Abraham Fowler Jr. (abt. 1683 - 1754)

Born about 1683 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hubbard) Fowler — married 4 Mar 1720 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1754 at about age 71 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Abraham Fowler Jr. was born in 1683 in Guilford, Connecticut to parents Abraham Fowler Sr. and Elizabeth Bartlett. He married Elizabeth Hubbard on 4 Mar 1720 in Guilford, Connecticut. Children: Abigail, Chloe, Abraham III, Mabel, Rachel, Anna, Col. Noah, Elizabeth. He died on 11 Oct 1755 in Guilford, Connecticut. He is buried in the West Side Cemetery in Guilford, Connecticut.

Honorable Abraham Fowler of Guilford was a joiner, and nine times represented Guilford in the General Assembly. He served as sergeant in King Philip's War, and was given 4 (British pounds sterling) from Conneticut in Oct., 1678, on account of the woulds received by him from the enemy in the country's service. (Conn. Col. Rec. 111, 18.) He was an Assistant in the Colony, from 1712 to 1719; and was also one of the Justices of the New Haven County Court, in which position he was distinguished for his firmness and good judgment. His home lot of 5 acres was on the "Common Green." He was a captain of the Militia. In 1716, his list was 33.14.6 (British Pounds Sterling)"

"In 1716 his list was 50.4.0 Pounds/pence/shillings."

"The Musket and the Cross", book by Walter D. Edmonds, Little, Brown & Co., Boston - Toronto, 1968, Library of Congress 68-11527. Tells of the Narragansett Swamp Fight that Abraham took part in as a Sargeant in King Philip's War. He was age 23 inthe battle and wounded. They won a battle against the savages under tremendous hardship...they marched 14 miles without food or rest, fought an intense battle hand-to-hand, turned around without food or rest and marched out in a snow storm and through a swamp at night. "There was no question but that the Great Swamp Fight was the turning point in the King Philip's War". He was one of 300 men from Conn. under Major Robert Treat, in a total of 985 men in the battle under Josia Winslow. The first long march followed a camp in the snow without blankets to battle 3000 Indians in a fortified log fort in the swamp.

Abraham was a deputy to the General Court of Hartford for many years, a Justice of the Peace, and a Judge of the County Court, and also of the higher court. He was one of the most eminent men in town as well as one of the richest, with property of 500 acres and L1421 in money at death. He was a Captain in the Militia.

Burial

West Side Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Sources

• Smyth, Hon. R. D., John Fowler of Guilford, Conn., and His Descendants, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1899) Vol. 53, Page 311.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #38539292
• Smith, Ralph. The History of Guilford, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1639 (Munsell, Albany, 1877)

• US Federal Census 1790

• North America Family Histories 1500-2000

• Connecticut Church Record Abstracts

• Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index

• Connecticut Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices

• First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts: Genealogical Notes, Ward Family, Andrew Ward, p 239, "...Elizabeth Fowler, daughter of Abraham Fowler and Mary Hubbard, daughter of George Hubbard."

• Fowler, Christine Cecilia, The History of the Fowlers, published by Miller-Mac Printing Company, Batavia, New York, 1950., p584. This book is out of print but Andrew Fowler has a copy of it and will scan the page on request.

• Guilford Deaths, 1735-1783