Isaac Abbey
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Isaac Abbey |
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Isaac Abbey was born 1798 in Dutchess County, Province of New York, and died July 19, 1826, in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada, at about age 28. He is the son of Nathaniel Abbey of Dutchess Co., Province of New York, and Mary "Polly" Winters of Dutchess Co., Province of New York. Lucinda "Sandy" Bradley was born January 16, 1806 in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Twp., Upper Canada, and died July 19, 1896, in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 90. She is the daughter of Oliver Nathan Bradley of Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Twp., Upper Canada, and Dorcas Abbey of Connecticut. Isaac Abbey and Lucinda B. "Sandy" Bradley were married about 1824 in Durham Co., Upper Canada. Isaac Abbey and Lucinda B. "Sandy" (Bradley) Abbey had two children:
Isaac Abbey died July 19, 1826, in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada Lucinda "Sandy" (Bradley) Abbey then married John Taaffe Irwin. John Taaffe Irwin was born October 2, 1799, in County Sligo, Ireland, and died June 29, 1861, in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Canada West, at age 61. He is the son of Henry Jones Irwin of Ireland and Hannah Taaffe of Ireland. John attended college in Dublin, Ireland and came to Canada in 1821. He was a Doctor and a Farmer. Buried in Welcome Cemetery. John Taaffe Irwin and Lucinda "Sandy" (Bradley) Abbey were married April 15, 1833, in Upper Canada. John Taaffe Irwin and Lucinda "Sandy" (Bradley) (Abbey) Irwin had six children:
TIMELINE Ontario was known as: Upper Canada from December 26, 1791, to February 10, 1841; Canada West from February 10, 1841, to July 1, 1867; and Ontario after July 1, 1867. Isaac Abbey was born in 1798, probably in New York. John Taaffe Irwin was born October 2, 1799, in County Sligo, Ireland. Lucinda Bradley was born January 16, 1806, in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Twp., Upper Canada. The 1827 Census for Hope Twp., Durham Co., Canada West shows Joach Abbey: 3 Men, 5 Women; 3 Boys; 1 Girl. Adults were 16 and over. John Taaffe Irwin and Lucinda B. "Sandy" (Bradley) Abbey were married April 15, 1833, in Upper Canada. The 1851 Canadian Census shows John T. Irwin (age 58) born in Ireland is a Farmer living in a single story log house in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Canada West (Ontario), Canada. Living with him is Lucinda Irwin (age 44) born in Canada. Also living there are five unmarried Irwin children, all born in Canada: Jones H. Irwin (age 18); Edward J. Irwin (age 16); Lucinda Irwin (age 18); Mary D. Irwin (age 7); and Jane Irwin (age 1). John Taaffe Irwin died June 29, 1861, in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Canada West, at age 61. The 1881 Canadian Census shows Lucinda Irwin (age 73) born in Ontario is a widow living in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. The 1891 Canadian Census shows Lucinda Irwin (age 85) born in Ontario is living in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. Lucinda (Bradley) (Abbey) Irwin died July 19, 1896, in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada, at age 90. It is surmised that brothers Isaac Abbey (age 27) and Nathaniel (age 28), along with their sister Dorcas Abbey (age 26) and their nephew Clement Neff (age 10) came to Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada West from New York about 1798. They were some of the pioneering settlers of Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. If this connection is accurate, the Abbey ancestry can be connected through their father Isaac Abbe all the way back to John Abbe, born about 1587 in West Halton, Lincolnshire, England. His son, John Abbe, Jr. of Norwich, Norfolk Co., England emigrated to the United States about 1635 and married Mary Loring in 1635 at Wenham, Essex Co., MA.
Leslie Wilson of Canada has provided the following information. The 1851 Charles and Oliver were sons of Isaac Abbey & Lucinda Bradley, and grandsons of Nathaniel Abbey b 1773/74 NY d 1825/26 Hope & Mary____ b Apr 11 1777 d Mar 29 1869. If you recall, Lucinda Bradley was the daughter of Dorcas Abbey (believed to be a sister of Nathaniel #1 and his brother Isaac) and Oliver Bradley. Isaac Abbey, brother of the 1773/74 - 1825/26 Nathaniel Abbey, had no surviving issue. Lucinda & her husband Isaac did not help matters because they named the boys, Charles Oliver Abbey and Oliver Nathaniel Abbey!!! It has been argued that Isaac Abbey, husband of Anne, was the father of Dorcas Abbey-Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey #1. This is possible, but there are many circumstantial factors that argue equally that he was their brother. 1) The Abbey men were not long lived - average age of death (and yes, I removed the ones who were killed in the Civil War to come up with this) - about 50. 2) In the 1790s, very few men over the age of 50, without a housefull of strong sons and daughters between the ages of 14 and 21, took up homesteading in Upper Canada. 3) When Isaac died sometime between March of 1813 and March of 1814, it seems he died intestate - and the property did not pass to Nathaniel Abbey Sr. but rather to David King Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey Jr. If Nathaniel #1 had been Isaac's son, by British law it would have passed to the son. But Isaac died - without heirs it seems - so it passed to the two eldest male heirs of Dorcas Abbey-Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey, they being David King Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey Jr. 4) I suspect Isaac died of a disease that entered local lore as the Spotted Plague. It seems to have affected only those in the prime of life - two teenage boys died, everybody else was in their forties and fifties. Most were male. This was not small pox - that had swept through the area in 1811, the people were familiar with it and of those who remained, most had acquired an immunity to it. This disease was especially virulent - death occurred within 7 days of contact, the victim remained lucid until the end - the body swelled and large purple spots, like bruises, appeared all over the body within 24 hrs of death. Believe it or not, I was able to find a specialist in weird epidemic diseases (he once worked for the Atlanta Centre for Disease Control) who agreed to take on the project of finding out what this plague was. It only affected those living in Hope Twp, the only exception was a man from Hamilton Twp who had been called to the death bed of one of the victims to notarize the will. I expected Mr Lamb would take at least a month or two to work out a possible cause - he came back in less than 48 hours with the answer - a disease endemic to flying squirrels, carried from them to humans by lice. The first case appeared in early February - by the end of April, it had petered out. When I asked him how certain he was about this being the cause, his reply was: "99 percent, and you can quote me". The scenario is that the men were out cutting down trees (this still is winter time work in southern Ontario), the boys found a downed tree with a litter of young flying squirrels, took them home and divided them up amongst their friends. The lice on the squirrels spread from person to person. The disease cannot be passed by sputum or touching feces or urine of an infected person or squirrel - it must be introduced into the blood stream by an infected louse, and only a louse, not a flea or mosquito. Anyway - I digress, although that is the sort of stuff my book is about, not the genealogy. The genealogies are needed to discover the whys and wherefores of the movements and interactions of this 1793-1813 group of people.
Leslie The following nine pages of recollections and thoughts were compiled by Rowena Bragg, who died in the late 1990s at age 103. Some mention is made of the Abbey branch. This information was forwarded by Eleanor Whyley, a descendant of Lucinda Bradley.
Oliver Nathan Bradley was born about 1784/1785 Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada and died 1821 in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Newcastle District, Upper Canada. He was the son of Nathan (Nathaniel) Bradley of MA and Harriet (Elizabeth) Harnden of Connecticut. Dorcas Abbey was born about 1773 in the USA and died Unknown. She was the daughter of Isaac Abbey of Connecticut and Unknown Wife. Oliver and Dorcas were married in 1803. Oliver and Dorcas had several children, including:
It is surmised that brothers Isaac Abbey (age 27) and Nathaniel (age 28), along with their sister Dorcas Abbey (age 26) and their nephew Clement Neff (age 1 or 10) came to Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada West from New York about 1798. They were some of the pioneering settlers of Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. If this connection is accurate, the Abbey ancestry can be connected through their father Isaac Abbe all the way back to John Abbe, born about 1587 in West Halton, Lincolnshire, England. His son, John Abbe, Jr. of Norwich, Norfolk Co., England emigrated to the United States about 1635 and married Mary Loring in 1635 at Wenham, Essex Co., MA. Isaac (Phineas?) Abbey was born in 1798, probably in New York, and died between 1827 and 1833 in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada. He was the son of Nathaniel Abbey of Connecticut and Mary (unknown) of (New York?). Lucinda Bradley was born January 16, 1806 in Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Twp., Upper Canada and died July 19, 1896 in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada at age 90. She was the daughter of Oliver Nathan Bradley of Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Twp., Upper Canada, and Dorcas Abbey of Connecticut. Isaac and Sandy were married 1825 in Durham Co., Upper Canada. Isaac and Sandy had two children:
Isaac Abbey died between 1827 and 1833 in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Upper Canada. Sandy was remarried on April 15, 1833 to John Taaffe Irwin. John Taaffe Irwin was born October 2, 1799 in Dublin, Ireland, and died June 29, 1861 in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Canada West at age 61. He was the son of Henry Irwin and Hannah Taaffe of Ireland. John and Sandy had six children:
John Taaffe Irwin died June 29, 1861 in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Canada West at about age 85. Lucinda (Bradley) (Abbey) Irwin died July 19, 1896 in Hope Twp., Durham Co., Ontario, Canada at age 90. Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1921) - Extracts Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Publication Information: New York, NY. Additional Information: Also available on microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Page: 273 Province: New York It is surmised that brothers Isaac Abbey (age 27) and Nathaniel (age 28), along with their sister Dorcas Abbey (age 26) and their nephew Clement Neff (age 10) came to Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada West from New York about 1798. They were some of the pioneering settlers of Durham Co., Ontario, Canada. If this connection is accurate, the Abbey ancestry can be connected through their father Isaac Abbe all the way back to John Abbe, born about 1587 in West Halton, Lincolnshire, England. His son, John Abbe, Jr. of Norwich, Norfolk Co., England emigrated to the United States about 1635 and married Mary Loring in 1635 at Wenham, Essex Co., MA. Ontario was known as: Upper Canada from 10 Jun 1791 to 10 Feb 1841; Canada West from 10 Feb 1841 to 1 Jul 1867; and Ontario after 1 Jul 1867. Between 1885 and the early 1980s Durham County went through considerable changes: Manvers Township became part of Victoria County; Cavan and South Monaghan Townships became part of Peterborough County; and Hope Township became part of Northumberland County. When Ontario County was abolished in the 1970s, the Townships of Thorah, Brock, Scott, Uxbridge, Pickering, Reach, Whitby and Scugog became part of Durham County. Leslie Wilson of Canada has provided the following information. The 1851 Charles and Oliver were sons of Isaac Abbey & Lucinda Bradley, and grandsons of Nathaniel Abbey b 1773/74 NY d 1825/26 Hope & Mary____ b Apr 11 1777 d Mar 29 1869. If you recall, Lucinda Bradley was the daughter of Dorcas Abbey (believed to be a sister of Nathaniel #1 and his brother Isaac) and Oliver Bradley. Isaac Abbey, brother of the 1773/74 - 1825/26 Nathaniel Abbey, had no surviving issue. Lucinda & her husband Isaac did not help matters because they named the boys, Charles Oliver Abbey and Oliver Nathaniel Abbey!!! It has been argued that Isaac Abbey, husband of Anne, was the father of Dorcas Abbey-Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey #1. This is possible, but there are many circumstantial factors that argue equally that he was their brother. 1) The Abbey men were not long lived - average age of death (and yes, I removed the ones who were killed in the Civil War to come up with this) - about 50. 2) In the 1790s, very few men over the age of 50, without a housefull of strong sons and daughters between the ages of 14 and 21, took up homesteading in Upper Canada. 3) When Isaac died sometime between March of 1813 and March of 1814, it seems he died intestate - and the property did not pass to Nathaniel Abbey Sr. but rather to David King Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey Jr. If Nathaniel #1 had been Isaac's son, by British law it would have passed to the son. But Isaac died - without heirs it seems - so it passed to the two eldest male heirs of Dorcas Abbey-Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey, they being David King Bradley and Nathaniel Abbey Jr. 4) I suspect Isaac died of a disease that entered local lore as the Spotted Plague. It seems to have affected only those in the prime of life - two teenage boys died, everybody else was in their forties and fifties. Most were male. This was not small pox - that had swept through the area in 1811, the people were familiar with it and of those who remained, most had acquired an immunity to it. This disease was especially virulent - death occurred within 7 days of contact, the victim remained lucid until the end - the body swelled and large purple spots, like bruises, appeared all over the body within 24 hrs of death. Believe it or not, I was able to find a specialist in weird epidemic diseases (he once worked for the Atlanta Centre for Disease Control) who agreed to take on the project of finding out what this plague was. It only affected those living in Hope Twp, the only exception was a man from Hamilton Twp who had been called to the death bed of one of the victims to notarize the will. I expected Mr Lamb would take at least a month or two to work out a possible cause - he came back in less than 48 hours with the answer - a disease endemic to flying squirrels, carried from them to humans by lice. The first case appeared in early February - by the end of April, it had petered out. When I asked him how certain he was about this being the cause, his reply was: "99 percent, and you can quote me". The scenario is that the men were out cutting down trees (this still is winter time work in southern Ontario), the boys found a downed tree with a litter of young flying squirrels, took them home and divided them up amongst their friends. The lice on the squirrels spread from person to person. The disease cannot be passed by sputum or touching feces or urine of an infected person or squirrel - it must be introduced into the blood stream by an infected louse, and only a louse, not a flea or mosquito. Anyway - I digress, although that is the sort of stuff my book is about, not the genealogy. The genealogies are needed to discover the whys and wherefores of the movements and interactions of this 1793-1813 group of people.
Leslie |
