Abigail Elizabeth (Hamilton) Slayton (1772 - 1795)

Wife of Simeon Slayton — married 28 Nov 1793 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts

Biography

25. SIMEON, b. 1770, in B. His father deeded land in Calais, Vt., to him in Jan., 1790; he m. ABIGAIL ELIZABETH HAMILTON, no date when. Their only child, Nathan, b. May 4, 1794; and his mother d. April 4, 1795. Mass. records show that Simeon must have gone to Vt. early in 1790. Before me is part of a letter, said to have been written to him by his father, beginning—"Brookfield may 30, 1790, loving son—I hear you have buried your wife." I can only explain the above dates by supposing the last one should be 1795. His second wife was SUSANNAH BARNES, b. 1774, m. 1796, d June 8, 1818, [consequently] m. and d. in Calais. Third he m. MRS. BETSY DAVIS b. 1788, d. Oct . 30, 1876, in [Calais]. Hiram K. says—"Simeon was a quaint old continental style of a man, he gave names to the small villages of [Calais] " He d. of paralysis Nov. 24, 1847, in [Calais]. Eight ch. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Asa Walker Slayton, History of the Slayton Family, Biographical and Genealogical (Grand Rapids, Mi.: Dean Printing, 1907), #25 on page 49. (https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ9RAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false)