Person:Abigail Byram (6)

This woman was, along with her father, captured by Native Americans on 12 April 1779, and held prisoner for 21 months. While in captivity, she gave birth to a half-Native American boy.

For a general account of these events, see, "Abby Byram and Her Father, The Indian Captives" by John M. McElroy D.D. 1898. Online copy available here:

https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE8796472

Also, a children's book was written about her, the text of which can be found online here:

https://www.cedarville.edu/resource/education/stories/history/original/w98story/byram.htm

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
   Book Title: Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers : including the Alden, Ayers and Byram families.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Find A Grave.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: [database online] (not considered a reliable primary source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004)
   Source number: 799.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: TDM.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.