Esther STANLEY

Esther married Lieut. John NORTH on 21 Feb 1739. John (son of Nathaniel NORTH and Margaret HOLCOMB) was born on 13 May 1711 in Farmington, Connecticut; died on 22 Oct 1785 in Goshen, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"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 aple 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 wit 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, 185."
From "History of the Town of Shoreham, Vt.," by Rev. J.F. Goodhue, 1861.
During the Revolution Abijah North enlisted in 1778 in Capt. Bray's Company, Col. Roger Enos Regiment of Connecticut State Troops, and from Oct. 1, 1778, to 1781-2 in Col. Flower's Regiment, Capt. Parton's Company of Artillery Artificers.

Abijah married Triphenia GRANT on 6 Sep 1764 in Goshen, Vermont. Triphenia was born on 16 Jan 1737 in Goshen, Vermont; died on 17 Mar 1783 in Shoreham, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]