Abraham Tomlinson (1738 - 1816)

Born 20 Jul 1738 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gibson) Tomlinson — married 11 Nov 1760 (to 10 Mar 1807) in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Husband of Esther (Benjamin) Tomlinson — married 28 Dec 1808 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1816 at age 78 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Biography

Abraham was the son of Jonah & Mary (Moss) Tomlinson

He married first Mary Gibson, daughter of David & Abigail (Brinsmade) Gibson, on 11 Nov 1760 at Woodbury, Litchfield, CT. They had eight children:^[1]

1. William (b-1761)
2. Abraham II (b-1765)
3. David (b-1767)
4. John G (b-1769, d-1773)
5. Caleb (b-1771, d-1794)
6. John Gibson (b-1774)
7. Mary (b-1777) married Merwin
8. Abigail (b-1779, d-1802)

After wife Mary died in 1807 he married Esther Benjamin, daughter of Philip & Prudence (Miner) Benjamin on 28 Dec 1808 at Milford, New Haven, CT

Abraham died in 1816.

Sources

1. ↑ Orcutt Page 67, family 60

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74W-PJ3 : 7 January 2020), Abraham Tomlinson, 1738.
• "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7XD-R46 : 16 September 2020), Abraham Tomlinson, 1816.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #29056564
• Orcutt, Samuel. Henry Tomlinson, and His Descendants in America (Price, Lee and Adkins Co., New Haven, Conn., 1891) [1]