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Elizabeth Abbott Delano

Birth
Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
17 Dec 1782 (aged 60)
Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Elizabeth Abbott, first child of John Abbott and his 1st wife Elizabeth Berry, b. of record Dec. 31, 1721 in the Town of Tolland, Conn. She d. of record at Tolland on Dec. 17, 1782,Æ 61.

On an unrecorded date, but likely prior to Jan. 1, 1740, Elizabeth m. first, Joseph Peck, Jr., s. of Joseph Peck and Margaret Stiles, b. of record Feb. 8, 1716/17 in Tolland, Conn. Joseph Peck, Jr. d. intestate of record in Tolland on Apr. 19, 1741, Æ 25. By this marriage was b. one child, son John Peck, b. in Tolland Aug. 24, 1740. At the widow Elizabeth's request, her father John Abbott was appointed administrator of Joseph Peck's estate and guardian of his grandson John Peck. [Manwaring, 3:318]

On July 3, 1744 of record at Tolland, Conn., Elizabeth m. second Silvanus (q.v. Sylvanus) Delano, s. of Capt. Jonathan Delano and Ann "Amy" Hatch, b. of record May 19, 1720 in Dartmouth, Mass. He d. testate July 11, 1796 of record in Tolland, Conn., Æ 77. By this marriage were born eleven children in Tolland, Conn.: Sylvanus, Joseph (d.y.), Rev. Amos, Sarah (d.y.), Nathaniel, Barnabas, Elizabeth, Aaron, Sarah (d. unm.), Ann, and Moses.
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Elizabeth Abbott and 2nd husband Silvanus Delano are the ancestors of Alan Bartlett Shepard of Derry, NH, America's first astronaut in space. On the day Commander Shepard went into space, the memorialist was a member of a high school band quickly summoned to play an impromptu celebration concert in front of Commander Shepard's parents home in Derry, NH.

Family structure added 5/22/2017
Elizabeth Abbott, first child of John Abbott and his 1st wife Elizabeth Berry, b. of record Dec. 31, 1721 in the Town of Tolland, Conn. She d. of record at Tolland on Dec. 17, 1782,Æ 61.

On an unrecorded date, but likely prior to Jan. 1, 1740, Elizabeth m. first, Joseph Peck, Jr., s. of Joseph Peck and Margaret Stiles, b. of record Feb. 8, 1716/17 in Tolland, Conn. Joseph Peck, Jr. d. intestate of record in Tolland on Apr. 19, 1741, Æ 25. By this marriage was b. one child, son John Peck, b. in Tolland Aug. 24, 1740. At the widow Elizabeth's request, her father John Abbott was appointed administrator of Joseph Peck's estate and guardian of his grandson John Peck. [Manwaring, 3:318]

On July 3, 1744 of record at Tolland, Conn., Elizabeth m. second Silvanus (q.v. Sylvanus) Delano, s. of Capt. Jonathan Delano and Ann "Amy" Hatch, b. of record May 19, 1720 in Dartmouth, Mass. He d. testate July 11, 1796 of record in Tolland, Conn., Æ 77. By this marriage were born eleven children in Tolland, Conn.: Sylvanus, Joseph (d.y.), Rev. Amos, Sarah (d.y.), Nathaniel, Barnabas, Elizabeth, Aaron, Sarah (d. unm.), Ann, and Moses.
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Elizabeth Abbott and 2nd husband Silvanus Delano are the ancestors of Alan Bartlett Shepard of Derry, NH, America's first astronaut in space. On the day Commander Shepard went into space, the memorialist was a member of a high school band quickly summoned to play an impromptu celebration concert in front of Commander Shepard's parents home in Derry, NH.

Family structure added 5/22/2017


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