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Abigail Eno

Female 1687 - Abt 1749  (62 years)


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  • Name Abigail Eno 
    Born 1/01 Mar 1686/7  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt 25 Dec 1749  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2127  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Samuel Phelps,   b. 29 Jan 1675, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 26 Oct 1741, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1707  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, p. 110:
      "Lieut. Samuel Phelps, b. Windsor, Ct., 29 Jan 1675, m. Abigail Eno 3 Jun 1706, dau. of James and Abigail (Bissel) Eno. She b. Windsor, Ct., 1 Mar 1686, d. there 25 Dec 1749. Mr. Phelps settled in Windsor. He died there previous to 1749. His will dated 26 Oct 1741 in Hartford. Probate mentions Samuel, James, Hezekiah, Josiah and Abigail. Mrs. Phelps' will, dated 21 Dec 1749, probated in Hartford, to daughter Abigail 'I grant my green riding hood, black silk crape gown and black taffeta apron: all the rest of wearing apparel, to be divided between my four sons.' children b. Windsor, CT:
      a. Abigail, b. 8 Mar 1707, m. Jehiel Grant, 29 Feb 1743. (He was son of Thomas Grant of Torrington, CT.)
      b. Samuel, b. 5 Apr 1708-10, m. Ruth Phelps, 2nd, Damarius Gilender.
      c. James, b. 12 Aug 1713, d. 3 Apr 1718.
      d. Matthew, b. 25-28 Jan 1715, d. unm. 1743.
      e. Mary, b. 20 Feb 1718, d. 15 Mar 1718.
      f. James b. 23 Jan 1720, m. Hester Fowler.
      g. Tabitha, b. 18 Jan 1721, m. Ebenezer Moore, 21 Feb 1739, son of Wm. Moore. She d. before 1749. No Issue.
      h. Joshua, b. 13 Oct, 1729, m. Hannah Birge.
      i. Hezekiah, b., m. Lydia Griswold."

      2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 242; Abigail is third in line from the original immigrant James Eno who came to Windsor in 1648:
      "James (son of James) Eno, b. 26 Dec 1678 (O.C.R.) Abigail (dau. of Samuel and Abigail Holcomb) Bissell (O.C.R.), who was b. 6 Jul 1661; d. 19 Apr 1728; he d. 16 Jul 1714; both buried in Old Burying-ground, Simsbury. He was probably the J. who was one of 11 petitioners, 1705, for a grant of land for services in the Swamp Fight, in King Philip's War. Ch.:
      a. James, b. 23 Sep 1679. - O.C.R. Sgt. of W. and Union; m. (1) 5 Apr 1703, Mary (dau. of John and gd. dau. Matthew Grant), b. 23 Jan 1675; d. 6 Mar 1704; (2) 15 Jul 1708, Hannah (dau. Lt. Timo. and Mary (Griswold) Phelps, b. 16 Aug 1684; d. Mar. 1728; he d. 1764. Joseph Eno and Mary Loomis were executors of will of Jmes Eno of Union, died 1764.
      b. Ann, b. 10 Apr. 1682; d. 10 Jun 1760; m. 6 Apr 1699, Joseph (s. of John and Sarah Spencer) Case of Htfd. and W.; res. Sims., and was mother of Rev. Benejah Case, Y.C., 1733.
      c. William, b. 5 Jan (15 Dec.?) 1684. Lieut. d. Sims. 1763; m. 1709, Mary North; freeman at S., Oct 1717; Lieut. S. train-band, May 1726.
      d. Abigail, b. 1 Mar 1686/7; m. 3 Apr 1707, Samuel Phelps.
      e. Mary, b. 5 May 1691; d. 15 Sep 1697.
      f. John b. 5 Jan 1693.
      g. Samuel, b. 7 Jul 1696. Capt. Of W.; m. 24 Dec 1735, Eunice (dau of Thos. and May Drake) Marshall, b. 3 May 1709; d. 7 May 1792; he was one of the builders of the free bridge over the Tunxis at W., 1749; Lieut. Train-band W., Oct 1740; Capt., May 1744; Deputy, Oct. 1748/9 and 1754/5; Justice of Hartford County, 1749-1770. He d. 17 Aug 1778.
      h. Susannah, b. 16 May 1699.
      i. David, b. 12 Aug 1702, Simsbury; m. Oct 20, 1723, Mary Gillet, b. Feb. 29, 1702-3; d. Simsbury, Nov. 23, 1760, dau. of Nathan and third in descent from Nathan Gillet, who came from England to Connecticut, 1634. David died in the Cape Breton campaign, June 1745."

      3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 568:
      "Samuel Phelps (son of Lt. Timothy, g.son of William), m. 3 Apr 1707 Abigail (Dau. James and Abigail Bissell) Enos, b. Windsor 1 Mar 1686; he resided Windsor. Will of Lt. Sam'l P. of W., dated 26 Oct 1741, mentions Samuel, James, Hezekiah, Joshua, and Abigail. Will of Abigail Phelps of Windsor, dated 25 Dec 1749: 'to dafter Abigail I grante my greene Riding whood black Silk Crape goun, and Black Tafity appron, and all ye rest of rest of my wearing apparel to be divided between my four sons (Hartford Probate Records). - R.T.S. Children (b. Windsor):
      a. Abigail, b. 8 Mar 1707.
      b. Samuel, b. 5 Apr 1710; sett. Harwinton, Conn.
      c. James, b. 12 Aug 1713; d. 3 Apr 1718.
      d. Matthew, b. 25 Jan 1714/15.
      e. Mary, b. 20 Feb, d. 15 Mar 1718/19.
      f. James, b. 23 Jan 1719/20. m. ___.
      g. Tabitha, b. 18 Jan 1721.
      h. Joshua, b. 13 Oct 1729; m. Hannah (dau. Jeremiah and Mary Griswold) Birge.
      i. Hezekiah (Dr.), m. Lydia (dau. Samuel) Griswold, and d.1752; will dated 9 Jun 1752, left one daughter Lydia. In Griswold Family it is said he left a son. This would seem to be a mistake, unless he were a posthumous son. - R.T.S."

      4. FHL book 929.273 L995m "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his Wife Harriet Wade Rice...," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 357-60:
      "EDWARD1 GRISWOLD, son of George Griswold and his first wife Dousubel (___) and half-brother of Matthew Griswold...
      [Children...]
      viii MARY GRISWOLD, bpt. Windsor 13 Oct 1644; d. 1690; m. 19 May 1661/2 TIMOTHY PHELPS, b. Windsor 1 Sept 1639; d. 1719, s/o William Phelps and his second wife, Mary Dover. Children (PHELPS): Timothy m. Martha Crow, d/o Christopher Crow and Mary Burr; Joseph m. Sarah Hosford; William m/1 Abigail Mudge, m/2 Ruth Barber, d/o Samuel Barber & Mary Coggens; Cornelius m. Sarah Mansfield; Mary d. in her teens; Samuel m. Abigail Eno, d/o James Eno and Abigail Bissell; Nathaniel m/1 Hannah Bissell, d/o Samuel Bissell & Abigail Holcomb, m/2 Abigail Pinney; Sarah m. David Marshall; Abigail m. Samuel Filer; Hannah m/1 Thomas Phelps, m/2 James3 Eno (James2,1); Ann m. David Porter, s/o John Porter & Joanna Gaylord; Martha m. Samuel Holcomb...
      (Edward Elbridge Salisbury & Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Gen. & Biog. Monographs on the Fam. of Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, et.al.; pp: 10-13; Nash, Fifty Puritan Ancestors, pp. 102-5; Ruth Lee Griswold, Griswold Family, pp. 188-9; Richard A. Wheeler, History of Stonington, Conn., p. 537; Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, Conn., pp. 530-1; Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, The Griswold Family, The First Five Generations in America, p. 13 et seq.; Savage sv Edward, George, Francis, Joseph Griswold; Torrey sv Edward, George, John, Joseph, Francis Griswold; James Bemis.)"