Abel Densmore

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1. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), Marriages: "DENSMORE, Abraham [of Hollis. int.], and Lydea Johnson, Aug. 13, 1752.*" (transcription at ldsgenealogy.com Andover marriages part 8; same entry in published Andover VR). Gives Lydia's maiden surname Johnson and places the couple in the Hollis/Temple NH orbit before Abel's 1770 Temple birth. Matches Temple history naming Abraham's wife Lydia (d. 1774 Temple).

   Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), Marriages: "DENSMORE, Abraham [of Hollis. int.], and Lydea Johnson, Aug. 13, 1752.*" (transcription at ldsgenealogy.com Andover marriages part 8; same entry in published Andover VR). Gives Lydia's maiden surname Johnson and places the couple in the Hollis/Temple NH orbit before Abel's 1770 Temple birth. Matches Temple history naming Abraham's wife Lydia (d. 1774 Temple).

2. WikiTree Densmore-490, Joel Densmore (02 Dec 1788 Chelsea, Orange, VT - 03 Jan 1870 Corinth, VT), son of Abel Densmore (Densmore-781) and Rachel (Fisk) Densmore (Fisk-2360). Bio, citing Vermont Vital Records through 1870 (NEHGS; Ancestry 4661 image 41268_312290-00705): "Abel Denesmore and Rachael gave birth to Joel Densmore on 2 December 1788 in Chelsea, Vermont." Same profile: m. 14 May 1812 Chelsea Sally Bixby (VT Vital Records FamilySearch XFNN-Z61; town record by Micaiah Coburn); daughter Fanny b. Dec 1816 (Fanny Rice death 1863 names father Joel Dinsmore); d. 3 Jan 1870 Corinth, buried West Hill Cemetery Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873742); 1820 and 1830 censuses: "Their house seemed to be next door or in close proximity to his father's residence." Matches joel-densmore-bsb: exact birth 1788-12-02 and death 1870-01-03, wife Sally Bixby m. 1812-05-14 Chelsea, daughter Fanny (m. James Rice) - all per Bixby Genealogy (1914) pp. 635-636. Mother: WikiTree Fisk-2360, Rachel (Fisk) Densmore: born 11 Mar 1772 Groton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 7 Dec 1849 (aged 77y 8m 27d) Chelsea, Orange Co., VT; buried West Hill Cemetery, Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873735); "Wife of Abel Densmore - married 20 Aug 1789 in Groton" (also given as 29 Sept 1789); "Mother of Joel Densmore, Eli Densmore, Christenia S. Densmore, David Densmore, Lucy (Densmore) Spiller and Horace Densmore." Sister Christenia b. 17 Sep 1793 Chelsea "to Abel Densmore and Rachel Fisk" (FamilySearch VT Births F82J-H6J; death 1820 entry XFJ3-RH3 names father Abel). Matches: Joel's birth re

   WikiTree Densmore-490, Joel Densmore (02 Dec 1788 Chelsea, Orange, VT - 03 Jan 1870 Corinth, VT), son of Abel Densmore (Densmore-781) and Rachel (Fisk) Densmore (Fisk-2360). Bio, citing Vermont Vital Records through 1870 (NEHGS; Ancestry 4661 image 41268_312290-00705): "Abel Denesmore and Rachael gave birth to Joel Densmore on 2 December 1788 in Chelsea, Vermont." Same profile: m. 14 May 1812 Chelsea Sally Bixby (VT Vital Records FamilySearch XFNN-Z61; town record by Micaiah Coburn); daughter Fanny b. Dec 1816 (Fanny Rice death 1863 names father Joel Dinsmore); d. 3 Jan 1870 Corinth, buried West Hill Cemetery Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873742); 1820 and 1830 censuses: "Their house seemed to be next door or in close proximity to his father's residence." Matches joel-densmore-bsb: exact birth 1788-12-02 and death 1870-01-03, wife Sally Bixby m. 1812-05-14 Chelsea, daughter Fanny (m. James Rice) - all per Bixby Genealogy (1914) pp. 635-636.

3. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Town Records births section (IA stream historyoftemplen00bloo_0; page image ~257): "Abraham and Lydia Dinsmore. Ch. : I. John, b. Nov. 23, 1765. II. Amos, b. Feb. 29, 1768. III. Abel, b. June 14, 1770. IV. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1772." Same volume death register: "Mrs. Lydia Dinsmore, the wife of Abraham Dinsmore, Died eptambar ye 13th ADomini, 1774." Matches abel-densmore-bsb: exact birth date 1770-06-14 and birthplace Temple, Hillsborough Co., NH (already on graph from Find a Grave 106873739 / prior lock). Explicit son-of Abraham x Lydia.

4. WikiTree Fisk-2360, Rachel (Fisk) Densmore: born 11 Mar 1772 Groton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 7 Dec 1849 (aged 77y 8m 27d) Chelsea, Orange Co., VT; buried West Hill Cemetery, Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873735); "Wife of Abel Densmore - married 20 Aug 1789 in Groton" (also given as 29 Sept 1789); "Mother of Joel Densmore, Eli Densmore, Christenia S. Densmore, David Densmore, Lucy (Densmore) Spiller and Horace Densmore." Sister Christenia b. 17 Sep 1793 Chelsea "to Abel Densmore and Rachel Fisk" (FamilySearch VT Births F82J-H6J; death 1820 entry XFJ3-RH3 names father Abel). Matches: Joel's birth record names parents "Abel Denesmore and Rachael"; same Chelsea West Hill Cemetery family. Conflict noted: Joel's recorded 1788 birth precedes the 1789 Groton marriage (and 1860 census gives his birthplace as Massachusetts).

   WikiTree Fisk-2360, Rachel (Fisk) Densmore: born 11 Mar 1772 Groton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 7 Dec 1849 (aged 77y 8m 27d) Chelsea, Orange Co., VT; buried West Hill Cemetery, Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873735); "Wife of Abel Densmore - married 20 Aug 1789 in Groton" (also given as 29 Sept 1789); "Mother of Joel Densmore, Eli Densmore, Christenia S. Densmore, David Densmore, Lucy (Densmore) Spiller and Horace Densmore." Sister Christenia b. 17 Sep 1793 Chelsea "to Abel Densmore and Rachel Fisk" (FamilySearch VT Births F82J-H6J; death 1820 entry XFJ3-RH3 names father Abel). Matches: Joel's birth record names parents "Abel Denesmore and Rachael"; same Chelsea West Hill Cemetery family. Conflict noted: Joel's recorded 1788 birth precedes the 1789 Groton marriage (and 1860 census gives his birthplace as Massachusetts).

5. WikiTree Densmore-490, Joel Densmore (02 Dec 1788 Chelsea, Orange, VT - 03 Jan 1870 Corinth, VT), son of Abel Densmore (Densmore-781) and Rachel (Fisk) Densmore (Fisk-2360). Bio, citing Vermont Vital Records through 1870 (NEHGS; Ancestry 4661 image 41268_312290-00705): "Abel Denesmore and Rachael gave birth to Joel Densmore on 2 December 1788 in Chelsea, Vermont." Same profile: m. 14 May 1812 Chelsea Sally Bixby (VT Vital Records FamilySearch XFNN-Z61; town record by Micaiah Coburn); daughter Fanny b. Dec 1816 (Fanny Rice death 1863 names father Joel Dinsmore); d. 3 Jan 1870 Corinth, buried West Hill Cemetery Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873742); 1820 and 1830 censuses: "Their house seemed to be next door or in close proximity to his father's residence." Matches joel-densmore-bsb: exact birth 1788-12-02 and death 1870-01-03, wife Sally Bixby m. 1812-05-14 Chelsea, daughter Fanny (m. James Rice) - all per Bixby Genealogy (1914) pp. 635-636. Mother: WikiTree Fisk-2360, Rachel (Fisk) Densmore: born 11 Mar 1772 Groton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 7 Dec 1849 (aged 77y 8m 27d) Chelsea, Orange Co., VT; buried West Hill Cemetery, Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873735); "Wife of Abel Densmore - married 20 Aug 1789 in Groton" (also given as 29 Sept 1789); "Mother of Joel Densmore, Eli Densmore, Christenia S. Densmore, David Densmore, Lucy (Densmore) Spiller and Horace Densmore." Sister Christenia b. 17 Sep 1793 Chelsea "to Abel Densmore and Rachel Fisk" (FamilySearch VT Births F82J-H6J; death 1820 entry XFJ3-RH3 names father Abel). Matches: Joel's birth re

   WikiTree Densmore-490, Joel Densmore (02 Dec 1788 Chelsea, Orange, VT - 03 Jan 1870 Corinth, VT), son of Abel Densmore (Densmore-781) and Rachel (Fisk) Densmore (Fisk-2360). Bio, citing Vermont Vital Records through 1870 (NEHGS; Ancestry 4661 image 41268_312290-00705): "Abel Denesmore and Rachael gave birth to Joel Densmore on 2 December 1788 in Chelsea, Vermont." Same profile: m. 14 May 1812 Chelsea Sally Bixby (VT Vital Records FamilySearch XFNN-Z61; town record by Micaiah Coburn); daughter Fanny b. Dec 1816 (Fanny Rice death 1863 names father Joel Dinsmore); d. 3 Jan 1870 Corinth, buried West Hill Cemetery Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873742); 1820 and 1830 censuses: "Their house seemed to be next door or in close proximity to his father's residence." Matches joel-densmore-bsb: exact birth 1788-12-02 and death 1870-01-03, wife Sally Bixby m. 1812-05-14 Chelsea, daughter Fanny (m. James Rice) - all per Bixby Genealogy (1914) pp. 635-636. Mother: WikiTree Fisk-2360, Rachel (Fisk) Densmore: born 11 Mar 1772 Groton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 7 Dec 1849 (aged 77y 8m 27d) Chelsea, Orange Co., VT; buried West Hill Cemetery, Chelsea (Find a Grave 106873735); "Wife of Abel Densmore - married 20 Aug 1789 in Groton" (also given as 29 Sept 1789); "Mother of Joel Densmore, Eli Densmore, Christenia S. Densmore, David Densmore, Lucy (Densmore) Spiller and Horace Densmore." Sister Christenia b. 17 Sep 1793 Chelsea "to Abel Densmore and Rachel Fisk" (FamilySearch VT Births F82J-H6J; death 1820 entry XFJ3-RH3 names father Abel). Matches: Joel's birth re

6. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Town Records births section (IA stream historyoftemplen00bloo_0; page image ~257): "Abraham and Lydia Dinsmore. Ch. : I. John, b. Nov. 23, 1765. II. Amos, b. Feb. 29, 1768. III. Abel, b. June 14, 1770. IV. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1772." Same volume death register: "Mrs. Lydia Dinsmore, the wife of Abraham Dinsmore, Died eptambar ye 13th ADomini, 1774." Matches abel-densmore-bsb: exact birth date 1770-06-14 and birthplace Temple, Hillsborough Co., NH (already on graph from Find a Grave 106873739 / prior lock). Explicit son-of Abraham x Lydia.

7. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), Marriages: "DENSMORE, Abraham [of Hollis. int.], and Lydea Johnson, Aug. 13, 1752.*" (transcription at ldsgenealogy.com Andover marriages part 8; same entry in published Andover VR). Gives Lydia's maiden surname Johnson and places the couple in the Hollis/Temple NH orbit before Abel's 1770 Temple birth. Matches Temple history naming Abraham's wife Lydia (d. 1774 Temple).

   Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), Marriages: "DENSMORE, Abraham [of Hollis. int.], and Lydea Johnson, Aug. 13, 1752.*" (transcription at ldsgenealogy.com Andover marriages part 8; same entry in published Andover VR). Gives Lydia's maiden surname Johnson and places the couple in the Hollis/Temple NH orbit before Abel's 1770 Temple birth. Matches Temple history naming Abraham's wife Lydia (d. 1774 Temple).