Abigail Pierson

One record shows eleven children, of which Hannah, was the seventh. She was to marry Isaac Lyon.

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• 'The story of the memorial in honor of the founders of the town of Milford : erected by their descendants and the citizens of Milford : dedicated August 28th, 1889, the town's 250th anniversary (1889)
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  • No. 18. GEORGE CLARK.
  • Obit 1690.
  • SARAH his Wife.
• This George was brother to John Clark, of Saybrook, who removed thence to Milford and was made deacon of the first church, and married here the widow of Deacon John Fletcher. His brother Daniel was one of the patentees under the famous charter from Charles II. His only son, John, probably died without issue soon after his father. His daughter, Ruth, married Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk, and her grandson was
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• Governor Thomas Fitch, of Connecticut. 'Abigail, his daughter, married Abraham Pierson, first rector of Yale College'. Sarah married first, Reynold Marvin, the celebrated Indian fighler, and after his death married Captain Joseph Sill, and from the latter union Lieutenant Governor George Griswold Sill descends.
  • Mrs. Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury (wife of Professor Edward E.), a descendant of Reynold Marvin, gives this stone.
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• 'Pierson genealogical records, collected and comp. by Lizzie B. Pierson (1878)
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• ' 2 Abraham2 Pierson (Rev. and rector) was b. 1641 at Lynn, Mass, and d. May 5, 1707 at Old Killingworth (now Clinton) Conn. He was with his fath. at So'ton, removed to Branford ; while there mar. Abigail Clark (dau. of Geo. Clark of Milford) : grad. at Harvard coll. 1668, and removed with his fath. to the new settlement of Newark. At that time the people of Woodbridge (a neighboring settlement in N. J.) sought ......
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• 'Abigail Clark
• 'F, b. 29 January 1653/54, d. 15 March 1696
• Father George Clark b. c 1615, d. Aug 1690
• Mother Sarah Northrup b. c 1619, d. 19 Jul 1689
• ' Abigail Clark was born on 29 January 1653/54 at Milford, New Haven, CT. She married (Rev.) Abraham Pierson, son of Abraham Pierson and Abigail Wheelwright, circa 1673 at Branford, New Haven, CT. Abigail Clark died on 15 March 1696 at age 42.
• 'Family (Rev.) Abraham Pierson b. 1641, d. 5 May 1707
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p49.htm#i1460
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Family

https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/211960/I20929/abigail-clark/registry

Abigail Clark (George /Clark/) was born 29 JAN 1654 in Milford, New Haven Co, CT, and died 15 MAR 1696 in Killingsworth, Middlesex Co, CT.

She married Abraham Pierson on ABT 1671 in Branford, New Haven Co, CT, son of Abraham /Pierson/ Jr. and Abigail Wheelwright /Mitchell/. He was born 1641 in Lynn, Essex Co, MASS, and died 05 MAY 1707 in Old Killingsworth, Middlesex Co, CT.

Children of Abigail /Clark/ and Abraham /Pierson/ III are:

1. Sarah Pierson was born ABT 1675 in Newark, Essex Co, NJ, and died BEF 1734.
2. Susannah Pierson was born ABT 1677.
3. Abraham Pierson was born ABT 1680 in Newark, Essex Co, NJ, and died 08 JAN 1752 in Killingsworth, Middlesex Co, CT.
4. Mary Pierson was born ABT 1683.
5. James Pierson was born ABT 1685.
6. Hannah Pierson was born ABT 1687.
7. John Pierson was born 1689 in Newark, Essex Co, NJ, and died 23 AUG 1770 in Hanover, Morris Co, NJ.
8. Ruth Pierson was born ABT 1693.
9. Abigail Pierson was born ABT 1696.

References

• ” New England Marriages Prior to 1700” By Clarence Almon Torrey. Page 585. GoogleBooks
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30494502/abigail-pierson
• http://trees.wmgs.org/familygroup.php?familyID=F33095&tree=Schirado
• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 20 2021, 9:16:28 UTC