Abial Ainsworth

GEDCOM Note

Photo found on Ancestry.com but may not be Abial Ainsworth. Original says taken by W.A. Locke at 713 First Street in La Salle, IL. Ainsworth has no IL connection, and W.A. Locke seems to have been in business AFTER Ainsworth died. Per source (lindabrown601): Randy is my husband's cousin and he and I were always interested in genealogy and he shared some of the pictures he had from the Ainsworth Family Book.

Abial was born at Woodstock, Conn., on May 10, 1777. In 1800 he removed from Woodstock, Conn., to- New Woodstock, N. Y., and on Jan. i, 1806, was there married to Artemesia Stowell, who was born at Woodstock, Conn., Nov. 9, 1784.

He purchased real estate in that neighborhood and was soon after- ward elected deacon of the Baptist church, in which capacity he acted for many years. He was a man of great decision of character and of very great general information, and occupied such a position in society that his