Solomon Abbe (1746 - 1840)

Born 12 Apr 1746 in Mansfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Johnson) Abbe — married 10 Mar 1768 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1840 at age 94 in Mansfield, CT

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Biography

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Solomon Abbe Birth 12 Apr 1746 Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Death 29 Jul 1840 Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Burial Abbe Cemetery Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Memorial ID 60710986

Age 97. Parents Gideon Abbe 1715 – 1784 Mary Wood 1714 – 1742

Siblings Mary Abbey 1738 – 1738 Hannah Abbe 1739 – Gideon Abbey 1741 – 1759

Half siblings William Abbey 1758 – 1833 Find A Grave contributor Sonja Conway

Family Members Parents: Gideon Abbe 1715–1784 and Keziah Walker Abbe 1719–1746.

Spouse: Lucy Johnson Abbe 1750–1819.

Half Siblings: Mary Abbe 1738 – unknown. Hannah Abbe Hall 1739 – unknown. Gideon Abbe 1741–1759. John Abbe 1747 – unknown.

Children: Gideon Abbey 1769–1840. Sarah Abbe Crane 1771–1847. Solomon Abbey 1774–1859. Eleazer Abbey 1778–1846. Simeon Abbe 1785–1870.

In June 1784, William Abbe was named Executor of his father Gideon Abbe's estate.^[1] By August 2, he is reported to have embezzled some of the estate and "absconded". ^[2] His brothers Solomon and Elijah were selected as administrators of the estate.

Sources

1. ↑ Probate Records, 1719-1918; Author: Connecticut Probate Court (Windham District); Probate Place: Windham, Connecticut https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627153_00194?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=sfp8284&_phstart=successSource&pId=326004 Probate Records, Vol 11-12, 1782-1790
2. ↑ Connecticut State Library, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92R-N66Z?i=606&cat=141959 Probate files collection, early to 1880

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* Source: Dimock, Susan W., Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths from the Records of the Town and Churches in Mansfield, Connecticut 1703-1850, New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1898 p. 4 (first page of records).

• Abbe-Abbey genealogy, in memory of John Abbe and his descendants by Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916; Nichols, Mary Josephine Genung, b. 1876, joint comp, Published 1916

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Hollis Bartlett for starting the profile on April 10, 2008.