Reuben Aborn (1805 - 1875)

Born 9 May 1805 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Amelia (Peters) Aborn — married May 1836 in Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Died 24 Jan 1875 at age 69 in North Oxford, Massachusetts

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Biography

Reuben was born in 1805 in in Ellington Connecticut. He is the son of John Aborn and Sarah Russell. ^[1]

He married in 1836, Amelia Peters, a native of Pennsylvania (or possibly Rhode Island). Their children include

1. Alonzo Reuben., born 1837, d 1910
2. Mary A., born 1838, m William Kibbe, d 1869.^[2]
3. Livonia V., born 1842, m E. Gerry Warren, of Auburn, Mass., d 1894.
4. Sarah Emerline., born 1849, m Daniel I. Kelly, of Auburn, Mass.
5. Franklin C., born in 1854, died in 1865.

Reuben. Aborn purchased, in 1846, what was known as the Ebenezer Learned farm, in North Oxford, Massachsetts., and upon it built a new house. This farm later became the property of Capt. Stephen Barton, father of Miss Clara Barton, of Red Cross fame, who for many years resided on the place. He was a farmer, and was also engaged at lumbering.^[3]

He died in 1875 and was burried in Oxford.^[4][5]

Reubin Aborn, Farmer United States Census, 1860^[6]

Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Reubin Aborn Male 53 Connecticut

Amelia Aborn Female 43 Rhode Island

Reubin A Aborn Male 22 Connecticut

Mary A Aborn Female 21 Connecticut

Lavina Aborn Female 18 Connecticut

Emerline Aborn Female 11 Massachusetts

Franklin Aborn Male 6 Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73B-KLR : 11 February 2018), Reuben Aborn, 09 May 1805; citing Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,376,026.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #166563073 Mary A, Livonia & Frank C share one headstone near their parents
3. ↑ Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, ConnecticutJ H Beers & Co, 1905.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW32-JF1 : 22 May 2019), Reuben Aborn in entry for widow Amelia Peters, 29 Oct 1898; citing Worcester, Massachusetts, daughter of Israel Peters and Mary Jefferson v 483 p 895, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,527.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #166564789 Reuben and wife Amelia Peters
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZC6-RQ6 : 14 December 2017), Reubin Aborn, 1860.