Abiah Mary Root was baptized on 7 May 1775 in Woodbury, CT...She is the first wife of Joshua Cowell (his 2nd wife's name is Prudence Allen Cassell who is buried in Smithboro, Tioga County, NY)...Abiah Mary's father is Adonijah Roots Sr b. 30 Dec 1730 in Woodbury, CT. who is in the 1790 census for Coxsackie, Albany Co., NY and 1800 census for Coxsackie, Greene County, NY...(NOTE: The 1790 Federal census has Coxsackie in Albany County, New York...Also, Albany County, New York tax records in the late 1790's list Coxsackie as being in Albany County...The 1800 Federal census has Coxsackie in Greene County, NY...Parts of Albany County was partitioned off with parts of Ulster County in March of 1800 to form Greene County...Part of Coxsackie and nearby town Durham were partitioned off in 1803 to form Greenfield...In 1808, Greenfield changed its name to Freehold...In 1809, Freehold changed its name to Greenville, Greene County)...Abiah Mary's mother is Ruth Lake...Ruth and Adonijah Roots Sr married on 24 Mar 1754 in Woodbury, CT( Root Genealogical Records 1600 - 1870 by James Pierce Root)...The Salem, Mass ancestral line spells family last name as Rootes and Roots...Abiah Mary's brother-in-law Truman Cowell kept a Day Ledger and made 2 entries concerning Adonijah Sr...Both entries spelled the last name Roots...The 2d entry was in 1803...Therefore, Adonijah Sr was alive in Greenfield, Greene County, NY at least to 1803...NOTE: Parts of Coxsackie and Durham were partitioned off in 1803 to form Greenfield. Greenfield would become Freehold in 1808 and then Greenville in 1809...Joshua and Abiah Mary were married in Coxsackie, Albany County, NY...They lived in Cowell's Corners, appx 1 1/2 miles east of Spencer, NY...Ancestral data reflects they had 3 known children: Enos; Chauncey Root; and Henry (aka Harry)...Chauncey Root lived on East Spencer Road in Cowell's Corners and was a Deacon in the Baptist Church as was his father Joshua...Abiah Mary Root's siblings are: Anna b. 1755 d. 1805 (H) Daniel Taylor; John b. 1757 d. 1807 (W) Sarah Worden; Ruth b. 1759 (H) Daniel Mitchell; Adonijah b. 1761 d. 1806 (W) Elizabeth Anna Cowell (sister of Abiah Mary's husband Joshua Cowell); Abiah b. 1763; Barsley b. abt 1764 d. Jul 1814 (W) Rhena Judson; Eunice b. 1765 d. 1838 (H) Nathaniel Blanchard (Note: Eunice is the mother of Truman Cowell's wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Blanchard); Naomi b. 1768 m. 11 Feb 1789 (H) Enos Collins; David (Daniel) Barsley b. 1773...Abiah Mary's husband Joshua Cowell was the executor in 1814 of her brother's estate (Barsley Roots)...Barsley lived in Danby, Tioga County, NY (would later be known as Danby, Tompkins County, NY).
NOTE: Abiah Mary Root's date of birth comes from Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649 - 1906.