Abigail Lathrop1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 10161, (1772 - 1863)
FatherThomas Lathrop1,4 (13 May 1745 - 20 Mar 1826)
MotherWealthy Ann Cobb1,4 (2 Oct 1753 - 22 Sep 1827)

Key Events:

Birth: 10 Dec 1772, Connecticut5,6,7
Marriage: 16 Aug 1789, Daniel Francis (29 Mar 1764 - 9 Oct 1824)8,9
Death: 3 Nov 18632
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Abigail Lathrop was born on 10 Dec 1772 in Connecticut.5,6,7
     Abigail married Daniel Francis, son of James Francis and Sarah [surname unknown], on 16 Aug 1789.8,9 She was probably one of the two females listed in the household of her husband, Daniel Francis, in the 1790 Federal Census of Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont.10 She was probably the female age 26 to 44 listed in the household of her husband in the 1800 Federal Census of Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont.11
     Abigail and Daniel reportedly moved first to Burlington, Vermont, then, about 1812, to Louisville, New York, in the area which become Norfolk when that town was formed in 1823.12 (See map.) She was probably the female over age 45 listed in the household of her husband, Daniel, in the 1820 Federal Census of Louisville, St. Lawrence Co., New York.13 They were apparently living near her sister Rosanna and her husband, Divan Berry Rich, as he is listed on the following line in the census record.14
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Norfolk, St. Lawrence Co., New York, in the household of Divan Berry Rich and Rosanna Francis, her daughter and her husband.15
     Abigail died on 3 Nov 1863 at age 90.2

Children:
     Children with Daniel Francis:

  • Lucinda Francis2 (28 Jul 1790 - 5 Oct 1867)
  • Rosanna Francis2 (14 Jul 1792 - 18 Aug 1877)
  • Hezekiah Francis1,2 (11 Mar 1796 - Jul 1872)
  • Rev. Daniel Dyer Francis1,2 (29 May 1799 - 16 Aug 1872)
  • Hiram Gould Francis1,2 (25 May 1802 - 15 Aug 1890)
  • Thomas Lathrop Francis2 (23 May 1805 - 5 Jun 1899)
  • Emeline W. Francis2 (21 Jul 1811 - 14 Jan 1873)

Citations

  1. [S2452] Huntington, Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, pg 148.
  2. [S2599] Francis, Francis: Descendants of Robert Francis, pg 55.
  3. [S2602] Divan B. Rich household, 1850 U.S. Census, St. Lawrence Co., New York, shows name as Abigail Francis.
  4. [S2607] Cleveland and Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, vol 1 pg 44.
  5. [S2452] Huntington, Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, pg 148, shows date.
  6. [S2606] Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford, pg 259, shows date.
  7. [S2602] Divan B. Rich household, 1850 U.S. Census, St. Lawrence Co., New York, shows age 78 and state.
  8. [S2599] Francis, Francis: Descendants of Robert Francis, pg 55, shows date.
  9. [S2452] Huntington, Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family, pg 148, shows married.
  10. [S2597] Daniel Francis household, 1790 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  11. [S2598] Danll Francis household, 1800 U.S. Census, Rutland Co., Vermont.
  12. [S2599] Francis, Francis: Descendants of Robert Francis, pg 55, shows he moved to Burlington, then that he moved to Norfolk [but Norfolk was not formed from Louisville until 1823].
  13. [S2600] Daniel Francis household, 1820 U.S. Census, St. Lawrence Co., New York.
  14. [S2601] David B. Rich household, 1820 U.S. Census, St. Lawrence Co., New York.
  15. [S2602] Divan B. Rich household, 1850 U.S. Census, St. Lawrence Co., New York.