The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, by Jessie Howell Finch, RD#1, Trumansburg, NY, US.
Before the Rev War, Abraham Bennett, Sr. sold his land in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT & took his family across the Hudson River. By 1775 he & Abraham, Jr. were living in the town of Warwick, Orange, NY after temporary locations in NJ & in the part of northern Pennsylvania to which the Colony of Connecticut then laid claim.
Assessment & militia rolls of Warwick show listed together the names of Abraham & Abraham, Jr. As late as 1777 Abraham, Sr. received pay for militia service & he was probably alive in 1784 when Abraham, Jr. signed a receipt using Jr. after his name.
Before the Rev War, Abraham Bennett, Sr. sold his land in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT & took his family across the Hudson River. By 1775 he & Abraham, Jr. were living in the town of Warwick, Orange, NY after temporary locations in NJ & in the part of northern Pennsylvania to which the Colony of Connecticut then laid claim.
Assessment & militia rolls of Warwick show listed together the names of Abraham & Abraham, Jr. As late as 1777 Abraham, Sr. received pay for militia service & he was probably alive in 1784 when Abraham, Jr. signed a receipt using Jr. after his name.
The Ancestral Lines of Chester Everts Howell, by Jessie Howell Finch, RD#1, Trumansburg, NY, US.
Before the Rev War, Abraham Bennett, Sr. sold his land in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT & took his family across the Hudson River. By 1775 he & Abraham, Jr. were living in the town of Warwick, Orange, NY after temporary locations in NJ & in the part of northern Pennsylvania to which the Colony of Connecticut then laid claim.
Assessment & militia rolls of Warwick show listed together the names of Abraham & Abraham, Jr. As late as 1777 Abraham, Sr. received pay for militia service & he was probably alive in 1784 when Abraham, Jr. signed a receipt using Jr. after his name.
Before the Rev War, Abraham Bennett, Sr. sold his land in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT & took his family across the Hudson River. By 1775 he & Abraham, Jr. were living in the town of Warwick, Orange, NY after temporary locations in NJ & in the part of northern Pennsylvania to which the Colony of Connecticut then laid claim.
Assessment & militia rolls of Warwick show listed together the names of Abraham & Abraham, Jr. As late as 1777 Abraham, Sr. received pay for militia service & he was probably alive in 1784 when Abraham, Jr. signed a receipt using Jr. after his name.
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