Abraham Whittemore (1736 - abt. 1792)

Born 10 Feb 1736 in Winnissemmet, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Floyd) Whittemore — married 18 Dec 1760 in Chelsea, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about Feb 1792 at about age 55 in Bowdoinham, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

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Abraham Whittermore (1746-?)

Private Abraham Whittemore served with 1st Regiment, Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Abraham Whittemore is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A125425.

Abraham was born 10 February 1735, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of Benjamin Whittemore (abt.1701-abt.1769) and Sarah (Kendall) Whittemore (1698-). ^[1] He was christened on 7 March 1735, in Chelsea, Massachusetts.^[2]

Abraham married Hannah Floyd on 18 December 1760, in Chelsea, Massachusetts.^[3][4]

• 1761, Oct. 7, Abraham to Abraham and Hannah.^[5]
• 1763, Nov. 9, Hannah to Abram and Hannah.^[6]
• 1766, Aug't 20, Jacob to Abraham and Hannah.^[7]

Abraham served as a private in Captain Benjamin Lemont co., Major William Lithgow's detachment. Abraham enlisted on 15 September 1779, and was discharged 1 November 1779, at Penobscot Expedition.^[8][9]

In 1790, Abraham is living in Bowdoinham, Lincoln, Maine, United States ^[10] His household consists of 2 males and 1 female.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTX-NRN2 : 10 November 2020), Abraham Whittemore, 10 Feb 1735; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8G-LZG : 15 January 2020), Abraham Whittemore, 1735.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZR-YMCH : 22 July 2021), Abraham Whittemore and Hannah Floyd, 18 Dec 1760; citing Marriage, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009305.
4. ↑ Whittemore, B. B. (Bernard Bemis), 1817-1893; A Genealogy of four branches of the Whittemore family : including the original Whittemore family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and a brief lineage of other branches; Pub: 1880; Page 40 https://digital.americanancestors.org/digital/collection/p15869coll27/id/23311
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1H-SQ3 : 10 February 2018), Abraham Whitemore in entry for Abram. Whitemore, 07 Oct 1761; citing Birth, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 482,889.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1H-SQW : 10 February 2018), Abraham Whitemore in entry for Hannah Whitemore, 09 Nov 1763; citing Birth, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 482,889.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1H-SQC : 10 February 2018), Abraham Whitemore in entry for Jacob Whitemore, 20 Aug 1766; citing Birth, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 482,889.
8. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-PGM8 : 1 March 2021), Abraham Whittemore, 15 Sep 1779; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711096.
9. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 Oct 2021), "Record of Abraham Whitmore", Ancestor # A125425.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-3WQ : accessed 6 October 2021), Abraham Whitmore, Bowdoinham, Lincoln, Maine, United States; citing p. 266, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.

• Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass., 1916); p. 328, p. 427, p. 326

• Bradford Adams Whittemore, Edgar Whittemore ([1]: accessed 02/12/2016) The Whittemore Family in America. The New England Historical AND Genealogical REGISTER, VOL. CVI January 1952 - VOL. CVIII October 1954; VOL CVII p 101, VOL CVIII, p. 92

• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs: Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Clearfield Co. (1908); Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD (1995, 2000, 2008), 2201 pages ); vol 1, p. 1702

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 December 2018, 17:06), entry for Abraham Whittemore(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KNDF-NSH); contributed by various users.