Born about in Norway, Herkimer, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Moses Tompkins
and [mother unknown]
Wife of
William Abel
— married
about 1820 in New York, United States
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 67
in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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Biography
Sarah “Sally” Tompkins was born about 1798 in Norway, Herkimer County, New York. She was the daughter of Moses Tompkins. The name of her mother is unknown. [1]
- Moses Tompkins was one of the first victims of the fatal fever that raged in 1813. He left two sons, Stephen M. and Van Rensselaer, and two daughters, Polly and Sally. The daughters married brothers, Adam and William Abel. The sons were respected, useful citizens, both dying in town and leaving descendants living here. [2]
About 1820, Sarah married William Abel. They settled in Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, where they had nine children and lived out their lives. [3] [4] [5] [6]
William Abel died in 1863, leaving Sally and nine children: Ephraim Abel, David Abel, Alfred Abel, William E. Abel, Margaret Abel, Harriet Abel, Mary Abel, Adelia Myers wife of Harvey Myers and Charles Abel. [7]
Sarah Abel died sometime after 1865, when she was in the household of her son Charles, in Stillwater, New York. [8]
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Sources
- ↑ Birth date: census data.
- ↑ The Tompkins Family, from Norway Tidings (Norway, Herkimer County, NY) by Fred Smith, July 1890; reprinted in The Enterprise and News, Saint Johnsville, NY, Wed. June 17, 1936.
- ↑ Our County and Its People: A descriptive and Biographical Record of Saratoga County, Part 1, Anderson, George Baker; 1899; Part III, Personal References; Abel, David.
- ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1850, Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.
- ↑ New York Census: 1855, Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.
- ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1860, Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.
- ↑ New York Probate Records, 1629-1971; Saratoga, Wills 1862-1865 Vol 20, Page 198.
- ↑ New York State Census: 1865, Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York.
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