Abiel Lamb II (1679 - 1770)

Born 23 Dec 1679 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Taylor) Lamb — married 4 Dec 1699 in Marlborough, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1770 at age 90 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Province

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Biography

Abiel Lamb^[1] was born 23 December 1679 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[2]

He married Hannah Taylor 4 December 1699 in her hometown of Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay.^[3][4][5]

He lived the rest of his life and died, in 1770, in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts.^[6]

Children, born in Framingham,^[7] Oxford,^[8] and Killingly^[9]

1. Sarah Lamb, b. 6 Apr 1701 in Framingham, m. Samuel Towne
2. Hannah Lamb Covell b. ______, m. Joseph Covell
3. Caleb. b. 3 Oct 1704 in Framingham, m. Elizabeth Bowen, then Lydia Gary
4. Ebenezer Lamb, b. 19 Oct 1706 in Framingham, m. Amy/Anne Green
5. Abiel Lamb, b. 21 Jan 1708-9 in Framingham, m. Abigail Moore
6. Lydia, b. 3 Apr 1713 (1718?) in Oxford
7. Elizabeth, b. 21 July, 1716 in Oxford, m. Andrew Phillips
8. William, bp. 14 Aug 1720, in Putnam near Killingly, perhaps while his mother was staying there with her daughter Hannah Covell during or after the delivery of Hannah's first child in April 1720; m. Lois Learned

Research Notes

Birth records not yet found for daughter Hannah and possible son Samuel.

Abigail, b. 19 May 1751, previously shown here as a daughter of Abiel and Hannah, was the daughter of their son Abiel Jr. and his wife Abigail, and her profile has been moved accordingly.

Sources

1. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004; highly derivative; better source sought. Source number: 1498.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RH1.
2. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Roxbury Vital Records Transcripts, Roxbury Births Page 208
3. ↑ l Middlesex, Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the year 1850, pp. 279 & 314: Lamb - Abiel Jr. of Framingham & Hannah Tailor
4. ↑ Framingham Vital Records, p. ___: "Hannah Tailor of Marlboro and Abiel Lamb, Dec 4, 1699, in Marlboro"
5. ↑ HUDSON, Charles, History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861, Boston, 1862, Page 455
6. ↑ Death not found in Oxford records.
7. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Framingham Massachusetts, to the year 1850, pp. 128-129
8. ↑ Worcester, Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, pp. 65-66 & 192
9. ↑ Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, Putnam, filmed typescript viewed on ancestry.com, p. 96:"William, s. Abiel & Hannah, of Oxford"

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