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Captain Thomas Abbe (Abbey), an honored descendant of a long line of military ancestors was the son of Thomas Abbe, Junior and Mary (Pease) Abbe, born in Enfield, Connecticut, April 11, 1731 and died there (of stroke) June 1, 1811. He enlisted as a Corporal in the 3rd Company, 1st Regiment, May 25 to November 22, 1758, then as a Lieutenant in the 7th Company, 1st Regiment during the French and Indian Wars under Captain Seth King, April 1 to December 1, 1761. He was commissioned Captain during the Revolutionary War under George Washington, January 1, 1777. Thomas Abbe married Penelope Terry, also Enfield born (February 5. 1729-30) on June 22, 1749. Penelope died in Enfield on December 2, 1817. The couple had 8 children, all born in Enfield: Abigale Abbey, born May 18, 1750, died June 22, 1844, married Eliphalet Collins . Obadiah Abbe, born June 15, 1752, married Jane McClester. Penelope Abbe (twin), born March 24, 1755, married Josiah Bicknell. Mary(1) Abbe (twin), born March 24, 1755, died May 16, 1759. Thomas Abbe, born March 22, 1764, married Ruth Bush. Mary(2) Abbe. born July 7, 1766, married George Prior of East Windsor. Peter Abbey, born July 20, 1769, married Hannah Alden. Simeon Abbey, Born February 3, 1772, married Tabitha Killam Captain Abbe is remembered for his many refusals of promotions in order to remain with his troops as well as his alerting of the town following the battle of Lexington. On the Thursday following that battle, after just hearing of it, Thomas obtained a drum and much to their surprise actually drummed the people out of the old church meeting house at Enfield where they had gathered for a regular weekly meeting. That event has been commemorated by a poem written by Benjamin F. Taylor published in the Atlantic Monthly, May, 1878. Captain Abbe’s memory is honored with a marble statue created by Sherry Edmundson Fry, Sculptor, who used a daguerreotype photograph of grandson Seth Alden Abbey, taken at the same age, as the model. Always a scrapper, the following is excerpted from a letter written by Seth on June 15, 1872. to his son Henry G. Abbey about his grandfather. “. . . At the breaking out of the Revolution, a volunteer company was formed in his neighborhood and he was elected their captain and they were soon ordered to join Colonel Willett’s Regiment in New York. I have heard him say, frequently, that he had chances of promotion, often, but his men would not consent to his leaving them. When a boy I saw many of his old soldiers who had served during the war; and the neighbors were as particular in addressing any of them, in giving their title, as Corporal such a one, or Sergeant such a one, as they would be in addressing a General. Thomas Abbey died in 1811, and was as anxious for a fight with old England, which was then much talked of, just before his death, as in his younger days. He died suddenly with apoplexy. . .” The War of 1812 had to be fought without him. The reference for this biography
was "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy"
by Cleveland Abbe & Josephine Genung Nichols The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1916 |
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Patriot: Capt. James Farquhar,
North Carolina
James Farquhar was born in North Carolina and was married to Sarah Lockhart after the war. Together they had seven children: William Lockhart; Sarah "Sally"; James, Jr.; John; Catherine; Jean "Jane"; and Elizabeth Farquhar. As a Captain in the Militia, James served with Hezekiah Rice & Company from the State of North Carolina. He served between 1775 and 1778 with Rice's Company organized at Hillsborough, NC under Colonel Ramsey and William Moore. Captain Farquhar marched on an expedition to the western part of North Carolina at Cross Creek, for the purpose of suppressing the Indians in that quarter. James died in Person County, North Carolina in 1814. Dayle DeBry
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To
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Use the browser "Back" button to return to this page. Patriot: Sgt. John Moore, Virginia MOORE and MORE MOORES (Preface to the book by the author, Marilee Moore Helton)
After researching our Moore ancestors for several
years, I began writing their story to share with my Moore cousins. All
genealogy is confusing at times. Ours certainly falls into that
category since we have two separate Moore lines. Although the surnames
of our great-grandparents, Alonzo Morton Moore and Julia Jane Moore,
were both Moore, there was no relationship between their families.
Also included in this Moore family history are the stories of some of our ancestors through female lines - Morris, Wheeler, Townsend, Bourne, and Hume. I have only scratched the surface. After all, the number of our ancestors doubles with each generation. We each have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, sixteen great-great-grandparents, and on it goes! This Moore history is by no means complete, but is a compilation of what I have found to date. Since none of the cousins, including myself, knew anything of our ancestors, I feel it is important to share what I have discovered. Additional information can be added in the years to come. Answers to some questions seem to come by chance, almost as if my ancestors were guiding me to become acquainted with them. After tracking a great-grandfather for several decades in Missouri, where he was born, married and raised a family, they suddenly disappeared from that location. I had no idea where to look for them. One day while browsing in the Kansas section at the Ponca City Genealogy Library, I chanced upon a book of Cowley County, Kansas, Cemetery records. I leafed through the index and imagine my surprise when listed there were my great-grandparents and several of their children! The family had migrated to southern Kansas. I have found that as I researched each generation, becoming familiar with names and dates, reading the inventories of their estates, and delving into the history of the area, they became very real to me and I felt a closeness to them. I thought this strange, but have since heard others express the same sentiment, so it must be a common reaction. In this book, our direct line is followed generation by generation, with their children's names in capitals, and the grandchildren's names underlined. A great deal of time and effort has gone into researching and writing this Moore history and I sincerely hope you will find it interesting. Genealogy quickly becomes addictive. It has been a joy to work on, although frustrating at times. May you treasure this book as it introduces you to your ancestors. Marilee
Moore Helton
Tonkawa, Oklahoma 2001 We are very grateful that permission to display portions of this work on this website has been granted by the author, however any use other than viewing is prohibited by copyright laws, unless specific written permission for that user and purpose has been granted by the author. |
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