When Abigail Newland was born on 22 February 1758, in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Joseph L Newland, was 36 and her mother, Abigail Babbitt, was 33. She married Lemuel Powers on 16 April 1777. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 21 February 1838, in Irving, Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States.