Abiel (Twitchell) Bugbee (1663 - 1744)

Born 1 Nov 1663 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Bugbee Sr. — married 10 Jul 1696 in Woodstock, Windham, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1744 at age 80 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Abiel Twitchell was born 1 November 1663 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She was the daughter of Benjamin Twitchell and Mary (Riggs) Twitchell. ^[1]

Abiel was the mother of an an wedlock child, Benoni Twitchell, born after February 1681.^{[2] [3]}

She married first Robert Corbett about 1690. They had two children. Robert died 18 September 1695 in Woodstock, Windham, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America.^[4] She married second John Bugbee about 1666.^[5] They had five children. Abiel died 15 April 1744 in Woodstock, Windham, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America.

Story

According to the book, "The History of Woodstock, CT, Genealogy of Woodstock Families" by Clarence Bowen: Before she married John Bugbee, she was married to Robert Corbit who died in Woodstock on 9/18/1695.E. Holmes Bugbee speaks of a family legend relating to this Abiah (Abiel?) who having a legacy coming to her rode to Roxbury on horseback, collected the same in Spanish dollars, and in riding back to Woodstock over the Connecticut Path was overtaken by a robber who demanded her money. She parleyed and maneuvered to get the robber's horse and her own headed in the right direction and then in handing her bag of money to the robber purposely dropped the same. When the robber got off his horse to pickup the money, Abiah whipped both horses and the robber's horse followed her own. When she finally came to a cabin by the roadside she found in the saddle bags on the robber's horse more dollars than she had lost and with this money and the robber's horse she returned safely to Woodstock. (Letter dated Putnam, Nov. 30, 1896, from E. Holmes Bugbee, owned by Lucian Willis Bugbee, Jr.)May peace be with you Abiel.... - L.Pegler^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p. 99
2. ↑ "The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Bartlett 1832-1892, Part III: The Ancestry of Henry Clay", by Dean Crawford Smith, ed. Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004, pp. 34-35
3. ↑ "The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited" viewable online at http://www.alvyray.com/Riggs/printpapers/RiggsRevisited_finalTGversion.pdf
4. ↑ The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited viewable online at http://www.alvyray.com/Riggs/printpapers/RiggsRevisited_finalTGversion.pdf
5. ↑ The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited viewable online at http://www.alvyray.com/Riggs/printpapers/RiggsRevisited_finalTGversion.pdf
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10852565

• Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854 (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1914) Page 83. "Abial Bugbee Wife of John Bugbee Dyed April 14th 1744 In the 82 year of her age"
• Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1903)
• The Descendants of Robert Corbett of Weymouth, Massachusetts Author: Melvin C. Corbett Publication: Private printing Darien, Connecticut October 1957
• The Genealogy of Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Revisited
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," Abiel Twichel, 01 Nov 1663; citing , ; FHL microfilm 721,179.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," Abiel in entry for Daniell Corbitt, 29 Dec 1693; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," Abiell in entry for Susannah Bugbee, 11 Apr 1705; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," Abiel in entry for Bithiah Bugbee, 03 Sep 1696; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," Abiell in entry for Mary Bugbee, 20 Apr 1710; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," Abiah in entry for Benjamin Bugbee, 03 Sep 1699; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," Abiah in entry for John Bugbee, 03 Mar 1701; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.