Abigail (Akin) Lester (abt. 1721 - 1778)

Born about 9 Nov 1721 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Abigail was a Friend (Quaker)

Abigail was born about 9 Nov 1721 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of David Akin and Sarah (Allen) Akin. She married Murray H. Lester Esq.. She died in 1778.

Birth and Siblings

Children of David and Sarah Akin:^[1]

• Josiah Akin b. 13 of 6m, 1719.
• Abigail Akin b. 9 of 7m, 1721.
• Hannah Akin b. 20 of 4m, 1726.
• Johnathan Akin (m. to Lillias Ferriss) b. 2 of 7m, 1737;m. 27 of 7m, 1757.

Children

Children of Abigail Lester:

• Margaret Lester.
• James Lester.
• Sarah Lester.
• John Lester.
• David Lester.

Will

Will dated November 3, 1799.

Lived in Pawlings, Dutchess County, NY.

Sons: Daniel. James.

Daughters: Elizabeth. Sarah. Rhoda. Deborah. Judith. Margaret. Lydia. Mary. Amy.

Mentioned: Preserved Dakin (Dakin-138, married to Deborah.)

Named executors: Jeremiah Haxton. Nicholas Baker.

Witnesses: Asa Irish of Pawlings. Nathaniel Terry. Sarah Irish.

Proved March 14, 1801.

Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month."

Sources

1. ↑ [Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting], Dutchess County, New York, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost, Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 17 - 20

• His will: "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28664-42565-0?cc=1920234 : accessed 9 February 2016), Dutchess > Wills 1796-1806 vol B > image 176 of 418; county courthouses, New York.
• Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003).https://www.americanancestors.org/DB409/i/13283/89/24799712
• FamilySearch profile.