Abigail (Dimock) Howard (1742 - aft. 1820)

Born 23 Aug 1742 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Amos Marsh — married 14 Nov 1759 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Ebenezer Howard — married after 1779 in Republic of Vermont [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1820 after age 77 in Addison, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Abigail was born in Mansfield Township in Connecticut on 23 Aug 1742, the daughter of Shubael Dimmock and Priscilla Hovey

She married Amos Marsh in 1759, also in Mansfield.

They had at least five children while they were living in Connecticut: Shubael, Eunice, William, Amos Jr., and Daniel. The next child was Lemuel, whose birth location is unknown.

By 1774 the family had moved to Clarendon, Vermont, where their children Lydia and Israel were born.

Abigail’s husband Amos died in 1778, and she next married Ebenezer Howard.

From The Ancestry of George Josiah Marsh: “Ebenezer Howard was dead by February 1795 when Abigail sold her portion of Amos’ estate [see the land record reference below for the relevant text]. She may have been living in her son William’s home in Shrewsbury in 1800, there was a woman the right age to be her. She did not marry again before William’s death in 1813 as his probate showed he owed Abigail Howard about $25.00. Abigail was found living about seven doors from her son, Amos, in the 1820 census of Weybridge, Addison, Vermont, and in the 1830 census there was a woman in Israel’s home the right age to be his mother. Abigail likely died in Addison County, Vermont. Her death was not recorded in the Vermont vitals.”

Sources

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77N-TC3 : 7 January 2020), Abigail Dimmick, 1742.

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-C4TB : 21 September 2019)], Abigail Dimmock, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143429. Marriage to Amos Marsh.

• Rutland, Rutland, Vermont land records, v. 5-7, 1795-1810, Bk. 6 pg. 467, FHL #28772. Reference taken from The Ancestry of George Josiah Marsh - the original records are not available online and Family HIstory Libraries are currently closed (January 2022). Relevant text: Abigail Howard, “widow of Ebenezer Howard” sold to Daniel Marsh “claim that I have or ever had to Dower and Power of thirds to the farm formerly owned by my late husband Amos Marsh late of said Clarendon.”

See also

The Ancestry of George Josiah Marsh, by Patra Anne Hepworth [1] There is information about Abigail Dimmock in the section about her husband, which begins on page 113.