On Aug. 8, 1753 of record at Wethersfield, Abigail m. Capt. Charles Boardman, s. of Timothy Boardman and Hannah Crane, b. Sept. 4, 1725 at Wethersfield where he d. Aug. 12, 1793 (g.s.) They had eight children b. of record at Wethersfield, including:
• ii. Rhoda Boardman, b. July 29, 1757, d. Oct. 10, 1841 at Wethersfield (g.s.); m. Dec. 17, 1781 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.), Maj. Joseph Stillman, Jr., s. of Joseph Stillman and Sarah Wright, bapt. Feb. 15, 1761 at Wethersfield where he d. Jan. 3, 1844 (g.s.) Eight children of the family.
• iii. Abigail, b. Mar. 20, 1759, d. Sept. 15, 1826 at Wethersfield (Hale Newspaper Rec.); m. Sept. 4, 1781 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.), John May, s. of Hezekiah May, Jr. and his wife Mary, b. Nov. 2 (bapt. Nov. 11), 1759 at Wethersfield. He d. May 8, 1807 in Farmington, CT (Ch. Rec.) Four verified (VRs and bapt. rec.) and four unverified children (no VRs or bapt. rec.) of the family. Neither Abigail nor her husband left known probate records in Conn.
Dau. Abigail added 3/7/2018
On Aug. 8, 1753 of record at Wethersfield, Abigail m. Capt. Charles Boardman, s. of Timothy Boardman and Hannah Crane, b. Sept. 4, 1725 at Wethersfield where he d. Aug. 12, 1793 (g.s.) They had eight children b. of record at Wethersfield, including:
• ii. Rhoda Boardman, b. July 29, 1757, d. Oct. 10, 1841 at Wethersfield (g.s.); m. Dec. 17, 1781 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.), Maj. Joseph Stillman, Jr., s. of Joseph Stillman and Sarah Wright, bapt. Feb. 15, 1761 at Wethersfield where he d. Jan. 3, 1844 (g.s.) Eight children of the family.
• iii. Abigail, b. Mar. 20, 1759, d. Sept. 15, 1826 at Wethersfield (Hale Newspaper Rec.); m. Sept. 4, 1781 at Wethersfield (Weth. Ch. Rec.), John May, s. of Hezekiah May, Jr. and his wife Mary, b. Nov. 2 (bapt. Nov. 11), 1759 at Wethersfield. He d. May 8, 1807 in Farmington, CT (Ch. Rec.) Four verified (VRs and bapt. rec.) and four unverified children (no VRs or bapt. rec.) of the family. Neither Abigail nor her husband left known probate records in Conn.
Dau. Abigail added 3/7/2018
Inscription
[Tillotson, 1899, Wethersfield Inscription from Known Gravestone]
In Memory of Mrs.
Abigail Boardman,
Relict of Capt.
Charles Boardman,
who died August 12th
1 8 1 8.
aged 85 years.
They rest from their
labours & their works
do follow them.
Based on her recorded dates of birth and baptism, on the day the widow Abigail died she was 85 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 86, not 85 as inscribed.
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Records on Ancestry
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Geneanet Community Trees Index
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North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
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Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
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Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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