Abel Pettibone, 1754

Name
Abel Pettibone
Given names
Abel
Surname
Pettibone
Family with parents
father
17271797
Birth: December 27, 1727 29 24Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 7, 1797Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
mother
17351763
Birth: November 15, 1735 52 42Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 9, 1763Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: January 25, 1752Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
3 years
himself
1754
Birth: October 6, 1754 26 18Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
1757
Birth: September 11, 1757 29 21Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
1760
Birth: June 13, 1760 32 24Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death:
2 years
younger brother
1762
Birth: August 28, 1762 34 26Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death:
16 months
younger sister
17631763
Birth: about 1763 35 27Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death: about 1763Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Father’s family with Susanna Tisdale
father
17271797
Birth: December 27, 1727 29 24Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 7, 1797Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
step-mother
Marriage
Marriage: March 16, 1764Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Note

BIRTH: Abel Pettibone, son of Roger, born Oct. 6, 1754 at Goshen. (Goshen Vital Records Vol 1, p. 271, Family History Library film 2970.) Also found Cook Genealogy from "Cooks in Mass. Before 1810" (<i>Genealogy of the Pettibone Family</i>, by Fayette Pettibone: Chicago: Brown, Pettibone and Kelly, 1885, p. 20: 4.7. Children of Roger Pettibone and Hannah Cook             1. Abel            b. October 1, 1754             2. Eleanor       b. September 11, 1757             3. Elisha          b. June 13, 1760             4. Roger          b. August 28, 1762             5. Hannah        b. (No date)

Abel is mentioned in his grandfather's will written in 1764, his mother listed as deceased. His grandfather Joseph Cook said: "Item: I give to my daughter Hannah Pettibone that is deceased, to her heirs, namely Abel Elisha Eleanor and Roger Pettibone each one of them twenty shillings lawful money at their arriving to the age of 20 years each." (Will of Joseph Cook, 1764, Goshen, Ct., Connecticut Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, online on Ancestry.com p. 181)

1790 CENSUS Abel Pettibone (son of Roger) is next door to his cousins Eli Junior and Seth, sons of Eli Senior. They are in Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, all in the age bracket of 26-45. They were all born 1854 and 1853. Manchester, Vermont: Abel Pettibone living next to Seth and Eli Pettibone Junior, all age 26-45 years old. Also in Abel's household is a female age 26-45 and eight children under the age of 26. (Family History Library book 974 X22jnv 1790)

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