Abigail Minor Miles

• BIRTH 6 Feb 1680 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
• DEATH 19 Aug 1752 (aged 72)
• BURIAL Memento Mori Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 77183539

Biography

Abigail Minor was born on 6 Feb 1680 and was the 9th child of 10 children by Capt. John Minor and Elizabeth Booth Minor. John and Elizabeth were married on 19 Oct. 1658 in Stratford, Conneticut and had 4 boys (John 1659, Thomas 1662, Joseph 1672, and Ephriam 1675) and 6 girls (Hannah 1664, Elizabeth 1667, Grace 1670, Sarah 1678, Abigail 1680, and Joanna 1683). John was town clerk for many years and then the family moved to Woodbury, Ct. where he died on 17 Sept 1719 and Elizabeth died on 24 Oct 1732.

John was a Captain in the Royal Colonial Service during the bloody King Philips War against the Indians 1675 - 76 and received land grants in North New Fairfield and Newtown for his service. Abigail was born in Woodbury after this war. She married John Treadwell in Woodbury on 8 Feb 1699. There were Minor relatives still in Stratford so it is possible that she met John Treadwell of Stratfield during a visit to Stratford. At this time Woodbury was a frontier town in the French-Indian War and she might have been staying in Stratford to avoid Indian attacks. John Treadwell died on 15 Aug 1713.

Abigail married the second time to LT. Richard Miles on 22 Nov 1721. Her sons John 16 and Hezekiah 14, chose Mr. Joseph Booth of Stratfield as guardian at this time, and the court appointed Mr. Thomas Hawley guardian for Ephriam, 11 and Jabez,6. Ephriam chose Joseph Booth for guardian, 27 July 1728 when he was 18 years old. Joseph Booth was probably adescendant of their grandmother, Elizabeth Booth Minor.

Thomas Hawley of Stratfield was an executorof John Treadwell's will in 1716. Adoniram, their first son, obtained 100 acres of land from his father/ Minor estate near New Milford in 1729. On 20 May 1740, Hezechia Treadwell of Statford and Ephriam Treadwell of Farmington were coveyed the right in Newton common land which descended to them from father John of Stratfield, deceased. Reference: 1 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" page615. 2. "Excerpts from New Fairfield Treadwells" by John Henry Treadwell.

Age: 79 years, wife of Lieut. Richard Miles

Genealogy

Parents
John Minor 1635–1719
Elizabeth Booth Minor 1641–1732

Spouses
John Treadwell
Richard Miles 3/21/1672–7/5/1756 (m. 11/22/1721) all events in New Haven, CT

Siblings
Thomas Minor 1662–1722
Hannah Minor 1664 – unknown
Grace Minor Grant 1670–1753
Joseph Minor 1673–1774
Ephraim Minor 1675–1762
Sarah Minor Curtis 1678 – unknown
Joanna Minor Gaylord 1683–1741

Children with John*, Richard**

• Adoniram Treadwell b. 1/14/1699 in Stratford, CT, d.Bet 1782 in Dublin, Bladen County, North Carolina.
• Abigail Treadwell b. 10/7/1702 in Stratford, CT d. 9/7/1759 in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
• John Treadwell Jr. b. 6/7/1705 in Stratford, CT d. 1754 in Onslow County, North Carolina.
• Hezekiah Treadwell b. 11/31707 in Stratford, CT, d. 1761 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
• Ephraim Treadwell b. 7/4/1710 in Stratford, CT d. 1782 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.
• Joseph Treadwell b. 11/23/1712 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
• Jabez Treadwell b. 11/4/1715 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  • Katharine Miles b.3/22/1722/23, d. 4/29/1728.

References

[1] https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sas20&id=I046057
[2] http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dlamarrx&...
[3] https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=:3079380&id=I5896...
[4] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miner-102
[5] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77183539/abigail-miles

Source

[6] HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 467

[7] https://minerdescent.com

[8] http://alum.wpi.edu/~p_miner/Miner1.html#TM21

[9] https://archive.org/stream/historytownston00wheegoog#page/n484/mode...

[10]https://archive.org/stream/historytownston00wheegoog#page/n485/mode...

Additional Information== (add above if missing)

Abigail Miner (John Miner9, Thomas Miner8, Clement Miner7, William Miner6, Thomas Miner5, Lodowick Miner4, William Miner3, Henry Miner2, Henry Miner1) was born 6 FEB 1680/81, and died on an unknown date.

She married

1. John Treadwell.
2. Richard Miles 22 NOV 1721, son of John Miles and Elizabeth Harriman. He was born 21 MAR 1670/71 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, and died 5 JUL 1756 in New Haven, New Haven, CT. He was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT.

Children of Abigail MINER and John TREADWELL are:

• + 2 i. Adoniram TREADWELL was born 14 Jan 1699 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and died Bet 1780 and 1782 in Dublin, Bladen County, North Carolina.
• + 3 ii. Abigail TREADWELL was born 7 Oct 1702 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and died 5 Sep 1759 in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
• + 4 iii. John II TREADWELL was born 7 Jun 1705 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and died 1754 in Onslow County, North Carolina.
• + 5 iv. Hezekiah TREADWELL was born 3 Nov 1707 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and died 1761 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
• + 6 v. Ephraim TREADWELL was born 4 Jul 1710 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and died 1782 in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut.
• 7 vi. Joseph TREADWELL was born 23 Nov 1712 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
• 8 vii. Jabez TREADWELL was born 4 Nov 1715 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

	  Child of Abigail Miner and Richard Miles is:

• 2 i. Katharine Miles was born 22 MAR 1722/23, and died 29 APR 1728.