Abijah NORTH

1743 - 1785  (41 years)

• Birth	19 Oct 1743	Farmington, Hartford, CT   [1]
  Note	Abijah North came to Shoreham from Farmington, Conn., in 1774; went on to fifty acres of land given him by one of the proprietors; cleared a piece of land that summer; planted apple seeds for an orchard; built a log house and returned to Connecticut in the fall of that year. The war having broken out that year, he did not come on with his family as expected, but remained till after the peace, when he returned with his wife and six children to his former residence. He lived on that place for two years, and then went to Bridport, where he died May 3 1875. From "History of the Town of Shoreham, Vt.," by Rev. J. F. Goodhue, 1861.
  Death	3 May 1785	Bridport, Addison, VT   [1]

  
  

  Father	Lieut. Lieut. John NORTH,   b. 13 Mar 1711, Farmington, Hartford, CT d. 22 Oct 1785 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Esther STANLEY
  Family ID	F3180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Triphenia GRANT,   b. 16 Jan 1737, Goshen, Addison, VT d. 17 Mar 1783, Shoreham, Addison, VT (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1764	Goshen, Addison, VT   [1]
  Children	1. Selinda NORTH,   b. 28 Jun 1765   2. Asintha NORTH,   b. 30 Apr 1768   d. 19 Jun 1823, Champlain, Clinton, NY (Age 55 years)   3. Abijah NORTH,   b. 26 Feb 1772   d. 9 Apr 1853 (Age 81 years)   4. Nathaniel NORTH,   b. 1774   d. 23 Jul 1837 (Age 63 years)   5. Captain Captain Lemuel NORTH,   b. 21 Mar 1779, Farmington, Hartford, CT d. 15 Sep 1847, Chazy, Clinton, NY (Age 68 years)   6. Elizabeth NORTH,   b. 27 Oct 1781   d. 5 Mar 1861, Champlain, Clinton, NY (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F3175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Oct 1743 - Farmington, Hartford, CT Marriage - 6 Sep 1764 - Goshen, Addison, VT Death - 3 May 1785 - Bridport, Addison, VT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S337] North, Dexter, John North, (Washington DC, 1921), 337.