Abigail (Bradley) Atwater (1708 - 1795)

Born 18 Nov 1708 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Atwater — married 18 Dec 1729 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1795 at age 86 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Biography

Birth

Abigail Bradley, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Atwater) Bradley was born 18 NOV 1708 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^[1][2]

Marriage

The town records state that Caleb Atwater married Abigail Bradley 18 DEC 1729 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut,^[2] causing some confusion. Jacobus in the Families of Ancient New Haven points out this error.^[1] Caleb Atwater married Lydia Benham, in 1727, and she was the mother of his children.^[1] It was Caleb's brother, Stephen, who married Abigail as her tombstone states.^[1]

Death

Abigail Atwater died 3 FEB 1795 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut^[1]. She was buried at the New Haven Town Green. Her stone is now along the west wall at Grove Street Cemetery. Her stone reads:

In Memory of Mrs. Abigail Atwater the amiable consort of Mr. Stephen Atwater who departed this life February 3d 1795 in the 88th Year of her Age. Blefsed are the dead who die in the Lord^[3]

Name: Abigail Bradley. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Born 18 Nov 1708. New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Died 3 Feb 1795. New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Buried Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. ^{[5] [6] [8]}

Marriage Husband @P299@. Wife @P300@. Child: @P250@. Marriage 18 Dec 1729. New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Title: Donald Lines Jacobus, Volumes 1-9, printed by Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1923; originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine - reprinted by Genealogical Printing Company, Inc. Baltimore in 1974, 1981, 1997. p. 264
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital Records of New Haven 1649-1850 Part I. Hartford: The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917 birth p. 110; m. p 213
3. ↑ [Dexter, Franklin Bowditch], 1842- [from old catalog]. Inscriptions On Tombstones In New Haven, Erected Prior to 1800. [New Haven, 1882.]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: #S1538034653 Birth year: 1708; Birth city: New Haven; Birth state: CT Ancestry Record 4725 #289828
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Source: #S1538034606 Ancestry Record 60525 #104541310
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Source: #S1538034813 Ancestry Record 70057 #340187
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Source: #S1538034815 Ancestry Record 2557 #1627844
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Source: #S1538034814 Ancestry Record 2900 #681703
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Source: #S1538034765 Ancestry Record 3032 #629614
10. ↑ Source: #S1538034653 Birth year: 1708; Birth city: New Haven; Birth state: CT Ancestry Record 4725 #289828

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