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 2nd 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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