Abigail or Nabbe Churchill, 1806–1887 (aged 81 years)

Name
Abigail or Nabbe Churchill
Given names
Abigail or Nabbe
Surname
Churchill
Birth July 26, 1806 56 39
Birth of a sisterMary Emily Churchill
May 13, 1808 (aged 1 year)
Death of a half-sisterPolly Churchill
September 2, 1810 (aged 4 years)
Death of a half-sisterSally Churchill
May 5, 1822 (aged 15 years)
Death of a half-brotherJosiah Churchill
September 3, 1823 (aged 17 years)
Death of a half-brotherLeman Churchill
July 25, 1825 (aged 18 years)
Burial of a fatherJonathan Churchill
February 1829 (aged 22 years)
Death of a fatherJonathan Churchill
February 6, 1829 (aged 22 years)
Death of a motherComfort Woodcock
January 18, 1832 (aged 25 years)
Death of a sisterMary Emily Churchill
April 18, 1857 (aged 50 years)
Death of a half-sisterLucy Churchill
June 27, 1860 (aged 53 years)
Death of a brotherDaniel Churchill
about 1864 (aged 57 years)
Death of a half-sisterIrene Churchill
January 3, 1870 (aged 63 years)
Death of a half-sisterPhebe Churchill
March 12, 1883 (aged 76 years)
Death August 30, 1887 (aged 81 years)
LDS baptism May 7, 1932 (44 years after death)

LDS temple: Manti, Utah, United States

LDS endowment June 23, 1932 (44 years after death)

LDS temple: Manti, Utah, United States

LDS child sealing November 1, 1932 (45 years after death)

LDS temple: Manti, Utah, United States

Unique identifier
DC09BAA4133648C7BAABB1F03059BFCEB736

Last change May 15, 2019

Family with parents
father
1749–1829
Birth: November 25, 1749 25 21 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 6, 1829 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
mother
1766–1832
Birth: September 26, 1766 37 — Swansea, Chester, New Hampshire, USA
Death: January 18, 1832 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: before July 1796 —
2 years
elder brother
1798–1864
Birth: November 14, 1798 48 32 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: about 1864 — Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
8 years
herself
1806–1887
Birth: July 26, 1806 56 39 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 30, 1887 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
22 months
younger sister
1808–1857
Birth: May 13, 1808 58 41 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 18, 1857 — Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
Father’s family with Sarah Burgess
father
1749–1829
Birth: November 25, 1749 25 21 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 6, 1829 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
step-mother
1751–1795
Birth: February 9, 1751 35 35 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: October 6, 1795 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: about 1773 —
3 years
half-sister
1775–1822
Birth: June 18, 1775 25 24 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 5, 1822 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
19 months
half-brother
1777–1823
Birth: January 11, 1777 27 25 — of Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 3, 1823 — Bridgewater, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
2 years
half-sister
1779–1860
Birth: May 6, 1779 29 28 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: June 27, 1860 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
19 months
half-brother
1780–1825
Birth: December 6, 1780 31 29 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 25, 1825 — Franklin Hill, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA
3 years
half-sister
1784–1810
Birth: April 8, 1784 34 33 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 2, 1810 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
23 months
half-sister
1786–1870
Birth: February 14, 1786 36 35 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 3, 1870 — Richland, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
5 years
half-sister
1791–1883
Birth: February 28, 1791 41 40 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: March 12, 1883 — Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, USA
Note

BIRTH: "Nabby, daughter to Jonathan & Sarah Churchil b. 26 Jan. 1806, (Town Records of Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1701-1881, 2:133, Family History Library film 1,516,502.) Also cited in Barbour Collection of Litchfield Vital Records, Vol. 23, p. 56: "Nabbe, d. Jonathan & Comfort, b. Jan 26, 1806, citing Litchfield Vital Records, 1:132 Also on Sealing Records, it is "Abigail or Nabbe." They are probably the same person. She was unmarried.

CENSUS 1880: Litchfield, CT, Abbey Churchill, a. 75, b. CT, single. pauper, boarder, insane, father b. CT, mother b. CT. ("United States Census, 1880," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFC2-TVH : 19 August 2017), Abbey Churchill in household of John Rewett, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 21, sheet 358B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0101; FHL microfilm 1,254,101.)

LIFE HISTORY She was an assault victim and never recovered emotionally. She was a beautiful woman. Her complexion was white as snow her hair was black as a raven and her eyes a beautiful black. Phineas Cook did his best to care for her but given his limited resources he ultimately made application to the town Selectmen and they made arrangements to care for her. (Phineas Wolcott Cook, The Life and History of Phineas Wolcott Cook, 7.)

CENSUS 1880 U.S. Census. Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. She was living in Litchfield, Connecticut as a seventy-five year old single pauper, living in a boarding house and considered insane.

DEATH: Town Clerk, Records of births, marriages, and deaths in the town of Litchfield, 1867-1909, 35:510. "Abigail Churchill died Litchfield, Aug. 30, 1887, age 84, female, born, Litchfield, CT."

NOTE: "Abby never married." PWC, p. 6.

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