Abigail Bissell, dau. of Samuel Bissell and Abigail Holcomb, b. July 6, 1661 at Windsor, Conn. She d. Apr. 19, 1728 at either Windsor or adjoining Simsbury, Conn. leaving a nuncupative (oral) will.
On Dec. 26, 1678 at Windsor, Abigail m. her mother's young stepbrother, James Eno, Jr., s. of James Eno, Sr. by his first wife Anna. Abigail and James had nine children of record at Windsor, who are outlined in their father's memorial. Abigail (Bissell) Eno survived her husband short of 14 years, the abstract of her will and estate being:
Manwaring: Hartford Probate District, vol. 2, p. 502-3, citing Probate vol. X, will on File. Inventory in vol. XII, p. 164.
• Abigail Enno, late of Windsor, [died] April 19, 1728. Inventory of £33-00-07 taken at Windsor, October 1, 1728 by Thomas More, John Palmer and Jonathan Gillett. [Inventory of] £15-00-00 taken at Simsbury by James Hilyer, James Pettebone and Samuel Humphry, Jr.
• Will: The testimony of Mary Pettibone, the wife of Lieut. John Pettibone, and Sarah Humphreys, the wife of Deacon John Humphreys, and Deborah Pettibone, the wife of Stephen Pettibone, all of lawfull age, is as foloeth:
• that we being att the now dwelling house of Joseph Cornish [Abigail's son-in-law] in Simsbury to se the widdow Abigail Enno, the wife of James Enno, late of Windsor decest, in the time of her sickness, and she supposed her sickness to be dangrus, she called us all three to bare witness that she did give to her fouer daughters all my weareing apparrell equally to be diuided amongst them.
• And I do give to my dafter Suzanna my silver bodkin.
• Also, give to my fouer dauters my to [two] fether bedes with all the furnituer belonging to them, only reserveing to Samuell Enno the use of one fether bed and bolster, one couerlid, one blanket and one pair of sheets for the space of one year in case he doth not marrey, and then to be deliuered up unto the dafters; and in case he doth marray within one year, then to deliuer it up to the dafters.
...Furthermore, I giue to my fouer daughters all my in dowers [indoor] mooueables, to be equaly deuided amangst them.
• Furthermore, I giue all my out dore [outdoor]mooueables, stock and lands unto all my children, sons and daugters, to be equaly deuided amongst them after my just debts and funaral debts are paid.
• And we do further testifie that all the time she made this disposal of hur estate in this manner as aboue said, she was well, to our judgments, both in mind and memory.
• As witness our hands this 20th day of April, 1728.
• Witness: Mary Pettibone, Sarah X Humphrey, Deborah X Pettibone.
• And further the deponents do testifie and say that the foregoing words in wrighting and verball will was fully declared by the sd. Abigail Enno, and without any urgency of any person as we know of. And about eight or nine days after keeping the sd. discourse perfectly in our minds, we comitted it to wrighting by James Hillior [sic Hillyer], who was the subscriber thereof.
• Court Record, Page 190--April 2 [sic 20], 1728: Adms. granted to Joseph Case.
• Page 195--July 3, 1728: A nuncupative will of Abigail Enno was exhibited in Court and ordered by this Court to lye on file.
• Page 201--October 1st, 1728: Invt. exhibited by Joseph Case, Adms. Ordered recorded and kept on file.
On Dec. 26, 1678 at Windsor, Abigail m. her mother's young stepbrother, James Eno, Jr., s. of James Eno, Sr. by his first wife Anna. Abigail and James had nine children of record at Windsor, who are outlined in their father's memorial. Abigail (Bissell) Eno survived her husband short of 14 years, the abstract of her will and estate being:
Manwaring: Hartford Probate District, vol. 2, p. 502-3, citing Probate vol. X, will on File. Inventory in vol. XII, p. 164.
• Abigail Enno, late of Windsor, [died] April 19, 1728. Inventory of £33-00-07 taken at Windsor, October 1, 1728 by Thomas More, John Palmer and Jonathan Gillett. [Inventory of] £15-00-00 taken at Simsbury by James Hilyer, James Pettebone and Samuel Humphry, Jr.
• Will: The testimony of Mary Pettibone, the wife of Lieut. John Pettibone, and Sarah Humphreys, the wife of Deacon John Humphreys, and Deborah Pettibone, the wife of Stephen Pettibone, all of lawfull age, is as foloeth:
• that we being att the now dwelling house of Joseph Cornish [Abigail's son-in-law] in Simsbury to se the widdow Abigail Enno, the wife of James Enno, late of Windsor decest, in the time of her sickness, and she supposed her sickness to be dangrus, she called us all three to bare witness that she did give to her fouer daughters all my weareing apparrell equally to be diuided amongst them.
• And I do give to my dafter Suzanna my silver bodkin.
• Also, give to my fouer dauters my to [two] fether bedes with all the furnituer belonging to them, only reserveing to Samuell Enno the use of one fether bed and bolster, one couerlid, one blanket and one pair of sheets for the space of one year in case he doth not marrey, and then to be deliuered up unto the dafters; and in case he doth marray within one year, then to deliuer it up to the dafters.
...Furthermore, I giue to my fouer daughters all my in dowers [indoor] mooueables, to be equaly deuided amangst them.
• Furthermore, I giue all my out dore [outdoor]mooueables, stock and lands unto all my children, sons and daugters, to be equaly deuided amongst them after my just debts and funaral debts are paid.
• And we do further testifie that all the time she made this disposal of hur estate in this manner as aboue said, she was well, to our judgments, both in mind and memory.
• As witness our hands this 20th day of April, 1728.
• Witness: Mary Pettibone, Sarah X Humphrey, Deborah X Pettibone.
• And further the deponents do testifie and say that the foregoing words in wrighting and verball will was fully declared by the sd. Abigail Enno, and without any urgency of any person as we know of. And about eight or nine days after keeping the sd. discourse perfectly in our minds, we comitted it to wrighting by James Hillior [sic Hillyer], who was the subscriber thereof.
• Court Record, Page 190--April 2 [sic 20], 1728: Adms. granted to Joseph Case.
• Page 195--July 3, 1728: A nuncupative will of Abigail Enno was exhibited in Court and ordered by this Court to lye on file.
• Page 201--October 1st, 1728: Invt. exhibited by Joseph Case, Adms. Ordered recorded and kept on file.
Abigail Bissell, dau. of Samuel Bissell and Abigail Holcomb, b. July 6, 1661 at Windsor, Conn. She d. Apr. 19, 1728 at either Windsor or adjoining Simsbury, Conn. leaving a nuncupative (oral) will.
On Dec. 26, 1678 at Windsor, Abigail m. her mother's young stepbrother, James Eno, Jr., s. of James Eno, Sr. by his first wife Anna. Abigail and James had nine children of record at Windsor, who are outlined in their father's memorial. Abigail (Bissell) Eno survived her husband short of 14 years, the abstract of her will and estate being:
Manwaring: Hartford Probate District, vol. 2, p. 502-3, citing Probate vol. X, will on File. Inventory in vol. XII, p. 164.
• Abigail Enno, late of Windsor, [died] April 19, 1728. Inventory of £33-00-07 taken at Windsor, October 1, 1728 by Thomas More, John Palmer and Jonathan Gillett. [Inventory of] £15-00-00 taken at Simsbury by James Hilyer, James Pettebone and Samuel Humphry, Jr.
• Will: The testimony of Mary Pettibone, the wife of Lieut. John Pettibone, and Sarah Humphreys, the wife of Deacon John Humphreys, and Deborah Pettibone, the wife of Stephen Pettibone, all of lawfull age, is as foloeth:
• that we being att the now dwelling house of Joseph Cornish [Abigail's son-in-law] in Simsbury to se the widdow Abigail Enno, the wife of James Enno, late of Windsor decest, in the time of her sickness, and she supposed her sickness to be dangrus, she called us all three to bare witness that she did give to her fouer daughters all my weareing apparrell equally to be diuided amongst them.
• And I do give to my dafter Suzanna my silver bodkin.
• Also, give to my fouer dauters my to [two] fether bedes with all the furnituer belonging to them, only reserveing to Samuell Enno the use of one fether bed and bolster, one couerlid, one blanket and one pair of sheets for the space of one year in case he doth not marrey, and then to be deliuered up unto the dafters; and in case he doth marray within one year, then to deliuer it up to the dafters.
...Furthermore, I giue to my fouer daughters all my in dowers [indoor] mooueables, to be equaly deuided amangst them.
• Furthermore, I giue all my out dore [outdoor]mooueables, stock and lands unto all my children, sons and daugters, to be equaly deuided amongst them after my just debts and funaral debts are paid.
• And we do further testifie that all the time she made this disposal of hur estate in this manner as aboue said, she was well, to our judgments, both in mind and memory.
• As witness our hands this 20th day of April, 1728.
• Witness: Mary Pettibone, Sarah X Humphrey, Deborah X Pettibone.
• And further the deponents do testifie and say that the foregoing words in wrighting and verball will was fully declared by the sd. Abigail Enno, and without any urgency of any person as we know of. And about eight or nine days after keeping the sd. discourse perfectly in our minds, we comitted it to wrighting by James Hillior [sic Hillyer], who was the subscriber thereof.
• Court Record, Page 190--April 2 [sic 20], 1728: Adms. granted to Joseph Case.
• Page 195--July 3, 1728: A nuncupative will of Abigail Enno was exhibited in Court and ordered by this Court to lye on file.
• Page 201--October 1st, 1728: Invt. exhibited by Joseph Case, Adms. Ordered recorded and kept on file.
On Dec. 26, 1678 at Windsor, Abigail m. her mother's young stepbrother, James Eno, Jr., s. of James Eno, Sr. by his first wife Anna. Abigail and James had nine children of record at Windsor, who are outlined in their father's memorial. Abigail (Bissell) Eno survived her husband short of 14 years, the abstract of her will and estate being:
Manwaring: Hartford Probate District, vol. 2, p. 502-3, citing Probate vol. X, will on File. Inventory in vol. XII, p. 164.
• Abigail Enno, late of Windsor, [died] April 19, 1728. Inventory of £33-00-07 taken at Windsor, October 1, 1728 by Thomas More, John Palmer and Jonathan Gillett. [Inventory of] £15-00-00 taken at Simsbury by James Hilyer, James Pettebone and Samuel Humphry, Jr.
• Will: The testimony of Mary Pettibone, the wife of Lieut. John Pettibone, and Sarah Humphreys, the wife of Deacon John Humphreys, and Deborah Pettibone, the wife of Stephen Pettibone, all of lawfull age, is as foloeth:
• that we being att the now dwelling house of Joseph Cornish [Abigail's son-in-law] in Simsbury to se the widdow Abigail Enno, the wife of James Enno, late of Windsor decest, in the time of her sickness, and she supposed her sickness to be dangrus, she called us all three to bare witness that she did give to her fouer daughters all my weareing apparrell equally to be diuided amongst them.
• And I do give to my dafter Suzanna my silver bodkin.
• Also, give to my fouer dauters my to [two] fether bedes with all the furnituer belonging to them, only reserveing to Samuell Enno the use of one fether bed and bolster, one couerlid, one blanket and one pair of sheets for the space of one year in case he doth not marrey, and then to be deliuered up unto the dafters; and in case he doth marray within one year, then to deliuer it up to the dafters.
...Furthermore, I giue to my fouer daughters all my in dowers [indoor] mooueables, to be equaly deuided amangst them.
• Furthermore, I giue all my out dore [outdoor]mooueables, stock and lands unto all my children, sons and daugters, to be equaly deuided amongst them after my just debts and funaral debts are paid.
• And we do further testifie that all the time she made this disposal of hur estate in this manner as aboue said, she was well, to our judgments, both in mind and memory.
• As witness our hands this 20th day of April, 1728.
• Witness: Mary Pettibone, Sarah X Humphrey, Deborah X Pettibone.
• And further the deponents do testifie and say that the foregoing words in wrighting and verball will was fully declared by the sd. Abigail Enno, and without any urgency of any person as we know of. And about eight or nine days after keeping the sd. discourse perfectly in our minds, we comitted it to wrighting by James Hillior [sic Hillyer], who was the subscriber thereof.
• Court Record, Page 190--April 2 [sic 20], 1728: Adms. granted to Joseph Case.
• Page 195--July 3, 1728: A nuncupative will of Abigail Enno was exhibited in Court and ordered by this Court to lye on file.
• Page 201--October 1st, 1728: Invt. exhibited by Joseph Case, Adms. Ordered recorded and kept on file.
Inscription
On the table-top memorial to Abigail's son, Capt. Samuel Eno, Esq. in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor:
...His [James Eno, Jr.'s] Wife died March [sic April] 1728 and Was Buryed in Symsbury old burying Ground...
"Symsbury old burying ground" is now known as Simsbury Cemetery, and formerly as "Hop Meadow" cemetery, with Abigail's memorial redirected to that cemetery where she has no known gravestone.
