Abraham Coburn (1729 - 1797)

Born 17 Jun 1729 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Richardson) Coburn — married after 20 Oct 1753 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1797 at age 67 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Birth

Born Dracut: "Colburn, Abraham, s. Sam[ue]ll and Marah, Jun 17, 1729." ^[1]

Marriage

Intentions:
"Richardson, Marcy and Abraham Coburn Jr., int. Oct 20 1753."^[2]

Military

2nd Lieutenant Abraham Coburn served with 7th Regiment, Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia during the American Revolution.

Abraham Coburn is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A023946.

2nd Lieutenant, MA militia. His DAR record lists spouses: Mary Richardson and Mary Massey Coburn. Children Abraham who m. Miriam Richardson Richardson-5355; Mercy who m. Daniel Coburn; Lydia who m. Elijah Coburn; Jeptha who m. Abigail______

Burial

Dracut, Massachusetts

Headstone: "Erected in Memory of Lieut Abraham Coburn who died Febr ye 8th 1797 in ye 69 th year of his age."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Henry Ernest Woods, editor, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907), p. 40
2. ↑ Henry Ernest Woods, editor, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907), p. 231
3. ↑ Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.)

Acknowledgements

Contributors: Bobbie Hall.