Abigail Bowdish

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Bowdish was born on 13 April 1760, in Voluntown, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Peter Bowdish Sr, was 30 and her mother, Abigail Mott, was 25. She married Job Burleson on 16 November 1783, in Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 17 September 1840, in Fairfield, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Job Burleson
1762–1827
Abigail Bowdish
1760–1840
Marriage: 16 November 1783
Justice B Fuller
1780–1845
Job Burleson
1784–1791
Ichabod Burleson
1786–1827
Peter Burleson
1788–1877
Charles Burleson
1790–1855
Return Burleson
1792–1849
Alva Burleson Sr.
1794–1871
Sally Burleson
1796–1797
Owen Burleson
1798–1869
Silas Burleson
1800–1859
Caleb Nicholas Burleson
1802–1887
Gardiner C Burleson
1804–1811

Sources (8)

  • Abigail Bowdish, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Abigail M Bowdish, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Abigail Burleson in entry for Peter Burleson, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

Name Meaning

Altered form of English Bowditch .

Possibly also an Americanized form of Baudisch , a Germanized Sorbian surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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