Elizabeth Lathrop

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6Conn. Col. Records, Vol. 10, page 414; Vol. 11, page 210; Vol. 13, page 244.

7JOSHUA ABELL was b. about 1647. d. March 17, 1724.
m. Mehitable Smith, Nov. 1, 1677. b. July 4, 1655. d. March 14, 1685,
She was the daughter of Nehemiah Smith, of Stratford, New Haven, New London, and Norwich. Children:
m., second, Bethiah Gager, Nov. 1685. b. about 1658. d. March 31, 1723.

He was Constable, 1682, and frequently Selectman. In some accounts the name of his first wife is given as Experience.
I. Son, b. Jan. 1, 1678. d. Jan. 6, 1678.
II. Nehemiah, b. Jany. 15, 1679. d. Jany. 27, 1679.
III. Hannah, b. Jany. 15, 1679. d. June 17, 1756.
m. Ebenezer4 Metcalf, April 28, 1702. b. Feby. 14, 1680, in Dedham. d. Nov. 15, 1755.
They lived in Norwich and Lebanon.
IV. Ann, b. April 2, 1681. d. July 3, 1728. m. Capt. Nathaniel Fitch, Dec. 10, 1701. b. 1679. d. May 4, 1759.
He m., second, Mindwell Higley (Captain John1) widow of Jonathan Hutchinson and James Tisdale,
Sept. 17, 1729. b. about 1689. d, They settled in Lebanon.
V. Martha, b. Feby. 13, 1682. d. m, Capt. Obadiah Smith (Edward1) Feby. 8, 1700. b. Feby. 5, 1677. d. May 1, 1727.
She m., second, Ens. William Buell, April 23, 1730.
VI. Lydia, b. 1688, d. March 22, 1752. m. Thomas Lathrop, Feby. 24, 1709. b. Aug. 25, 1681. d. 1774.
VII, Sarah, b. Feby. 1691. d. May 9, 1730. m. Capt. John Leffingwell, Dec. 26, 1710. b. Feby. 2, 1688. d. Aug. 16, 1773.
He m., second, Mary Hart (Capt. John3, John2, Stephen1), of Farmington, Nov. 17, 1730. b. d.
VIII. Elizabeth, b. 1695. d. after 1752. m. John Lathrop, April 7, 1715. b. Oct. 2, 1690. d. 1752.

There were also three others, Mehitable, Phoebe, and Bethiah, one of whom, according to the father's will, was then (1724) the wife of Hugh Calkins.