Abby Laing

ANNALS of OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

A. M. Shotwell

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8. Abbe\ h. 25 of 1 mo., 1795, Mendham, Morris Co., N. J., d. at Adrian, Mich., 4 of 5 mo., 1878, she and her husband are buried in Friends ground three miles north of that city; her epitaph says she d. " May 4, 1878, aged 83 yrs., 3 mos., 19 days." She m. in Farmington (N. Y.), Friends meeting house, 23 of 2 mo., 1815, Smith Laing, of Junius N. Y., b. 18 of 11 mo., 1798, in borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co., or in Middlesex Co., N. J., d. Adrian, Mich., 1 of 5 mo., 1877, "aged 88 yrs., 5 mos., 13 days," THE SHOTWELL FAMILY. 167 buried in Friends ground, Adrian Valley, Mich., s. of Joseph^ and Anna (Smith) Laiog, of Seneca Co., N. Y., [of John, Samuel ?, Wm-., John'].

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8. Abbe", 1795-1878, m. 1815, Smith Laing, 1793-1877, [of Joseph^ John*, Samuel ?, Wm=., John'], and had: (1.) Sarah Maria, b. 1815, m. (1) 1834, David Harkness, who d. 1850; m. (2) 1856, Riley Harris, who d. 1864; m. (3) 1879, Abram Grant. (2.) Amy, 1817- 1835, m. 1834, John Jay Doty. (3.) Phebe Ann, 1819-1815, m. 1841, Samuel Leeds. (4.) Hannah, b. 1823, m. 1845, Stephen Zeno. (5.) Joseph Smith, b. 1825, m. 1852, Jennette, or Jane*, Moultrop. (6.) Mary S., 1828-1838. (7.) Benjamin I., b. 1834, m. 1855, Mary Jane Cone. (8.) Webster Abram, 1836-1831, m. 185t), Almira A. Haviland, [of Charles].