Abijah NORTH

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"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.

Abijah married Triphenia GRANT on 6 Sep 1764 in Goshen, Vermont. Triphenia was born on 16 Jan 1737 in Goshen, Vermont; died on 17 Mar 1783 in Shoreham, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He and his elder brother Abijah, Jr., who had come the year before, purchased 720 acres of the finest farming lan in the town of Champlain, N.Y., besides their property in Chazy, where they also owned all of the water power rights. Lemuel took up his residence on the Chazy portion of their lands, and was one of the early settlers there. During the War of 1812 he was captain of a company of cavalry. Both he and his brother were Jeffersonian Democrats.

Lemuel married Polly JONES in 1800. Polly was born on 3 Jul 1771; died on 27 Mar 1848 in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]