Citing this biography: Boyd, Michelle, "Thomas Sluman and
Sarah Bliss," article, Olive and Eliza, last accessed [current date]."
Thomas Sluman was recorded in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
as early as 1663. He married Sarah Bliss in December 1668 in
Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Sarah was born August 1647 to Thomas
Bliss and Elizabeth -- (26 Aug 1647 in Saybrook, Middlesex,
Connecticut, according to Granberry Family; Barbour records a Sarah
Bliss, born 26 Aug 1656 in Saybrook, where she was most likely born, but
she would have been too young to have married in 1668).
Thomas was a constable in 1680. He died in 1683, according to Mary
Elizabeth Perkins. His estate was mentioned on 31 Mar 1698 and 14 Jun
1698, when Solomon Tracy acted as the administrator.
Sarah married second Solomon Tracy (born about 1651, a
physician, married first Sarah Huntington 23 November 1676 in
Norwich, New London, Connecticut) 8 April 1686 in Norwich, New London,
Connecticut. Solomon died 9 July 1732 in Norwich, New London,
Connecticut. Sarah died 29 August 1730 in Norwich, New London,
Connecticut.
Thomas and Sarah’s children are:
1
Sarah
Sluman, born 13 Mar 1669 in Norwich, New London,
Connecticut, married Hugh Calkins in May 1689 in Norwich,
New London, Connecticut, died 5 Apr 1703 in Norwich, New London,
Connecticut.
Husband: Hugh Calkins, b. Jun 1659 to John and
Sarah (Royce) Calkins, m. 2) Lois Standish 29 Nov
1706 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, d. 15 Sep 1722 in
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, a sergeant.
2
Mary
Sluman, born 13 Feb 1671 in Norwich, New London,
Connecticut.
3
Thomas Sluman, born 19
Dec 1674 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, married Sarah
Pratt 31 Jan 1702/3 (see Granberry Family for information
both about Sarah and the marriage), died in 1742 in Norwich,
Lebanon, Connecticut (see Granberry Family), buried in the Plains
Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut (see Granberry
Family), administration of his estate was granted to Joseph Sluman
18 Nov 1742 and then to Abner French 18 Sep 1744 (see Granberry
Family).
Wife: Sarah Pratt, b. abt. 1676 in Saybrook,
Middlesex, Connecticut to Joseph and Margaret (Parker) Pratt,
d. abt. 1741 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
4
Elizabeth Sluman, born
23 Jul 1677 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, married Samuel
Abell 3 Nov 1696 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died 3
Nov 1741 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
Husband: Samuel Abell, b. Oct 1672 in Norwich, New
London, Connecticut to Caleb
and Margaret (Post) Abell, brother of Caleb and John
Abell below, will dated 23 Dec 1757 and probated 16 Dec 1761, d.
26 Nov 1761 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, bur. Old
Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
5
Abigail Sluman, born
14 Mar 1679/80 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, married Caleb
Abell 20 Feb 1704 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, died
11 Nov 1748, buried in the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London,
Connecticut, her gravestone inscription calls her "a prudent and
virtuous woman" (see Horace Abell).
Husband: Caleb Abell, b. Apr 1677 in Norwich, New
London, Connecticut to Caleb
and Margaret (Post) Abell, brother of Samuel Abell
above and John Abell below, a constable and mason.
6
Rebekah
Sluman, born 3 Oct 1682 in Norwich, New London,
Connecticut, married John Abell 2 Jun 1703 in Lebanon, New
London, Connecticut, died 28 May 1758 in Lebanon, New London,
Connecticut, buried at Exeter Cemetery, Lebanon, New London,
Connecticut.
Husband: John Abell, b. Dec 1678 in Norwich, New
London, Connecticut to Caleb and Margaret (Post) Abell,
brother of Samuel and Caleb Abell above.
Solomon and Sarah’s child is:
7
Solomon
Tracy, born 22 Sep 1688 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut,
married Sarah -- , removed to Canterbury, Windham,
Connecticut, died 4 or 17 Jun 1751 in Canterbury, Windham,
Connecticut, buried in the Cleaveland Cemetery, Canterbury,
Windham, Connecticut.
Wife: Sarah --, seen as Solomon Tracy's wife in the
records of their children (see below) in the Canterbury Vital
Records (see White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection
of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD,
USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.)
Children:Sarah Tracy (b. 6 Jul 1709), Mary
Tracy (b. 10 Jan 1710/11), Solomon Tracy (b. 11 Mar
1713), Lucy Tracy (b. 23 May 1716), Anne Tracy (b.
1 May 1719), Myriam Tracy (b. 12 Oct 1723/4), Phinehas
Tracy (b. Nov 1721), and Abigail Tracy (b. 14 Aug
1726).
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Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of Connecticut,
1913.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour
Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55.
Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870
(Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine
Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.
Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1994-2002.
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Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
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Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
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[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934."
Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries
derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers
of New England, Boston, 1862, retrieved from
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, Nov 2012.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery
Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:
The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut
Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State
Library.
Caulkins, Francis Manwaring, History of Norwich, Connecticut,
H.P. Haven, 1874.
Perkins, Mary Elizabeth, Old Houses of the Antient Town of
Norwich, 1660-1800, Norwich, CT: Press of the Bulletin Co.,
1895, pgs. 193-194.
Tombstone of Rebeckah (Sluman) Abell, Exeter Cemetery, Lebanon,
New London, Connecticut.
Tombstone of Caleb Abell, Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London,
Connecticut.
Tombstone of Samuel Abell, Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New
London, Connecticut.
Tombstone of Solomon Tracy, Cleaveland Cemetery, Canterbury,
Windham, Connecticut
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#5024 Norwich, New London, CT, Deed Books 2A & 2B 1660-1717,
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and Probate Courts.
Records related to Thomas and Sarah (Bliss) Sluman but not copied
below due to copyright considerations:
Jacobus, Donald Lines, The Granberry family and allied
families: including the ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry,
Hartford, Conn.: E.F. Waterman, 1945.
Abell, Horace A.. The Abell family in America : Robert Abell
of Rehoboth, Mass., his English ancestry and his descendants,
other Abell families and immigrants, Abell families in England.
Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Pub. Co., 1940, pgs. 65, 75.
Source Materials
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A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
Vol. 1
ABELL
CALEB, Dedham, 1665, may have been s. of the preced. rem. 1668, to
Norwich, there m. July 1669 Margaret, prob. d. of John Post of
Saybrook, had a d. b. 1671, d. soon, Samuel, Oct. 1672; Experience,
Dec. 1674; Caleb, Apr. 1677; John, [[vol. 1, p. 7]] Dec. 1678;
Theophilus, Nov. 1680; Joanna, Nov. 1683; Abigail, Mar. 1689; and
Hannah, Oct. 1692. His w. d. Nov. 1700, and he m. 1701, Mary, wid. of
Stephen Loomer of New London, wh. surv. him. He d. 17 Aug. 1731.
Vol. 4
SLOMAN, SLUMAN, or SLOWMAN
THOMAS, Norwich 1663, m. Dec. 1668, Sarah, d. of Thomas Bliss of the
same, had Sarah, b. 13 Mar. 1670; Mary, 13 Feb. 1672; Thomas, 19 Dec.
1674; Elizabeth 23 July 1677; Abigail, 14 Mar. 1680; and Rebecca, 3
Oct. 1682; was constable 1680.
Source: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First
Settlers of New England, Boston, 1862, retrieved from
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, Nov 2012.
History of Norwich, Connecticut
Page 167-8:
Thomas Bliss, Senior and Junior, had house-lots and divisions of land
in Hartford, as early as 1640. The senior died in Hartford, leaving
nine children, and his widow, Margaret, apparently a woman of
resolute, independent character, removed with the younger part of the
family to Springfield. Thomas Bliss, Junior, is afterwards found at
Saybrook, where his marriage and the births of six -children are
recorded. The list is repeated with some variation of date and the
addition of two more children, at Norwich. The wife's family name is
not given in either place. "Thomas and Elizabeth Bliss were married
the latter end of October, 1644."
The allotments of Thomas Bliss in Saybrook were eastward of the river
in what is now Lyme. His house-lot of thirty acres lay between John
Ompsted (Olmstead) on the north, and John Lay south. He sold it, July
23, 1662, to John Comstock. His home-lot in Norwich was also near to
that of John Olmstead, extending originally, at the north-west, to the
pent highway. That part where the house stands, has never been
alienated. Seven generations have dwelt on the same spot, and the
house is supposed not to have been entirely rebuilt since it was
erected by the first proprietor.
Thomas Bliss died April 15, 1688. His will, executed two days before
his death, was proved at New London, before Edward Palmes, June 13,
and allowed by Sir Edmund Andress at Boston; this being the period
when that delegated despot arrogated to himself supreme authority over
the courts of New England. The will recognizes wife Elizabeth, son
Samuel, and six daughters. His oldest son, Thomas, had died without
issue, Jan. 29, 1681. Elizabeth, the relict, died Feb. 28, 1699-1700.
Samuel Bliss married, Dec. 8, 1681, Anna, daughter of John Elderkin.
Five of the daughters married as follows:
Elizabeth married Edward Smith of New London, June 7, 1663.
Sarah m. 1st, Thomas Sluman, Dec, 1668; 2d, Solomon Tracy.
Mary m. David Calkins of New London.
Deliverance (recorded also Deliver and Dolinda) m. Daniel Perkins of
Norwich.
Anne, one of the first-lborn daughters of Norwich, m. Josiah Rockwell,
1688.
Rebecca, the youngest daughter, born in 1663, has not been traced.
In the inventory of Thomas Bliss, his estate is estimated at
£182.17.7. He had land, besides his home-lot, over the river, — on the
Little Plain, — at the Great Plain, — at the Falls, — in Yantic
meadow, — in meadow at Beaver Brook, — in pasture east of the town,—
and on Westward hill.
This illustrates the prudential course of the early rulers of the
plantation in regard to the common lands. They were divided in small
quantities at short intervals, corresponding to the growth and
necessities of the town and the ability of the owners to clear them up
and place them under
cultivation.
Page 172: [John and Sarah (Royce) Calkins] had also three sons, older
than the daughters :
1. Hugh, born in June, 1659, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Sluman
and step-daughter of Solomon Tracy. She died in 1703, and he married,
second, Lois Standish, probably daughter of Capt. Josiah Standish of
Preston.
He had five children, and left them at his death what was then
considered a large estate. After providing for the widow, the oldest
son had a
double portion, and the others inherited equal shares of £203 10s.*
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* The inventory of his effects, taken a few days after his death,
mentions the articles of honey, beeswax, butter, cider, and metheglin,
which shows the variety of domestic produce of that day. Metheglin was
a favorite beverage of the old inhabitants.
Page 203:
Solomon Tracy was a physician, and the second in Norwich of whom we
find any notice, — John Olmstead being the first. He was united in
marriage, Nov. 23, 1676, to Sarah, daughter of Simon Huntington. She
died in 1683, and he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Bliss and
relict of Thomas Sluman.
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Solomon Tracy, second and youngest son of Solomon, removed to
Canterbury.
Page 240:
Sluman. Thomas Sluman married, Dec., 1668, Sarah, daughter of Thomas
Bliss; constable in 1680; died 1683, leaving a son Thomas and five
daughters. His relict married Solomon Tracy. Thomas Sluman, 2d, was on
the roll of 1702.
Source: Caulkins, Francis Manwaring, History of Norwich,
Connecticut, H.P. Haven, 1874.
Old Houses of the Antient [sic] Town of Norwich
On the opposite side of the street leading up Long Hill, was the
home-lot of Thomas Sluman, which was registered as "home lot and
pasture of twelve acres more or less, abutting west, east, north, and
south on highway." As the bounds of the home-lot and pasture are never
clearly defined, and the greater part of the land is used as pasture
land for many years, we will not attempt to mark the limits of this
home lot, but only locate the houses, which are later erected, on that
part of the land nearest the main highways. The date of the home lot
is 1663. In 1668, Thomas Sluman,* of whose antecedents we know
nothing, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Bliss. Six children are
born to them, and the father died in 1683. In the same year, died Mrs.
Solomon Tracy, and in 1686, Dr. Solomon Tracy, who was the
administrator of the Sluman estate, married the widow Sluman. In 1688,
he sold nine acres with the house, bounded south on the highway 45
rods, abutting west on his own land 37 rods, abutting north on a
highway and commons 49 rods, abutting east on his own land 32 rods to
Christopher Huntington, who in the same year presents it to his son,
Thomas, who has married in 1686-7, Elizabeth, daughter of Lt. William
Backus. About 1692, Thomas Huntington removes to the then "nameless
town of Windham," where he becomes a prominent citizen, and his
descendants reside to this day. Two of his children were born in
Norwich, Thomas and Jedidiah. In 1696-7, he sells his house and home
lot to Thomas Leffingvvell, who sells it in three portions : the west
part (frontage 9 rods, 6 4 feet), and the east (frontage 8 4 rods), to
Daniel Tracy, and the middle of the lot (frontage 27 4 rods), to
Christopher Huntington. In these sales no house is mentioned, so
possibly it has disappeared. Daniel Tracy sells ere long his lots to
Solomon, and the Solomon Tracy and Huntington families retain the
property for many years.
Source: Perkins, Mary Elizabeth, Old Houses of the Antient Town of
Norwich, 1660-1800, Norwich, CT: Press of the Bulletin Co.,
1895, pgs. 193-194.
Vital Records of Norwich
The names & ages of children of Thomas Bliss are as ffolloweth
Elisabeth Blis was borne in November Anno Dom 1645
Sarah Bliss was borne in Aguft Anno 1647
Mary Bliss was borne in ffebruary Ann: 1649
Thomas Bliss was borne in March An 1651
Deliuer Bliss was borne in Agust An 1655
Samuell Bliss was borne in Desemb Ano 1657
Anne Bliss was borne in Septem Ano 1660
Rebeckah Bliss was borne in March An 1663
The maryage of Thomas Sluman with Sarah bliss was in Defember Anno Dom
1668
Sarah Sluman was borne in March Ano 13 1669
Mary Sluman was borne in ffebry 13th Anno 1671
Thomas Sluman was borne the 19th of Desr 1674
Elisabeth was borne the 23 July Anno 1677
Abigaell Sluman was borne the 14th of March 1679/80
Rebeckah was borne the 3d of Octo An 1682
[33] The marriage of Solloman Tracey with Sarah Huntington was upon
the 23d of November Anno Dom 1676
Lidyah Tracey was borne the 11th of October Anno Dorn 1677
Simon Tracey was borne the 8th of January Ano 1679
Sarah Tracey the wife of Sollomon aboue wrighten Departed this life in
the 31st of aguft Anno Dom 1683
Solomon Tracy married unto farah Sloman Relict unto Tho sloman Aprill
the 8th Anno 1686
Solomon Tracy the son of Solomon Tracy: and his wife Sarah Relict to
Thomas Sloman was Born Septembr the 22d anno 1688:
Mr Solomon Tracy Died the Ninth Day of July 1732:
Mrs Sarah Tracy, ye wife of mr Solomon Tracy Died the twenty ninth Day
of august in ye year 1730:
Samuell Tracy Deceafed Janur 11th 1693
[46] Hugh Calkins marrid unto Sarah Slonman may Anno 1689
Hugh Calkins borne January 29: 1690
Ann Calkin was Born octor 10th 1692
Elizabeth Calkin was Born march 10th Anno: 1694/5
Joshua Calkin was Born March the 2d Anno 1698/9
Stephen Calkin was Born Septemr 5th Anno 1700
Daniell Calkin was born in September the 5th Anno: 1702
Sarah Calkin the wife of Hugh Calkin Decead Aprill 5th: 1703
Hugh Calkin and Loes Standish Standis ware Married November the 29th
anno 1706
Elifabeth Calkin Deceafed ye 11th of Septr 1714
Hugh Calkin Deceafed ye 15th of Septembr 1722:
The marriage of Caleb Abell with Margaret post was in July Anno Domini
1669
The first child of the abouesd persons was a Daughter & borne in
March Ano: 1671 & Deceased the same month & yeare 1671
Samuell Abell was borne in Octob Anno: 1672
Experyence Abell was borne Desem Anno 1674
Caleb Abell was borne in Aprill Anno: 1677
John Abell was borne in Desem Anno: 1678
Theophelos Abell in Novem Anno: 1680
Johannah Abell was borne Novemr Ano: 1683
Abigail Abell was born march 16th Anno 1689
Hannah Abell was born octobr 12th Anno 1692
Margret the wife of Caleb Abell Deceased Novembr 1700
Mr Caleb Abell of Norwich Died the 7th: day of Augt 1731
Caleb Abell and Mary Loomer ware Married June anno: 1701
Noah Abell the son of Caleb and Mary was born December: the 25th 1706
Samuell Abell and Elizabeth Sluman ware married Nouembr the 3d Anno
1696
Elizabeth Abell was born ffebr 11th Anno 1697/8
Margaret Abell was Born ffebruar 27th anno 1700
Samuell Abell was born October 9th anno 1702
Joshua Abell was born Novembr: 23: 1706
Sarah Abell was born, octor 13th 1711
Mrs Elizabeth Abell ye wife of mr Samuell Abell Died on ye 3d: Day of
Nover 1741:
Mr Samuel Abell Died Novemr 26th 1761
Source: Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848. (Online
database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical
Society, 2007.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich,
1659-1848. Hartford, Society of colonial wars in the state of
Connecticut, 1913.
[Note: Some letters transcribed in the above record as F probably
should have been transcribed as S (letters S's at the time often
appearing a long F-like letters). So, for example, "poft" is actually
"post," "Defember" is actually "Desember" or December, and "Jerufha"
is actually "Jerusha." MB]
Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Sarah Bliss
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1656
Birth Place: Saybrook
Parent: Thomas
Parent: Elizabeth
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870
(Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55.
Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Caleb Abell
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1704
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Abigaiel Sleuman
Name: John Abell
Marriage Date: 2 Jun 1703
Marriage Place: Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Rebecca Slewman
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870
(Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55.
Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Name: Solomon Tracy
Death Date: 17 Jun 1751
Death Place: Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870
(Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The
Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55.
Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index
Name: Samuel Abell
Birth Date: abt 1676
Age at Death: 85
Death Date: 20 Nov 1761
Death Place: Norwich, Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3076
Name: Rebekah Abel
Birth Date: abt 1681
Age at Death: 77
Death Date: 28 May 1758
Death Place: Lebanon, Connecticut
Gender: Female
FHL Film Number: 3076
Name: Solomon Tracy
Birth Date: abt 1651
Age at Death: 81
Death Date: 9 May 1732
Death Place: Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3357
Name: Solomon Tracy
Birth Date: abt 1687
Age at Death: 64
Death Date: 4 Jun 1751
Death Place: Caterbury, Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3215
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,
2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934."
Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries
derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices
Name: Rebekah Abel
Birth Date: abt 1681
Death Date: 28 May 1758
Age at Death: 77
Cemetery: Exeter Cemetery
Burial Place: Connecticut
Name: Abigail Abel
Birth Date: abt 1679
Death Date: 11 Nov 1748
Age at Death: 69
Cemetery: Old Cemetery
Burial Place: Connecticut
Note (from MB): "(Old Cemetery Records, Town of Lebanon) Abel,
Abigail, wife of Caleb, died Nov. 11, 1748, age 69 yrs."
Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery
Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:
The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut
Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State
Library.
Samuel Abell's probate record:
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New London County CTGenWeb: Deeds
2a:63 There being fifty acres of Land more or less by Record appears
belonging to the estate of Thomas Sluman deceased and is lying att
Shoutuckitt adjoining to the land of Samuell Bliss, I having already
payd unto Samuell Abell his Wife’s portion of the sd estate in money,
as also there being yet eight pounds and ten shillings due to me of
the estate to make up my Wife’s Dowry … Solomon Tracy of Norwich for
16L … payd by Samuell Bliss of Norwich … 50A … 31 Mar 1698. Signed:
Solomon Tracy. Wit: Christopher Huntington, Israell Lothrup.
4:744 Solomon Tracy of Norwich ... being administrator to ye
Estate of Thomas Sluman of the same town Deceased and by ye advise of
the overseers having sold ye house of ye aforesaid Thomas Sluman with
ye home lott and their with having purchased 100A of Land for ye heirs
... Solomon Tracy Admr. to ye Estate fore mentioned do pass over unto
Thomas Sluman Son & Heir to Thomas Sluman Deceast that 100A of
Land which I purchased of Christopher Huntington Lying in Preston ...
I pass over my whole right in yt 100A of Land ... 14 Jun 1698.
Signed: Solomon Tracy. Wit: Joseph Edgerton, Mary
Tracy. Ack: 12 Jul 1698 before John Tracy Justice of ye
peace. Ent: 29 Nov 1731.
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Exeter Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Rebeckah Abell
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Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Caleb
Abell
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Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Samuel Abell
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