Revolutionary War Veteran - In April, 1775, in response to the Lexington Alarm, Abel volunteered to serve in the Rhode Island Militia under Captain Jeremiah Davis and marched to Lexington. They arrived after the British had withdrawn. He then marched to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he enlisted as a Private in Captain Stephen Kimball's Company, Colonel Daniel Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment. He was later promoted to Corporal and served nine months in this regiment. From the spring of 1776 he served eight months as a Sergeant under Captain Job Olney and Colonel Christopher Lippett. In 1777 and into 1778 he served one month under Captain Isaac Hopkins, one month under Captain Coomer Smith and one month under Captain Isaac Paine in Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment. He also served under Captains Ebenezer Wilson and Thomas Rowley, Jr. in the Vermont Militia. He participated in the battles of White Plains (NY) and Quaker Hill (RI). After the war, Abel applied for and received a military pension.
Abel was the second son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pray) Horton. He married Seviah Hopkins on February 7, 1779 in Scituate, Rhode Island. Her name also appears as Seriah, Zeruiah, Zerviah, Zeviah and Sophia.
From The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, by Abby Maria Hemenway
"HORTON, ABEL, SEN., from Rhode Island, quite young at the breaking out of the Revolution. He was one of the first to enlist in his country's service, in which he remained during the war, being in several engagements, and drew a pension. At the close of the war he was one of the many who came to this town and found a home in what was then an almost unbroken wilderness. In the war of 1812, he was an earnest supporter of the national administration and active in measures for the prosecution of the war. He was justice of the peace several years, constable from 1794 to 1801, selectman four years from 1799, and town representative six years; being the longest term but one of any man in town. He was generous, and exerted himself for the good of his town, county and State. He inherited and cultivated through
life a peculiarly cheerful disposition, and possessed great equanimity and fortitude, and was esteemed a judicious man, of good talents and learning. He died in 1842, aged 86; his wife in 1843, aged 84. They left children: Abel, jr., Hopkins, John, Nathaniel, Dennis, Sarah, Sophia and Mary." (This is almost an exact quote from the "History of Danby" by J. C. Williams.)
Abel was the second son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pray) Horton. He married Seviah Hopkins on February 7, 1779 in Scituate, Rhode Island. Her name also appears as Seriah, Zeruiah, Zerviah, Zeviah and Sophia.
From The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, by Abby Maria Hemenway
"HORTON, ABEL, SEN., from Rhode Island, quite young at the breaking out of the Revolution. He was one of the first to enlist in his country's service, in which he remained during the war, being in several engagements, and drew a pension. At the close of the war he was one of the many who came to this town and found a home in what was then an almost unbroken wilderness. In the war of 1812, he was an earnest supporter of the national administration and active in measures for the prosecution of the war. He was justice of the peace several years, constable from 1794 to 1801, selectman four years from 1799, and town representative six years; being the longest term but one of any man in town. He was generous, and exerted himself for the good of his town, county and State. He inherited and cultivated through
life a peculiarly cheerful disposition, and possessed great equanimity and fortitude, and was esteemed a judicious man, of good talents and learning. He died in 1842, aged 86; his wife in 1843, aged 84. They left children: Abel, jr., Hopkins, John, Nathaniel, Dennis, Sarah, Sophia and Mary." (This is almost an exact quote from the "History of Danby" by J. C. Williams.)
Revolutionary War Veteran - In April, 1775, in response to the Lexington Alarm, Abel volunteered to serve in the Rhode Island Militia under Captain Jeremiah Davis and marched to Lexington. They arrived after the British had withdrawn. He then marched to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he enlisted as a Private in Captain Stephen Kimball's Company, Colonel Daniel Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment. He was later promoted to Corporal and served nine months in this regiment. From the spring of 1776 he served eight months as a Sergeant under Captain Job Olney and Colonel Christopher Lippett. In 1777 and into 1778 he served one month under Captain Isaac Hopkins, one month under Captain Coomer Smith and one month under Captain Isaac Paine in Colonel Chad Brown's Rhode Island Regiment. He also served under Captains Ebenezer Wilson and Thomas Rowley, Jr. in the Vermont Militia. He participated in the battles of White Plains (NY) and Quaker Hill (RI). After the war, Abel applied for and received a military pension.
Abel was the second son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pray) Horton. He married Seviah Hopkins on February 7, 1779 in Scituate, Rhode Island. Her name also appears as Seriah, Zeruiah, Zerviah, Zeviah and Sophia.
From The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, by Abby Maria Hemenway
"HORTON, ABEL, SEN., from Rhode Island, quite young at the breaking out of the Revolution. He was one of the first to enlist in his country's service, in which he remained during the war, being in several engagements, and drew a pension. At the close of the war he was one of the many who came to this town and found a home in what was then an almost unbroken wilderness. In the war of 1812, he was an earnest supporter of the national administration and active in measures for the prosecution of the war. He was justice of the peace several years, constable from 1794 to 1801, selectman four years from 1799, and town representative six years; being the longest term but one of any man in town. He was generous, and exerted himself for the good of his town, county and State. He inherited and cultivated through
life a peculiarly cheerful disposition, and possessed great equanimity and fortitude, and was esteemed a judicious man, of good talents and learning. He died in 1842, aged 86; his wife in 1843, aged 84. They left children: Abel, jr., Hopkins, John, Nathaniel, Dennis, Sarah, Sophia and Mary." (This is almost an exact quote from the "History of Danby" by J. C. Williams.)
Abel was the second son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pray) Horton. He married Seviah Hopkins on February 7, 1779 in Scituate, Rhode Island. Her name also appears as Seriah, Zeruiah, Zerviah, Zeviah and Sophia.
From The Vermont Historical Gazeteer, by Abby Maria Hemenway
"HORTON, ABEL, SEN., from Rhode Island, quite young at the breaking out of the Revolution. He was one of the first to enlist in his country's service, in which he remained during the war, being in several engagements, and drew a pension. At the close of the war he was one of the many who came to this town and found a home in what was then an almost unbroken wilderness. In the war of 1812, he was an earnest supporter of the national administration and active in measures for the prosecution of the war. He was justice of the peace several years, constable from 1794 to 1801, selectman four years from 1799, and town representative six years; being the longest term but one of any man in town. He was generous, and exerted himself for the good of his town, county and State. He inherited and cultivated through
life a peculiarly cheerful disposition, and possessed great equanimity and fortitude, and was esteemed a judicious man, of good talents and learning. He died in 1842, aged 86; his wife in 1843, aged 84. They left children: Abel, jr., Hopkins, John, Nathaniel, Dennis, Sarah, Sophia and Mary." (This is almost an exact quote from the "History of Danby" by J. C. Williams.)
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