Abilene (Gilbert) Sexton (1710 - 1774)

Born 10 Mar 1710 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of James Sexton — married 8 Jun 1728 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1774 at age 64 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Abelina Gilbert. Born 10 MAR 1710. Westfield, Massachusetts. Died Age: 64. 03 JUN 1774. Sheffield, Massachusetts. Buried Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ^[1][2][3]

Abilena (twin) born on March 10, 1710, at Lebanon; d. before 1793;

m. Saxton (perhaps James Saxton of Westfield and Sheffield, Mass., b. Nov. 9, 1702, d. Sheffield, Oct. 31, 1756;

settled in Sheffield about 1743). [See C. E. Booth, One Branch of the Booth Family, p. 40.] ^[4] ; ^[5]

She married James Sexton, son of James & Ann (Bancroft) Sexton, on 8 Jun 1728 at Westfield, Hampden, MA

Their children were James, Ann, Mercy, William, Jasper, Asher, Ebenezer, Desire, Frederick, Rhoda & Abigail

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S88
2. ↑ Source: #S58
3. ↑ Source: #S54 Volume: 315; SAR Membership Number: 62953
4. ↑ Lebanon: Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. p. 70
5. ↑ Warner, Lucien and Mrs. Josephine Nichols, compilers. The Descendants of Andrew Warner, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Connecticut, 1919 p. 46-7: 85-9

See also:

• Birth (twin with sister Sarah): Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/13153/70/234495578 (subscription required)

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69040481/abilene-saxton

• The Gilbert Family Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659

• Source: S54 Ancestry.com U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1

• Source: S58 Ancestry.com Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1

• Source: S70 Ancestry.com Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1

• Source: S88 Ancestry.com Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1

• "Abilena Saxton." Geni. Accessed August 15th, 2019. https://www.geni.com/people/Abilena-Saxton/6000000000003329636.

• " Abilena Gilbert." "Tim Dowling's Family Tree." Geneanet. Accessed August 15th, 2019. https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&n=gilbert&oc=0&p=abilena.