Abel Bristol

When Abel Bristol was born in June 1749 in New Haven, Connecticut, his father, Aaron, was 34 and his mother, Ms. Abigail, was 35. (1) He married Mary Norton on January 24, 1775 (some sources say 1774), in Harwinton, Connecticut. Where they resided for a time. (2) About 1776 they moved to Albany, New York. (3) Abel Bristol served in CPT Amos William company  and later COL  Gay’s 2^nd Battalion during the American Revolution when he was 28-yrs-old. Both he and his brother lost their guns in the York Island retreat of 1776.  In later years the DAR records him attaining the rank of CPT with the Columbia NY militia. (3) In 1778, the couple lived in Ontario county, NY. (4) He was elected "Supervisor" at the first town meeting of Lima held in the "Brick School House" on 4 Apr 1809. (4) He had four children: Lois, Miles, Abel and Norton. He died on May 11, 1827, in Lima, New York, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried there. (5)

(1)     Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Ancestry.com, Database online. Record for Abel Bristol. Bristol Genealogy, vol 1 p.27.

(2)     Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Ancestry.com, Marriage date:  24 Jan 1774  Marriage place:  Harwinton  Residence date:    Residence place:  Harwinton.

(3)     New York in the Revolution as Colony and State,, Vol. I - Extracts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co.; Publication Year: 1904; Page Number: 237. Also listed in the DAR and SAR records.

(4)     History of Livingston County New York

(5)     Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Lois Warner. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=12537881&indiv=try. and Bristol Genealogy p.27

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