Abijah NORTH

1743 - 1785  (41 years)

• Name	Abijah NORTH  [1]
  	"Abijah North came to Shoreham from Farmington, Conn., in 1774; went on to fifty acres of land given him by one of the proprietors; cleared a piece of land that summer; planted aple seeds for an orchard; built a log house and returned to Connecticut in the fall of that year. The war having broken out that year, he did not come on with his family as expected, but remained till after the peace, when he returned wit his wife and six children to his former residence. He lived on that place for two years, and then went to Bridport, where he died May 3, 185." From "History of the Town of Shoreham, Vt.," by Rev. J.F. Goodhue, 1861. During the Revolution Abijah North enlisted in 1778 in Capt. Bray's Company, Col. Roger Enos Regiment of Connecticut State Troops, and from Oct. 1, 1778, to 1781-2 in Col. Flower's Regiment, Capt. Parton's Company of Artillery Artificers. [1]
  Birth	19 Oct 1743	Farmington, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 May 1785	Bridport, Addison Co., Vermont   [1]
  Person ID	I41503	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Lieut. John NORTH,   b. 13 May 1711, Farmington, Connecticut d. 22 Oct 1785, Goshen, Vermont (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Esther STANLEY,   b. Abt 1698   d. 19 Nov 1770 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1739  [1]
  Family ID	F43019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Triphenia GRANT,   b. 16 Jan 1737, Goshen, Vermont d. 17 Mar 1783, Shoreham, Vermont (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1764	Goshen, Vermont
  Children	+ 1. Capt. Lemuel NORTH,   b. 21 Mar 1779, Farmington, Connecticut d. 15 Sep 1847, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F43015	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Oct 1743 - Farmington, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12624] Dexter North, John NORTH of Farmington Connecticut and his Descendants with a short account of other Early North Families.