BRISTOL FAMILY ASSOCIATION

The Bristol Family Association is an organization for descendants of Henry Bristol who was one of the early settlers of Connecticut. The association meets once a year in Connecticut. They have published a genealogy of the Bristol family and two newsletters each year. For information contact abak50@comcast.net

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #29 Jessie Mae Bristol

Jessie Mae Bristol

My great grandfather’s older sister, Jessie Mae Bristol, was born October 8, 1871 in (probably Avon) New York. Her parents were Charles Brown Bristol and Adrianna Mary Miller. Besides my great grandfather, William Augustus Bristol, there was also a younger

sister, Mary Norton Bristol. The 1875 New York State Census and the 1880 Federal Census lists her as living with her parents in Lima, New York. In 1882 her father was living in Grafton, Dakota Territory. It is not known if the family was with him at the time but on November 22, 1886 her mother died in Grafton so more than likely the children were living there too. His father continued to live in Grafton until September, 1890 when they moved to Great Falls, Montana. Life for the children was probably not ideal as Grafton would have been the wild west at that time and Charles owned a gambling house. For me it conjures up images of the TV series “Deadwood”. In Great Falls Charles ran a boarding house. Then on February 10, 1892 Charles died. The obituary in the paper reported that William and Jessie were with their father at the time of his death but Mary was in Florida (whether living or visiting it’s not known). After this it appeared that she went to live with her aunt, Sarah Bristol Goodrich. On November 17, 1896 she married William VanZandt Sackett. The marriage took place in Lima, NY with the Episcopal minister, Rev. A.K. Bates officiating. Miss Charlotte M. Howard of Fairport, NY ,was the bridesmaid. Mr. Frank Kellogg of Avon, NY was  bestman. HefFlowergirl was Miss Ruby VanZandt of Avon, NY. The bride

given away by her aunt, Mrs. Goodrich. Miss Frances J. Parker, pianist. After the wedding the couple made an extended trip West and then moved to Rochester. (from newspaper clipping of wedding announcement). She lived in Olean, New York for a number of years before moving to Elmira, New York. It was reported that she met her husband at the train depot each day and that they walked home through the park together before the evening meal. The date of her death is not known because records report a number of people named Jessie Sacket with differing dates. 

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #12 Abel Bristol-Revolutionary War Soldier

Abel Bristol – Revolutionary War Soldier

By the start of the War for Independence Abel’s family had lived in America for over one hundred years. He was a third generation American and was born in June of 1749 in New Haven, Connecticut Colony. He married Mary Norton on 24 January 1775 in Hawinton, Litchfield, Connecticut. Mary was from Goshen, Connecticut. In 1775 the couple moved to Hawinton which is where the couple first resided. In 1776 they moved to Albany, New York where he received a land bounty reward for service in the Revolution. He served as a private in the Seventeenth Regiment.  Both he and his brother Aaron lost their guns in the retreat at York Island.  In 1778 they had moved to Ontario County, NY. By the end of the war they moved to Lima, Livingston County, NY. 

After the war he continued serving America by being in the NY Militia rising to the rank of Captain. Abel  Bristol was elected "Supervisor" at the first town meeting of Lima held in the "Brick School House" on 4 Apr 1809.

Mary and Abel had four children: Lois (5 Dec 1775-29 Apr 1832), Miles (21 Sep 1778-24 Feb 1808), Abel (1783-10 Sep 1850), and Norton (6 Aug 1786-22 Jan 1837). Abel died 11 May 1827 and was buried in Lima, NY.

Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Bristol Genealogy

New York in the Revolution as Colony and State

History of Livingston County New York

1810 United States Federal Census

http://www.bellavistaranch.net/genealogy/bristol.html#AB2

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