As a young man Abel worked from 1812 to 1820 as an apprentice in the clothiers trade in Hartford, Vermont. He came to Pittsford in 1820 and bought a share of the Pittsford Manufacturing Company and operated the Woolen Mill and Grist Mill with his brothers. He eventually took over the Grist Mill entirely and ran it until 1836. He turned to farming after that.
On September 10, 1816 he married Pedy Lincoln,daughter of Daniel and Experience Lincoln, of Keene, New Hampshire.
The couple had two known children:
Harriet Newell Penfield (1817- )
Charles Lincoln Penfield (1820- )
As a young man Abel worked from 1812 to 1820 as an apprentice in the clothiers trade in Hartford, Vermont. He came to Pittsford in 1820 and bought a share of the Pittsford Manufacturing Company and operated the Woolen Mill and Grist Mill with his brothers. He eventually took over the Grist Mill entirely and ran it until 1836. He turned to farming after that.
On September 10, 1816 he married Pedy Lincoln,daughter of Daniel and Experience Lincoln, of Keene, New Hampshire.
The couple had two known children:
Harriet Newell Penfield (1817- )
Charles Lincoln Penfield (1820- )
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