Abigail
[middle name?]
Edwards
formerly McLellan
Born August 1, 1779
in Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME
Daughter of
James McLellan and
Abigail McLellan
Sister of
Sarah McLellan, William McLellan, Bryce McLellan, Elizabeth McLellan, Rebecca McLellan, George McLellan, Martha McLellan, Martha Edwards and James McLellan [add sibling]
Wife of
Enoch Edwards
(Married in
Gorham, Cumberland Co., ME; June 16, 1799)
[children?]
Died October 4, 1843
in Otisfield, Cumberland Co., ME
About Abigail Edwards
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* According to "Edwards Genealogy," this couple had 11 children. She was a granddaughter of Bryce, and three of her children (and her daughter Mary's husband) fought in the Civil War for the Union.
She and her sister Martha married two brothers. Several Union Veterans descend from these marriages.
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Sources
1. [S37] Bryce McLellan . . . His Children and Grandchildren, John A. McLellan, (n/a; privately distributed), 10.
2. [S238] http://edwardsgenerations.net/.
3. [S490] A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John Edwards, 168_ - 1915, Llewellyn Nathanial Edwards, (Toronto: Privately Published, 1916), 67-68.
4. [S240] History of Gorham, Maine, Hugh Davis McLellan, (Portland: Smith and Sale; rpt. Picton Press), 476; 477; 663.
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