Abiah Hough1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16332, (1737/38 - 1821)
FatherJohn Hough4 (1 Oct 1697 - 8 Feb 1785)
MotherHannah Denison4 (28 Mar 1699 - 9 Apr 1782)

Key Events:

Birth: 11 Feb 1737/38, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut5,6,7
Marriage: 23 Nov 1758, Norwich, Connecticut, Simeon Edgerton (9 Mar 1731/32 - 27 Aug 1809)8,9
Death: 17 Oct 1821, Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont10,9,11
Burial: Mettowee Valley Cemetery, Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont12

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     
Abiah (Hough) Edgerton's Tombstone
photo courtesy Janet Muff
Abiah Hough was born on 11 Feb 1737/38 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.5,6,7 She was baptized on 19 Feb 1737/38 in Franklin Congregational Church, Franklin, New London Co., Connecticut.13
     Abiah married Simeon Edgerton on 23 Nov 1758 in Norwich, Connecticut.8,9 She and Simeon Edgerton moved from Norwich Connecticut to Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, by 1781, settling on land he had purchased there on 11 Nov 1779.14,15,16
     Her husband died on 27 Aug 1809 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont.9,10,11
     Abiah left a will dated Nov 1815, leaving to her sons Dyer, Jacob, Simeon, and John, and to daughters Lydia, Hannah, Abiah, Esther, Polly, Sally and Philena, one full share each. She named her son Simeon as executor.17
     Abiah died on 17 Oct 1821 in Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont, at age 83.10,9,11 She was buried in Mettowee Valley Cemetery, now known as the Old Pawlet Cemetery, Pawlet, Vermont.12
     Her will was probated on 20 Nov 1821 in Fair Haven District Probate Court, Rutland Co., Vermont.17

Children:
     Children with Simeon Edgerton:

  • Jedediah Edgerton1,3 (28 Aug 1759 - 27 Sep 1846)
  • Jacob Edgerton18,3,19 (29 Nov 1760 - 22 Jan 1845)
  • Lydia Edgerton3,1 (26 Aug 1762 - 30 Apr 1842)
  • Elisabeth Edgerton1,3 (8 Feb 1764 - 5 Sep 1797)
  • Hannah Edgerton20,21,3 (8 Sep 1765 - )
  • Abiah Edgerton13 (13 Jan 1767 - 22 Mar 1824)
  • Esther Edgerton13 (8 Feb 1769 - 6 Sep 1852)
  • Polly Edgerton13 (7 Nov 1770 - 21 May 1860)
  • Sarah Edgerton13 (7 Jun 1772 - 6 May 1773)
  • Simeon Edgerton13 (1 Aug 1774 - 2 Oct 1862)
  • John Edgerton13 (abt 1776 - 25 Feb 1827)
  • Sarah Edgerton13 (Dec 1778 - 28 Nov 1852)
  • Philena Edgerton13 (10 Jun 1780 - 14 Dec 1853)
  • David Edgerton13 (15 Jun 1784 - 22 Jul 1813)

Citations

  1. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367.
  2. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows name as Abiah.
  3. [S7919] Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, 1:221.
  4. [S7919] Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, 1:63.
  5. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows date, as 11 Feb 1737/38, town, county, and state, citing Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848; Vital Records of Connecticut, Series I, Towns II (Hartford Society of Colonial Wars, 1913), I:107.
  6. [S3257] Stoddard application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, as 18 Nov 1737, town, and state.
  7. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows died in 1821 at age 85.
  8. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367, shows date.
  9. [S3257] Stoddard application, The New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application as descendant of Captain Simeon Edgerton, shows date, town, and state.
  10. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows date, town, county, and state, citing gravestone inscription.
  11. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows year.
  12. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, citing gravestone inscription.
  13. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online.
  14. [S1060] Edgerton Genealogy Database, online, shows he moved in 1781 to land purchased in 1779.
  15. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184, shows moved from Norwich in 1781.
  16. [S7919] Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, 1:221, shows they settled at Norwich and afterwards removed to Pawlet.
  17. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 2, pg 132, which cites 11:332-33.
  18. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 367, birth record.
  19. [S1171] Hollister, Pawlet for One Hundred Years, pg 184.
  20. [S2204] Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, pg 368.
  21. [S2270] Muff, Extracts from early Vermont probate records, citing Part 2, pg 132, which cites 11:332-33, shows that Hannah's will names her as a daughter.