherine Eleanor Lewis: Born about 1864 in New York; Died Unknown.
  3. Jane Kiple Abbey: Born April 16, 1858, in Philadelphia, PA; Died 1911 in Unknown (about age 52). Married to Isaac J. Martin, MD: Born in Unknown; Died Unknown.

TIMELINE

William Maxwell Abbey was born April 8, 1826, in New York City, NY, and died April 24, 1897, in Geneva, NY, at age 71.

Margery Ann Kiple was born November 17, 1825, in Buckingham Twp., Bucks Co., PA, and died April 15, 1880, in Philadelphia, PA, at age 54.

William Maxwell Abbey and Margery Ann Kiple were married December 21, 1848, in Philadelphia, PA.

William Maxwell Abbey died April 24, 1897, in Geneva, NY, at age 71.

Margery Ann (Kiple) Abbey died April 15, 1880, in Philadelphia, PA, at age 54.

From Jeromey Ward's Web Site:

Ebenezer was born in 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. October29, 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.

Ebenezer married Mary Allen daughter of Joshua Allen and Mary Crowell on Oct 28 1707 in Windham, Connecticut. Mary was born on Jun 10 1688 in Windham, Connecticut. She died in 1766 in Windham, Connecticut.