Abigail (Chidsey) Hitchcock (1707 - 1761)

Born 1 Apr 1707 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Hitchcock — married 12 Mar 1729 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1761 at age 53 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Abigail Chidsey (also written Chedsey) was born 1 April 1707 and died 23 January 1761.^[1] On 12 March 1728/9 she married Daniel Hitchcock.^[2][3]

Edgar Albert Burnett indicates that^[4]:

"Ebenezer Chidsey, youngest son of John and Elizabeth Chidsey, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, 10 February 1665/6; he was baptized in the First Congregational Church there 23 March 1666; he died in East Haven, Connecticut, in September, 1726, and was buried in the Old Graveyard there. He married Prescilla Thompson, daughter of John and Prescilla (Powell) Thompson, who was born in New Haven 7 August 1617. She died 1 January 1726, and was buried in the Old Graveyard in East Haven.^[4]

"Children of Ebenezer and Priscilla (Thompson) Chidsey^[4]:

1. "John, d. 13 Dec 1689, probably very young.^[4]
2. "Sarah, b. New Haven 8 Dec. 1689; d. 22 May 1709, married 1 July 1708 to John Dawson.^[4]
3. John, b. New Haven 6 Nov. 1691; d. soon.^[4]
4. Elizabeth, b. 6 Feb. 1692/3; d after 1759; married (1) William Bradley; mar (2) Theophilus Alling.^[4]
5. John, b. New Haven 4 Mar. 1694/5; d. in 1727; mar. 8 Feb, 1714/15 Mary Foote, dau. of John and Mary Foote, by whom he had issue,. She mar. (2) Nathaniel Luddington.
6. Samuel, b. 6 June 1699; d. 8 Oct. 1726; mar. Deborah Goodsell, dau. of Thomas and Sarah (Hemenway) Goodsell, by whom he had issue.^[4]
7. Ebenezer, b. New Haven 6 Dec. 1700; d 28 June 1716.^[4]
8. James, b. East Haven 1 Apr. 1704; d. in East Haven in Sept. 1726.^[4]
9. Abigail, b. East Haven 1 Apr. 1707; d. 23 Jan. 1761; mar. 12 Mar. 1728/29 to Daniel Hitchcock.^[4]
10. Isaac, b. in East Haven 3 June 1710; d. 13 Aug. 1793; mar. Mary Pardee, dau. of George and Mercy (Denison) Pardee, by whom he had issue. .^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 12 August 2017), memorial #35114795 for Abigail Chedsey Hitchcock (1707 - 1761) - Find A Grave Memorial.
2. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. Families of Ancient New Haven Vol II, page 397 (Chidsey Family)
3. ↑ 1635-1894 The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family who are descended from Matthias Hitchcock of East Haven, Conn. and Luke Hitchcock of Wethersfield, Conn. Compiled and Published by Mrs. Edward Hitchcock, Sr., of Amherst, Mass. Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1894. pg. 6.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Burnett, Edgar Albert, The Burnett genealogy; Lincoln, Neb.: Press of Brown Print. Service, 1941, 149 pgs.; page 79-80