Abel Munson

Clan Abel

Joseph, Samuel, Thomas

Abel. 10 Jan. 1701 ; m. ("by Captt hall") 7 Nov. 1728 Sarah Peck; she d. 22 Sept. 1775, «. 63; he d. 13 Feb. 1779. Farmer; Cong.; res. Wallingford, Ct.

Children :

i. Mehetabel (Mabel) b. 2 June 1730.

ii. Mary b. 2 May 1732.

iii. Titus b. 5 July 1734.

iv. Lud b. 5 May 1736.

v. Levi b. 29 Aug. 1738.

vi. Sarah. 6 Sept. 1740; m. n Oct. 1759 her 2nd cousin Solomon' Munson (son of Waitstill), JST which see.

vii. Nathaniel b. 20 Oct. 1742.

viii. Abigail b. 2 Sept. 1744 ; m. 22 Jan. 1767 Moses8 Munson (son of Reuben), ty which see.

ix. Margery b. 3 Nov. 1746 ; m. Charles Culver ; settled in Wallingford ; had one dau.

x. Lydia b. 1 Oct. 1748 ; d. 6 Jan. 1748/9.

xi. Abel *. 3 Jan. 1749-50 ; m.; he d. in the Revolutionary Army 21 Dec. 1778 ; had I ch.—Jerusha8, who is mentioned in her grandfather Abel's Will.

xii. Joseph b. 16 Nov. 1751.

xiii. Lydia b. 12 Oct. 1753 ; bp. 2 Dec. 1753 at Northford ; m. Erwin Ives ; he d. in Wallingford.

xiv. Adah bp. 19 Nov. 1758 at Northford.

Abel's residence was southeastwardly from Wallingford village, two or three miles, on or near Muddy River, and within the parish of Northford, where he assisted in founding the church. Most of his land is described as situated near Peck's Mill, and some as lying between Cook's Rock and Muddy River. The southwest part of his farm was "against the path that comes from Dea. Merriman Munson's dwelling-house": the Deacon lived about seven-eighths of a mile northerly from Branford line, and perhaps 20 rods east of Muddy River. A tract of four acres, "a little south of Peck's Mill," was bounded N. on Abel ; and a piece bought by Moses, northeastward from his homestead (1742), was bounded S. on Abel.

At the age of twenty-five, nearly three years before his marriage, АЬеГ purchased 31 acres on the east side of Muddy River near the sawmill; date 12 Jan. 1726. (In the distribution of his father's estate, reported 1 Jan. 1726, he as the eldest son received a double share, i. e., £103..6.. i ; and in the division of the widow's dower, reported 1764, he had £41 ..4..2.) From his father's estate (1727) he received "Land at Muddy River" valued at £63.. 10..3. He received, Jan. 1734/5, 3 and 3/4 acres of 7th Division land, "on his Grandfather Munsons and Grandfather Hitchcock right"; "it lieth West of Muddy river." He purchased, 1735, 5 1/2 acres on the "East side of the town between Cook's rock and Muddy river," bounded E. on Muddy River. He paid £70 in 1737 for 6 1/2 acres on Muddy River,"which is on ye south side of the land." In April 1740 he bought 4 acres on the east side of Muddy River, "neare a saw mill and corn mill." He bought 3 1/2 acres on the "east side of the town," bounded W. on Moses, in the 14th year of George II. He made another purchase east of Muddy River, near the mill, in 1742. His son Lud sold him 12 acres at "the pine Swamp in 1779. We should add that in January 1740 he bought of S. Gaylord 46 acres 94 rods in Goshen, Ct., "bounded all round upon undivided Land."

Only five sales of real-estate are on Wallingford records : one comprised "four acres of land lying on the east side Muddy river near a saw mill and corn mill," dated 17 June 1728 ; and another in 1767 consisted of the "southwest side of my Farm—against the path that comes from Dea. Merriman Munson's dwelling house."

Abel's interest in animals appears in the Wallingford records : " february 21, 1727—exchanged by benjamine hitchcook of Wallingford with Abel Munson of sd Wallingford a white horse eight year old—branded F : В : on the left sholder the neere foot 'black for a sorrell mare eight year old branded ~y on the left sholder : a white down the face : the hind feet white sd Munson gives five pound to boot."---- " Feb. 5 1730/1 Then sold by Caleb Cooper at North haven to Abel Munson at Wallingford a black mare about 9 years old branded H one the left sholder and С on the pilyon plase on the left thy. Sold for a thousand foot at... white wood and thirty shillings money." " There is in y" custody of Abel Munson a red ox about eight years old marked," etc.; 14 Sept. 1738.

The Town 7 Jan. 1735 agitated the matter of ejecting intruders from "the un layed out lands called sequestered, town farm, high ways, &c." ; in a vote of 274, there were 125 " decenters," including Abel', Joseph, Caleb', junr., and Caleb. Abel and others, May 1762, and again May 1763, complained to the Assembly of "fraud in a certain bargain of lands said originally to belong to one Metoxen, an Indian native." In Dec. 1742 Abel was chosen a lister; in 1743 and 1755 a grand-juror; in 1747 a highway-surveyor ; in Jan. 1766 one of a committee on the care of the poor.

At the institution of the Northford Church 17 June 1750, Abel was one of the 18 male members. His wife Sarah was admitted by certificate from another church July 1, 1750. In the church-record of his death, he has the title of "Sergt."

His granddaughter Sarah (Munson) Nash testifies that his son Joseph remained on the homestead and took care of his parents as long as they lived. Abel's Will was dated 21 Dec. 1778 ; Dea. Merriman Munson and Samuel Munson, Jr., were witnesses.