Abraham
Shotwell
Born about in Staten Island, New York
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of John Shotwell Sr.
and Elizabeth (Burton) Shotwell
Husband of
Elizabeth (Cowperthwaite) Shotwell
— married
5 Oct 1712 in Flushing, Queens, NY
Descendants 
Died after
after about age 64
in Piscataway, Middlesex, Province of New Jersey
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Abraham was a Friend (Quaker)
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Biography
Abraham Shotwell was born July 1, 1692, son of John Shotwell, Sr and Elizabeth Burton Shotwell.
Abraham married Elizabeth Cowperthwaite in 1712, in Flushing, Queens, New York. [1]
Abraham wrote his will 20 Jun 1757 and died between that date and when his will entered probate;on 2 Nov 1757. [2] His will abstract names the following:
- 1757, June 20. Shotwell, Abraham, Sr., of "Piscatua," Middlesex Co,;
- Children - John, Abraham, Deborah, Sarah Vail, Elizabeth Webster.
- Grandchildren- Hannah (daughter of son in law Daniel Shotwell and Debory), Abraham (son of John and Sarah Vail), and Hannah (daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Webster).
- Executors: son Abraham, son in law Daniel Shotwell, and Nathan Fitzrandolph
- Witnesses - Agnes Bloomfield, Jacob Thorn, and Joseph Shotwell, Jr.
- Proved: Nov 2, 1757, when Nathaniel Fitz Randolph refuses to act as executor.
Research Notes
Birth: July 1, 1692, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ, (Alternate locations Staten Island) We do know that John Shotwell the parent did have a Staten Island residence. There is no evidence that parents were in Woodbridge/Plainfield location in 1692. They may have had a membership in Rahway MM, but the Shotwells' Landing property wasn't developed at that time. The Staten Island MM was probably not adequately conducting meetings and keeping records. That is most likely the reason we can't confirm the actual physical residence for birth. [3]
Sources
- ↑ New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s record
- ↑ New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817. New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. page 291
- ↑ Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants, by Ambrose M. Shotwell, Published 1897. Pages 81 and 85
Also See
"Our Quaker Ancestry" by Rusha Wesley 1945
- Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham:
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Gerald Glassburn :
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~0.39%
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"In a lawsuit before the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1727, Abigail Sharp charged Abraham Shotwell of falsely accusing her of being an old witch," whom he saw "flying all night." Furthermore she stated that he falsely accused her of being on the top of his house in the shape of a cat and bewitching his horse, which eventually died."
Encyclopedia of New Jersey, page 880.
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