Abigail (Alley) Kief (1749 - abt. 1801)

Born 5 Apr 1749 in Boothbay,Lincoln,Maine [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Kief — married 30 Aug 1771 in Thomaston, Maine

Descendants

Died about 1801 at about age 51 in St. George, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

Abigail was born in 1749. She passed away about 1801 in St. George, Knox, Maine, United States.

Portsmouth, NH. Event: John and Martha moved from New Hampshire to Townsend, present-day Boothbay in 1756. John was the “first owner of the first mill of the first mill privilege” at Wildcat Meadow, Boothbay. He and Martha are buried at what was once known as Alley’s Graveyard at Burleigh Hill in Boothbay. This area later belonged to a Mrs. Paul Conkling who refused to acknowledge the graveyard. It is now owned by a company who has poured a cement walkway over it without realizing it was a graveyard. John was deeded the land originally owned as a “freehold” by his grandparents Thomas and Sarah Alley of Rowley, Massachusetts from his father Samuel Alley of Dover, New Hampshire. It is not known what he did with this land. He came to Boothbay with Colonel David Dunbar. His farm was valued at $1200. For those times, he was considered a person of high income.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVS-M8J : Tue Oct 31 09:24:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Abigail Allen and John Allen, 05 Apr 1749.

See also:

• Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 Image

Abigail Alley

Birth Date: 5 Apr 1749

Birth Place: Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, USA

Father: John Alley

Mother: Martha Alley

• Lincoln County, ME Commissioners Records, 1759-1777. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017), Original Typescript: Commissioners Records, 1759–1777. Lincoln County [Maine]. MSS A 8553. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. [1][2]

Thomas KEFF

Marriage 8/30/1772

Location St. George, Knox, Maine, United States

Spouse Abigail Ally

Volume Name Lincoln County, Maine Marriages Page 16

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Alley-550 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2LAW_2013-04-28_01.ged on Apr 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.