Beriah Abbott (abt. 1758 - 1832)

Ancestors

Died 13 Mar 1832 at about age 74 in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Beriah was born about 1758. He was the son of Daniel Abbott and Rachel Abbot.^[1] He passed away in 1832.^[2] Beriah married first Mary Andrews and married second Martha Griswold.

Military

Beriah served during the Revolution for a total of six and one half years, was taken prisoner, and escaped by running away. ^[3]

In January 1776, Beriah Abbott enlisted for a term of one year in Captain Joshua Abbott’s foot company. Beriah Abbott served as a private in the New Hampshire regiment enlisting 22 March 1777 for a three-year term and was discharged 20 March 1780. He again enlisted 29 May 1781 for a three-year term in Captain Daniel Livermore’s company. He was discharged 7 June 1783 the last year of his enlistment being provided by a substitute that Beriah procured.^[4]

He applied for a pension on 20 April 1818 giving his age as 60 years old. He related that he had infirmities and a broken constitution which he attributed to his hard and long military service. He further reported having to care for his 75-year-old sister-in-law which was a great bother to him. He reported just one child, Moses then aged 33 who had a large family to support and was greatly in debt. The inventory included as part of the pension application showed real estate valued at $850 for 53 acres of land with buildings, $50 as the value of a share in the New Hampshire turnpike road, and a personal estate of $52.28.^[5]

Beriah Abbott and Mary Andrews had one child.

i MOSES ABBOTT, b. at Lebanon, NH, 21 Apr 1787; d. at Windsor, VT, 12 May 1850; m. at Canaan, NH, RELIEF STRAW, of Canaan, b. about 1803 daughter of Jacob and Abigail (Young) Straw; Relief d., likely at Charleston, VT, after 1860. After Moses’s death, Relief married Richard Gile.

Sources

1. ↑ Beriah is a son named in his father's will; a birth record for Beriah was not located, but he was likely the eldest child in the family and was the son named first in the will.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFFC-6ZH : 19 February 2021), Beriah Abbot, 1832.
3. ↑ Bouton, Nathaniel. The History of Concord, From Its First Grant in 1725 - To the Organization of the City Government In 1853, With a History of the Ancient Penacooks, Concord, New Hampshire: Benning W. Sanborn, 1856; digital images, Concord Public Library (http://concordnh.gov/1046/Boutons-History-of-Concord : accessed December 2022); citing pg. 621.
4. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case W25365
5. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case W25365