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in our Database | |  | | | | Abilgail Sanford Sex: Female | | | |  | | Birth Date | 1743 Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony | | Death Date | 1830 | | Father | | Born: | | | Mother | | Born: | | | Abilgail Sanford
Notes: | In 1783, she provided details of her circumstances in a deposition, as a widow and head of a family in Nova Scotia. The text of her deposition is available thanks to the work of Brian Hayes, another Hawley descendant, on his blog entry for 10 Sep 2014 entitled "Family Stories, Fact or Fiction Part Four" [3]. According to the deposition, she lived with her family in South Salem, Westchester, New York at the commencement of the American War, on a farm of about 300 acres which they owned. Her husband remained loyal to the King, however, most of their neighbors were rebels. He was imprisoned and their family was tormented by their neighbors. They finally escaped as refugees to Brook Haven, Long Island, where her husband died on September 15. The remaining family - Abigail and her children - were destitute and had lost all their belongings to theft by their former neighbors. She decided to go to Nova Scotia with others in the same situation, although many of her children were left behind. It is a very sad story, and I recommend it to any interested in this family.
| | Notes: | The Loyalists of New Brunswick" by Esther C. Wright also includes information about her, although I have not been able to find a copy of this that is readable online
| |  | | Birth Date | 1739 Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony | | Death Date | 1783 | | Father | Joseph Hawley | Born: 1707 | Died: | | Mother | Hannah Walker | Born: 1710 | Died: 1769 | | John Hawley Notes: | According to the well researched and documented family history "Smith Hawley and his Descendants", by Marilyn Hawley Symonds [1], John Hawley was forn on 24 Sep 1739 and died 15 Sep 1783. He lived as a yeoman and farmer in South Salem, New York, prior to the Revolutionary War. He married Abigail Sanford on 21 Dec 1762, and together they had eight children. During the Revolution, John Hawley was a loyalist, and he and his family suffered mightily at the hands of their neighbors for their views. He was imprisoned, and they lost their possessions. When he was finally freed, they eventually sought refuge on Long Island with other Loyalists, only to have him die on September 15 1783. His wife and children were left destitute - she eventually made her way to New Brunswick with other refugees, and in the chaos she lost track of many of her children. See her bio for more information, including a link to her deposition in 1783. Many of the children eventually resettled in the United States, leading to many descendants across the US | | Individual Notes: | | | |
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