Person:Abiah Hawley (2)

Abiah Hawley

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m. 6 Dec 1743

Facts and Events

Name^[3]	Abiah Hawley
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	Abt 1722	Connecticut, United States
Marriage	6 Dec 1743	Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Matthew Hubbell
Death^[1]	18 Dec 1797	Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Find A Grave: Center Cemetery, Lanesborough, MA, in Find A Grave
Abiah Wolcott Hawley.

Mrs. Abiah Hawley
died Dec. 18, 1797:
in the 75 year of
her age.
Hubbell, Walter. History of the Hubbell family: containing genealogical records of the ancestors and descendants of Richard Hubbell from A.D. 1086 to A.D. 1915. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980)
p. 56.

Matthew Hubbell m. 6 Dec 1743 Abiah Wolcott [-sic-see following comment]. She m. (2) Mr. Hawley, d. 18 Dec 1797.
[Note: marriage to Matthew Hubbell gives the name Hawley, not Wolcott.]
↑ Fenton, Kathleen D. "Abiah Hawley, wife of Matthew Hubbell and Jehiel Hawley", in Connecticut Nutmegger
Vol. 32, p. 23-30.

Article identifying Abiah's father as Gideon Hawley based on strong circumstantial evidence, and ruling out Wolcott as maiden name: mistaken assumption based on naming son Wolcott, but son Wolcott actually named after married surname of an aunt, sister of his mother.