Abigail WAKELEE

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• Fact: Daughter of Henry Wakelee

Abigail married John BEARDSLEY about 1690. John (son of Joseph BEARDSLEY and Phebe DAYTON) was born on 01 Nov 1668 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Nov 1735 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Deborah BEARDSLEY was born on 06 Feb 1699/00 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
2. Andrew BEARDSLEY was born on 08 Mar 1707/08 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1758.
3. Jehiel BEARDSLEY was born on 16 Nov 1693 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
4. Abraham BEARDSLEY was born on 06 Mar 1695/96 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 09 Jul 1776; was buried in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
5. Caleb BEARDSLEY was born on 30 Nov 1692 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
6. John BEARDSLEY, Jr. was born on 09 Mar 1701/02 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Notes:

"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield":
Wakelee, heny (s. of James ?). Colonial grant of 50 acres, May 1669, doubtless for service in Pequot War (1637). Granted 200 acres, May 1681, for service to the Colony in or about Mattebeseck (Waterbury) (not laid out until 1726, and then assigned by James, son of Henry, to Benjamin Fairweather of Stratfield).
Res. Hartford, but removed early to Stratford. Hs wervice at Mattebeseck prob. reers to a punitive expedition of 100 men sent out in Aug. 1639, as a sequel to the Pequot War.
Married 4 Sept. 1649, Sarah, widow of Judah Gregory, and dau. of Henry Burt of Springfield. He was granted admn, 15 May 1650, on the "Estate of his wive's other husband."
Will 11 July 1689, codicil 5 Apr. 1690, exhibited 8 Nov. 1690; wife Sarah; sons Delivernce, James, Jacob; daus. Patience and Abigail (single); to Thomas Lattin, five sheep; to Elizabeth Squire, a cow; to dau. Mary Stevens, a cow; to "Henry Sumers yt Lives with me besides what I have Given: A Cow." Witnessess: Zechariah Fairchild, Samuel Preston.

Henry married Sarah BURT on 04 Sep 1649. Sarah was born on 14 Jan 1620/21 in Harberton, Devon, England; died in 1696 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]