Abigail Alden Pitney

1. Name: Abigail BYRAM 1
2. Name: PITNEY 1
3. Sex: F
4. Change Date: 04 APR 2007
5. Note: She was the widow of Daniel Thompson 1

Marriage 1 Benjamin PITNEY b: 1726 in Liberty Corner, Somerset Co., NJ

   * Married: 28 NOV 1751 1

Sources:

  1. Title: Genealogical and Memorial History of the Stated of New Jersey: A Record

of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the
Founding of a Nation, Volumes: 4
Abbrev: Geneal. and Memorial Hx of NJ
Author: Francis Bazley Lee
Publication: Lewis Publishing Co., NY, 1910
Page: Vol. IV, p. 1359 Pitney (found online at ancestry.com in full book form
at Family and Local Histories)

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When the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was first administered in the old Church at Mendham, Abigail was a communicant (prob. 1745). When the Sacrament was administered in the 2nd Church which was built on the same ground as the first, Abigail was also a Communicant. In the book "Through the Years in Mendham", by Catherine Emmons, the first building was on the site of the present church which was built in 1745 under the leadership of Ebenezer Byram. The book also goes on to state "during the winter of 1778-1780 when general George Washington and his troops were encamped in and around Morristown, the church was stripped of the pews and was used as a hospital to care for the sick of the Continental Army." "Directly in the back of the church are the unmarked graves of 27 of these Rev. War soldiers. IN 1816, the old church was torn down and a new one was then erected. In Feb. 1859, this building burned to the ground. In 1860, the present building was erected and remains much the same today."

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Abigail's middle name Alden probably originates from one of her ancesto rs who intermarried with the descendants of John Alden, one of the passeng ers on the famous ship Mayflower. It is possiblethat John Alden is an ance stor to Abigail, but not yet traced. Abigail was a widow of a Mr Thomps on when she married Benjamin Pitney. Abigail was a communicant (aboutt 1745) in the Sacrament of the Lord's Sup per when first administered in the old Church at Mendham, New Jersey. S he was first married to Daniel Thompsom, and they had a son Daniel Jr. H er husband Daniel died before 4 July 1749. Her second marriage was to Benj amin Pitney, and they had 11 children. During the winter of 1778-1780 when General George Washington and his troo ps were encamped in and around Morristown, the church that her father h ad constructed, and that she attended was stripped of the pewsand us ed as a hospital to care for the sick of the Continental Army. (Ref: Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers by Charles Ayers; Byra ms in America by John A Byram; The Compendium of American Genealogy, V ol V, p 206; several ancestry.com family trees, including Pitney (and ma ny connected families))

Abigail's middle name Alden probably originates from one of her ancesto rs who intermarried with the descendants of John Alden, one of the passeng ers on the famous ship Mayflower. It is possiblethat John Alden is an ance stor to Abigail, but not yet traced. Abigail was a widow of a Mr Thomps on when she married Benjamin Pitney. Abigail was a communicant (aboutt 1745) in the Sacrament of the Lord's Sup per when first administered in the old Church at Mendham, New Jersey. S he was first married to Daniel Thompsom, and they had a son Daniel Jr. H er husband Daniel died before 4 July 1749. Her second marriage was to Benj amin Pitney, and they had 11 children. During the winter of 1778-1780 when General George Washington and his troo ps were encamped in and around Morristown, the church that her father h ad constructed, and that she attended was stripped of the pewsand us ed as a hospital to care for the sick of the Continental Army. (Ref: Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers by Charles Ayers; Byra ms in America by John A Byram; The Compendium of American Genealogy, V ol V, p 206; several ancestry.com family trees, including Pitney (and ma ny connected families))

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