Abijah Wyman

1745 - 1804  (59 years)

• Name	Abijah Wyman
  Born	9 Aug 1745	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  DAR	A129072
  Military	1775
  	Captain, Col. Prescott
  	Wyman, Abijah, Ashby.Sergeant, Capt. Samuel Stone's co. of Minute-men, Col. William Prescott's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; also, Captain, Col. William Prescott's regt.; return of officers, dated May 25, 1775; ordered in Provincial Congress May 26, 1775, that said officers be commissioned; also, communication dated Cambridge, May 25, 1775, signed by said Wyman and others, Captains in Col. Prescott's regt., stating their approval of William Prescott, John Robison, and Henry Woods, as Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, respectively, of said regiment, and asking that they be commissioned; also, Captain, Col. Prescott's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 24, 1775; service, 99 days; also, company return dated Cambridge, Oct. 3, 1775.
  Occupation	a Tavern Keeper
  Died	24 Nov 1804	Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Buried	Ashby First Parish Burial Ground, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I2373	Wyman
  Last Modified	8 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Abijah Wyman ,   b. 20 Sep 1715, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 7 Jul 1784, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Abigail Smith ,   b. 18 Dec 1723, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Mar 1800, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Marriage License	14 Jul 1744	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Married	8 Aug 1744	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  Family ID	F825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Stearns ,   b. 7 Nov 1751, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 20 Mar 1784, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 32 years)
  Marriage License	13 Oct 1767	Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Married	Jan 1768	Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States   [5]
  Children	1. Isaac Wyman ,   b. 16 Feb 1769, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 29 Oct 1802, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 33 years)   2. Stephen Wyman ,   b. 26 Oct 1772, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 30 Apr 1852, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 79 years)   3. Abigail Wyman ,   b. 6 Sep 1774, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 11 Jul 1818, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 43 years)   4. Abel Wyman ,   b. 16 Aug 1776, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 3 Jul 1798, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 21 years)   5. Alice Wyman ,   b. 2 Oct 1780, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 26 Jul 1813, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 32 years)   6. Sarah Augusta Wyman ,   b. 21 Sep 1781, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. May 1839, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 57 years)   7. John S. Wyman ,   b. 6 Aug 1782, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1816  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Stevens ,   b. 1764, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 12 Jun 1814  (Age 50 years)
  Marriage License	2 Mar 1785
  Married	25 Oct 1785	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States   [6]
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2010
  Family ID	F847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Aug 1745 - Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Marriage License - 13 Oct 1767 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Married - Jan 1768 - Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Married - 25 Oct 1785 - Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Died - 24 Nov 1804 - Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Buried - - Ashby First Parish Burial Ground, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Sources

  [S1091] Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Vital Records, Editor: Henry S. Nourse, (Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1890), p. 79 (Reliability: 3). [S995] Watertown Settlers, Henry Bond, MD, (Boston, Massachusetts, 1860), p. 671 (Reliability: 3). [S1154] Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Vital Records. [S1154] Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Vital Records, p. 527 (Reliability: 3). [S1185] Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts Vital Records, p. 189 (Reliability: 3). [S1091] Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Vital Records, Editor: Henry S. Nourse, (Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1890).