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Samuel Abbey was born July 27, 1726, in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT, and died August 10, 1806, in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT, at age 80. He is the son of Benjamin Abbe of Salem, Essex Co., MA, and Mary A. Tryon of Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT.

Rachel Masson was born November 4, 1733, in Chatham, Barnstable Co., MA, or Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT, and died after 1777 in Unknown at age Unknown. She is the daughter of Unknown.

Samuel Abbey and Rachel Masson were married January 29, 1751, in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT.

Samuel Abbey and Rachel (Masson) Abbey had eleven children:

  1. Benjamin Abbey: Born November 3, 1752, in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT; Died July 31, 1792, in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT (age 39). Married April 11, 1776, in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT, to Lois Stocking: Born about 1760 in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT; Died September 29, 1824, in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT (age 64)

  2. Samuel Abbey Jr.: Born August 17, 1759, in Chatham, Middlesex Co., CT; Died February 28, 1841, in Milo, Yates Co., NY (age 81). Married May 27, 1827, in Milo, Yates Co., NY, to Margaret Lee: Born Unknown; Died Unknown.

Samuel Abbey then married Sarah (Warren) Leland.

Sarah Warren was born about 1730 in Connecticut and died after April 4, 1776, in Unknown.

Sarah Warren was first married to Phineas Leland.

Phineas Leland was born December 26, 1730, in Grafton, Worcester Co., MA, and died October 6, 1773, in Grafton, Worcester Co., MA, at age 42. He is the son of Unknown.

Phineas Leland and Sarah Warren were married March 12, 1751/1752 in Grafton, Worcester Co., MA.

Phineas Leland and Sarah (Warren) Leland had eleven children:

  1. Leland: Born

  2. Leland: Born

Samuel Abbey and Sarah (Warren) Leland were married April 4, 1776, in Grafton, Worcester Co., MA.

Samuel Abbey and Sarah (Warren) (Leland) Abbey had two children:

  1. Asaph Abbey: Born August 26, 1776, probably in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT; Died after 1825 in Connecticut. Married about 1800 in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT, to Ruth Hollister: Born October 25, 1781, in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT; Died February 20, 1868, in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT (age 86).

  2. John Abbey: Born 1781 in Connecticut; Died 1854 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., NY (about age 73). Married before 1804 in Connecticut to Ruth Risley: Born February 25, 1781, in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; Died after August 17, 1860,in Hamilton, Madison Co., NY.

TIMELINE

Benjamin Abbe was born June 4, 1694, in Salem, Essex Co., MA.

Mary A. Tryon was born October 5, 1695, in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT.

Benjamin Abbe and Mary A. Tryon were married January 24, 1715/1716, in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT.

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.