Born in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Porter
and Mary (Kimball) Porter
Wife of
Joseph Woodbury
— married
7 Mar 1775 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Franklin Woodbury and John Woodbury
Died
at about age 92
in Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2017
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Biography
Abiel Porter was the daughter of John Porter and Mary Kimball. She was born in Wenham on 3 January 1740.[1]She married Joseph Woodbury in Wenham on 7 March 1775.[2]Abiel and Joseph had at least four children. With exception of Abiel, the remaining children birth records can be found in Lancaster, Massachusetts Church records.[3] Some believe Abiel passed away in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1833.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ “Vital Records of-Wenham, MA-to the end of the year 1849,” 70, 21 Sep 2017, e-Book, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass,. 1904, https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofwe00wenh#page/70/mode/2up, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Wenham/Images/Wenham_B070.shtml.
- ↑ 4261. “Vital Records of Wenham to the End of the Year 1849,” 178, 22 Sep 2017, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1904, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Wenham/Images/Wenham_M178.shtml.
- ↑ 4260. Lancaster (Mass.); Nourse, Henry S. (Henry Stedman), 1831-1903, ed, The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850, Lancaster [Clinton, Printed by W. J. Coulter], 1890, 390, https://archive.org/stream/birthmarriagedea1905lanc#page/390/mode/2up.
- ↑ Dudley, “The Richards Family of Massachusetts,” http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rich1&id=I1398, 2004-08-19 18:53:01 UTC (Thu), Title: FG, Page: 29.
- ↑ Janeen1@aol.com, “LANE-L Archives,” http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LANE/1998-09/0906062778, 17 Sep 1998, References DAR 61595 for Lila Darling Woodbury Lane: “Bial Porter (1739-1833).
- Her father John Porter served as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia with Lieutenant Aquila Jewett, Colonel James Prescott. Lexington Alarm. His wife is Mary Kimball. Children Abial and John. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 21 Oct 2021), "Record of John Porter", Ancestor # A091087.
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