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Abra Moulton-Durrell (Wentworth)

Also Known As: "widow Moulton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States
Death: July 27, 1846 (77)
Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. John Wentworth and Elizabeth Cole-Wentworth
Wife of William Pitt Moulton and John Smith Durell
Sister of Samuel Wentworth; Andrew Wentworth and Abigail Wentworth
Half sister of Mary Adams; Ambrose Cole; Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ Adams; Amos Cole; Paul Wentworth and 4 others

Managed by: Jessica L. Moulton
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About Abra Moulton-Durrell

Biography

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~teschek/genealogy/wallingford/i00000...

Elizabeth Wallingford and Col. John Wentworth had the following children:

child 225 v. Abra Wentworth was born in Somersworth or Dover, New Hampshire 14 or 15 April 1769.(1103) Tate's "Diary" is for Somersworth families, and he includes all the children of Col. John Wentworth. The secondary source Durrell Genealogy states that she was born in Dover. Abra died 27 July 1846, in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.(1104) She married twice. She married first, William Pitt Moulton, 7 September 1788, in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.(1105) At the time of their marriage William was from Dover and Abra was from Somersworth.

On 17 September 1814 John S. Durrell and his wife Abra of Dover sold for $33 from Charles Cushing of South Berwick, their rights to a portion of the homestead of her grandfather Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth, it having descended to Abra and her brother Samuel Wentworth through their mother Elizabeth, daughter of said Thomas.(1112)

Abra had no children. She contributed much information to the compiler of the Wentworth Genealogy.(1113)

References

  • The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American, Volume 1 By John Wentworth. Page 393 GoogleBooks
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Abra Moulton-Durrell's Timeline

1769
April 15, 1769
Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States
1846
July 27, 1846
Age 77
Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States