Abigail Beckwith

Abigail CLARK, daughter of Samuel Clark & Mary Brown, was born [1] 15 Feb 1713. [2]She died [3] 2 Nov 1798.[4] Abigail married Daniel SPERRY . Records show her to have been the widow of Jonathan Bronson, Ephraim Squires, & Alexander Roberts when she married Daniel. She later married James Beckwith.

Family

From “ECCLESIASTICAL AND OTHER SKETCHES SOUTHINGTON CoNN.” Rev HEMAN R TIMLOW Pastor of First Congregational Church, Member or the NewEngland Historic Genealogical Societt and of the Connecticut Historical Society, HARTFORD PRESS OF THE CASE LOCKWOOD AND BRAINARD CO 1875

Jonathan Bronson son of John 9 b May 14 1706 in Southing ton m May 17 1732 Abigail Clark daughter of Samuel and Mary Brown Clark.

He lived on East Street not far from the house of the late Liva Barnes where he died Aug 20 1751.

His widow married after his death three times, the fourth time Feb 14 1769 to James Beckwith, and she outlived him dying Nov 2 1798 aged 86.

She was the first admitted to the church after Mr Curtiss became pastor. In giving her death the paper says She was the youngest of nine children who were all born within ten years and six months from the birth of the first and all lived to very great ages their ages added together made seven hundred and thirty seven years.

Children

• 24 Asa b Oct 26 1733 M
• 25 John bap July 6 1736 M
• 26 Ann b March 30 1737
• 27 Abigail 6 Feb 18 1789
• 28 Jonathan b Dec 24 1740 m March 6 1772 Susannah Judd lived in Flanders district near where Deming Lewis lives he removed in 1782 to Undaflr NH
• 29 Stephen A Jan 20 1744
• 30 Zndock A Aug 7 1746
• 31 Huldah A April 18 1747
• 32 Lois A June 0 1749
• 33 Isaac A June 20 1761 [1]

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clark-16265 Cites
• ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 7, p 1619.
• ↑ New Haven Vital Records
• ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 7, p 1619.
• ↑ Southington Congregational Society
• ↑ Families of Ancient New Haven, Donald Lines Jacobus, p. 1669
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 March 2018, 21:50), entry for Abigail Clark(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCB4-FVN); contributed by various users.
• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 2006 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Abigail CLARK to Jonathan Bronson Marriage, 17 May 1732 • Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Residence Between Farmington and Wallingford Early Connecticut Marriages Ancestry.com