Person:Abigail Tweedy (4)

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Abigail Tweedy
b.Abt 1765
  • F.  John Tweedy (add)
  • M.  Freelove Andrews (add)
m. 29 Jan 1764
  1. Abigail TweedyAbt 1765 - 1839
m. May 1785
  1. William Richards Dunn1785 - 1827
  2. Elizabeth Tweedy Dunn1787 -
Facts and Events
Name Abigail Tweedy
Alt Name Abbey Tweedy
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][4] Abt 1765
Christening[3] 29 May 1765 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United StatesTrinity Church
Marriage May 1785 Lamberton near Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United Statesto Maj. Isaac Hopewell Budd Dunn
Death[2][4] 4 Mar 1839 Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Burial[4] North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
References
  1. Christensen, Anthony J. A branch of the Piscataway Dunn family: a few members of the Dunn family whose branches spread from Pisctaqua, New Hampshire, to Piscataway, New Jersey, to Southwestern Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Kentucky, and to points West. (Salem, Utah: Mac Anthony Corp., c1998)
    p. 2-18.

    granddaughter of Dr. Richards [questionable]

  2. 2.0 2.1 United States. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files. (Washington D.C.)
    W21022.

    State of Rhode Island, County of Providence, 31 Aug 1838
    Abby Dunn, age 72, resident in Cranston, appeared in Court
    She married Isaac B. Dunn May 1785 at Lmberton near Trenton, NJ, by Rev. Mr. Frazer
    (statement of marriage supported by oath on 26 Apr 1838 by Elizabeth Tweedy, "age 69 and upwards", who has resided with Abby Dunn of Cranston

    Letter 13 April 1850, Providence County, RI, Jesse Howard
    Jesse Howard is executor for Last Will and Testament of Abby Dunn, late of Cranston, of said County, deceased, widow of Isaac Dunn, an officer in the Army of the Revolution as a Captain in the PA line for 2 years and also as Aide de Camp to General St. Clair for over 2 years; and that Abby Dunn received a pension only for his service as a Captain and her estate is owed the additional pension for his service as Aide de Camp, as of the date of her death on 4 Mar 1839.

    Joseph G. Johnson, Clerk of the Court of Probate, Cranston, Providence, RI, 15 Apr 1850
    Abby Dunn, pensioner, widow of Isaac B. Dunn, died 4 March 1839 in Cranston

  3. Rhode Island, United States. Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914. (FamilySearch Record Search).

    Name: Abigail Tweedy
    Gender: Female
    Christening Date: 29 May 1765
    Christening Place: TRINITY CHURCH,NEWPORT,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Abigail Tweedy Dunn, in Find A Grave.

    Abigail Tweedy Dunn
    Birth: 1765
    Death: Mar. 4, 1839
    Burial: North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

    Inscription [from photograph]:
    In Memory of
    Mrs. Abigail Dunn
    Wife of
    Maj. William Dunn [sic]
    a daughter of
    John & Freelove Tweedy
    She died in Cranston
    March 4, 1839
    in the 7[5?]th year of her age