Abel STAFFORD^{[1, 2]}

1748 - 1841  (92 years)

• Name	Abel STAFFORD
  Born	6 Apr 1748	Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	04F77186A7792D45B90D26CFA3560A1052AF
  Died	1841	Otsego Co., New York
  Person ID	I73695	Branch 047 William Stafford 1812 NC
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Amos STAFFORD, III,   b. 3 Apr 1726, East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 1826, Ontario, Canada  (Age 99 years)
  Mother	Experience SPAULDING,   b. 16 Jan 1726/7, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut ,   d. 1772  (Age 44 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1747	Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut   [5]
  Family ID	F7681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca SHORT,   b. Abt 1756, Newark Valley, Tioga Co., New York ,   d. 1856, Owego, Tioga Co., New York  (Age ~ 100 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1770	Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut
  Children	1. Samuel STAFFORD   2. Sarah STAFFORD,   b. 23 Nov 1771, Plainfield, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire ,   d. 7 Mar 1822, Newark Valley, Tioga Co., New York  (Age 50 years)   3. Frederick STAFFORD,   b. 2 Aug 1773, Plainfield, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire ,   d. 21 Sep 1848, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   4. Zeriah (Leruah ) STAFFORD,   b. 7 Apr 1776, Plainfield, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire ,   d. 1826, Rhode Island  (Age 49 years)   5. Experience STAFFORD,   b. 8 Feb 1778, Plainfield, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire ,   d. 24 Jan 1854, Newark Valley, Tioga Co., New York  (Age 75 years)   6. Amos STAFFORD, (Branch 187),   b. 4 Apr 1785, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut ,   d. 31 May 1868, Nelson, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   7. Abel STAFFORD, Jr.,   b. 4 Apr 1785, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Moses STAFFORD,   b. 13 Sep 1786, New Hampshire ,   d. 28 Dec 1862, Illinois  (Age 76 years)   9. Abel STAFFORD, Jr.,   b. 26 Aug 1790, Owego, Tioga Co., New York ,   d. 1860, Yarmouth Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F24889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Esther DUTTON - LAWRENCE,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F24890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  SOURCE: # 1 Plainfield, New Hampshire Genealogy, Item 2, Film # 1307585 1770 Census lists 2 males - 16 & over and 1 female. He was a Soldier of the Revolution. Emigrated to Ontario, Canada from New York in 1795. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Immigrated to Ontario, Canada from New York in 1795. Plainfield, New York. Abel STAFFORD was on the committee in 1766 to lay out the meeting house lot and the burying ground. He was in most of the Revolutionary War battles from Saratoga to Yorktown. Served in Colonel Chase's regiment in Sept 1777 with Lieut. Reuben Jerold. [I:264]KM. He was paid for "three days of Sarves of his horse". Abel was brother to Nathaniel and Stukely [in the American Revolution]. In 1781 Abel was a member of the Meriden Parish Training Band, a militia, the earliest known organization in Plainfield NH history. Town jobs included: surveyor of highways, selectman, tax collector, tythingman. Born: Another source has him born in Plainfield, Windham Co., CT.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S345] Stafford Data Branch 4. [S493] Vital Records of RI by Arnold, IGI-LDS. [S2561] VRRI by Arnold, IGI-LDS,H & G Stukely Westcott. [S530] Ltr from Mike Stafford, IGI-LDS.