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Benjamin Abbey

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Benjamin Abbey

Birth
Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
11 Apr 1865 (aged 55)
Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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aged 55
BENJAMIN ABBEY, son of Elizur and Betsey (Gildersleeve) Abbey, born September 27, 1809, at Chatham, Conn.; died there April 11, 1865.

He was by trade a ship-carpenter and, in association with his father, built ships at the yard near Siam Dock at Chatham, in Middle Haddam, Conn., and in Georgia for a few years. In 1860 he was recorded by the Census at Portland as a farmer, his mother living with him and his two sons, Elizur and Charles,
at home.

Married in Portland, December 26, 1833, VIENNA MATILDA PELTON, She died in Portland, August 23, 1900. She was a member of the Congregational Church.

Children, born in Portland
Elizur (1) Abbey, b. Oct., 1834; d. May 3, 1838.

Esther Hamlin Abbey, b. Sept. 5, 1837 ; m. James Roland Howell.

Elizur (2) Abbey, b. May 11, 1839; d. at the State Hospital in Middletown, Jan., 1892, buried in Portland. Not married.

Charles Pelton Abbey, b. Dec. 11, 1845 ; m. Anna E. Day.

From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols
aged 55
BENJAMIN ABBEY, son of Elizur and Betsey (Gildersleeve) Abbey, born September 27, 1809, at Chatham, Conn.; died there April 11, 1865.

He was by trade a ship-carpenter and, in association with his father, built ships at the yard near Siam Dock at Chatham, in Middle Haddam, Conn., and in Georgia for a few years. In 1860 he was recorded by the Census at Portland as a farmer, his mother living with him and his two sons, Elizur and Charles,
at home.

Married in Portland, December 26, 1833, VIENNA MATILDA PELTON, She died in Portland, August 23, 1900. She was a member of the Congregational Church.

Children, born in Portland
Elizur (1) Abbey, b. Oct., 1834; d. May 3, 1838.

Esther Hamlin Abbey, b. Sept. 5, 1837 ; m. James Roland Howell.

Elizur (2) Abbey, b. May 11, 1839; d. at the State Hospital in Middletown, Jan., 1892, buried in Portland. Not married.

Charles Pelton Abbey, b. Dec. 11, 1845 ; m. Anna E. Day.

From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58436539/benjamin-abbey: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Abbey (27 Sep 1809–11 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58436539, citing Portland Burying Ground, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by C Greer (contributor 47180683).