Ebenezer Abbey Sr.




Ebenezer Abbey Sr. was born July 31, 1683, in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, and died December 5, 1758, Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, at age 75. He is the son of Samuel Abbey of Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Mary Knowlton of Chebacco, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Mary Allen was born June 10, 1688, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, and died 1766 in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, at about age 78. She is the daughter of Joshua Allen of Barnstable, MA, and Mary Crowell of Salem Village, Essex Co., MA.

Ebenezer Abbey Sr. and Mary Allen were married October 30, 1707, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut.

Ebenezer Abbey Sr. and Mary (Allen) Abbe had thirteen children:

  1. Ebenezer Abbey Jr.: Born July 27, 1708, in July 31, 1683, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died April, 1758, in Colony of Connecticut (age 49). Buried in Windham Cemetery, Windham, Windham Co., CT. Married February 22, 1729, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Abigail Goodale: Born July 3, 1714, in Salem Village, Essex Co., Province of Massachusetts Bay; Died November 6, 1796, in Salem Village, Essex Co., MA (age 62). Buried in Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham Co., CT.

  2. Elizabeth Abbey: Born September 11, 1709, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Married November 13, 1735, in Mansfield, Colony of Connecticut, to Daniel Cross: Born July 20, 1713, in Mansfield, Colony of Connecticut; Died 1796 in Shaftsbury, Bennington Co., VT (about age 83).
  3. Joshua Abbey: Born January 20, 1710 in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died January 13, 1807, in Windham, Windham Co., CT (about age 96). Buried in Windham Cemetery, Windham, Windham Co., CT. Married April 14, 1736, in Unknown to Mary Ripley: Born November 16, 1716, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died October 13 1770, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut (age 54). Buried in Windham Cemetery, Windham Center, Windham Co., CT.
  4. Mary Abbey: Born September 21, 1712, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died March 4, 1735, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut (about age 22). Buried in Windham Cemetery, Windham, Windham Co., CT. Married May 9, 1734, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Jonathon Bingham: Born August 17, 1712, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died February 16, 1800, in Windham, Windham Co., CT (age 87). Buried in Windham Cemetery, Windham, Windham Co., CT.
  5. Nathan Abbey: Born May 6, 1714, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died April 26, 1807, in Connecticut. Buried in Old Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield Center, Tolland Co., CT. Married (1) December 4, 1746, in Mansfield, Colony of Connecticut, to Silence Ames: Born Unknown; Died February 6, 1776, in Connecticut. Married (2) October 17, 1776, in Connecticut to Lucy Hovey: Born Unknown; Died Unknown.
  6. Gideon Abbey: Born February 23, 1715, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died 1784 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT (about age 68). Married (1) March 15, 1737/1738, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Mary Wood: Born about 1715 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died October 1742 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut (about age 27). Married (2) December 8, 1742, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Keziah Walker: Born about 1718 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died 1746 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut (about age 28). 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.
  7. Samuel Abbey: Born October 30, 1717, in Colony of Connecticut; Died March 1, 1718, in Colony of Connecticut (age Infant).
  8. Samuel Abbey: Born April 24, 1719, in Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Married July 8, 1766, in Mansfield, Colony of Connecticut, to Temperance Lincoln: Born about 1725 in Windham, Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown.
  9. Zerviah Abbey: Born March 17, 1720, in Colony of Connecticut; Died after 1770 in Unknown. Married May 10, 1736, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Elihu Marsh: Born about 1718 in Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown.
  10. Jerusha Abbey: Born October 22, 1722, in Colony of Connecticut; Died April 1, 1820, in Connecticut (age 97). Married about 1841 in Colony of Connecticut, to Samuel Wood: Born March 31, 1722, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died January 27, 1807, in Connecticut (age 84).
  11. Abigail Abbey: Born August 1, 1724, in Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Married November 10, 1743, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Benjamin Cary: Born Unknown; Died Unknown.
  12. Miriam Abbey: Born August 31, 1726, in Colony of Connecticut; Died December 2, 1823, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT (age 97). Married October 5, 1745, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Colony of Connecticut, to William Cross: Born May 25, 1720, probably in Colony of Connecticut; Died June 1, 1801, in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT (age 81).
  13. Solomon Abbey: Born May 30, 1730, in North Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut; Died 1799 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., CT (about age 69). Married (1) June 17, 1747, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, to Sarah Knight: Born about 1730 in probably Colony of Connecticut; Died Unknown. Married (2) to Elizabeth (Unknown) Burnham. Sarah (Knight) Abbey then married between April 3, 1812, and April 17, 1812, in Windham Co., CT, to Solomon Wright of Salem, OH.



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Some Ebenezer Abbey Sr. 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 SalemLynnWenhamIpswichRowleyNewburyGloucester, 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 Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut.


   

Ebenezer Abbey Sr. and Mary Allen Marriage Record. The image on the left is from Windham County.

The image on the right for the same marriage is from Mansfield, Tolland County.

Thanks to Kay Koslan for finding these original records on on Familysearch.


Solomon Abbey and Sarah Knight were married June 17, 1747, in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut.


Solomon Abbey and Sarah Knight Marriage Record. Thanks to Kay Koslan for finding the original record on the right from Familysearch.


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


Ebenezer Abbey Sr. Death Record. Thanks to Kay Koslan for finding the original record on the right from Familysearch.


Mary (Allen) Abbey died 1766 in Windham, Windham Co., Colony of Connecticut, at about age 78.


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.


 


Solomon Wright of Salem, OH, and Sarah (Knight) Abbey of Granby, CT, were married between April 3, 1812, and April 17, 1812, in Windham Co., CT. Thanks to Kay Koslan for finding the original record on the right from Familysearch.