Abram BIDWELL

Birth:
3 Mar 1769
Stillwater, Saratoga, New York
Death:
4 Feb 1842
Van Buren, Hancock, Ohio
Marriage:
26 Oct 1786
Ballston, Saratoga, New York
Notes:
                   SOURCES:  
    1. This Family Group Sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls, of Gilbert, AZ
    2. IGI - CT - Batch #8532606
    3. FHL - Film #1035617 - Item #5 "Bidwell Family" - By Joan Bidwell (pages 26, 48)
    4. Book #929.1AM - American Ancestry - Vol.#9 (page 5-6) - found at Orlando, FL Public LIbrary.
   
NOTES: 
    1. Abram Bidwell on his tombstone his first given name is Abraham.
    2. He was in the Lumber Business in Montreal, Canada in 1812.
    3. When the 'War of 1812' began, Abram and his son David were drafted into the British Armey, to effect his escape, rescue David, and get back into the State of New York, was a thrilling episode in his life.  His 1st wife died while he was separated from her in Canada.
    4. After his second marriage they lived in Chautauqa County, New York, where his son John was born. Then he moved to Erie, PA and then to Ashtabula County, OH and finally Drake County, OH, He intended when his circumstances would allow him to reunite his family, but he could not do so during his lifetime.  finally he moved to Van Buren,Hancock, Ohio where he died.
Abigail BENEDICT
Birth:
9 May 1769
of Saratoga, New York
Death:
1813
Chautauqua, Franklin, New York
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
David BIDWELL
Birth:
Abt 1788
of New York
Death:
2
Mehitable BIDWELL
Birth:
Abt 1790
of Michigan
Death:
3
Margaret BIDWELL
Birth:
Abt 1892
of Ohio
Death:
4
Elias BIDWELL
Birth:
1798
New York
Death:
15 Sep 1870
5
Stephen BIDWELL
Birth:
Abt 1801/02
Glover, Orleans, Vermont
Death:
Abt 1851
6
Lydia BIDWELL
Birth:
1806
Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York
Death:
23 Dec 1865
Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York
7
David W. BIDWELL
Birth:
7 Mar 1807
Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York
Death:
29 Nov 1887
Chico, California
Elizabeth CODMAN 
Marr:
1 Aug 1830
Middlebury, Addison, Vermont 
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Abram Bidwell - Abigail Benedict

Abram Bidwell was born at Stillwater, Saratoga, New York 3 Mar 1769. His parents were David Bidwell and Esther Lawrence.

He married Abigail Benedict 26 Oct 1786 at Ballston, Saratoga, New York . Abigail Benedict was born at of Saratoga, New York 9 May 1769 .

They were the parents of 7 children:
David Bidwell born Abt 1788.
Mehitable Bidwell born Abt 1790.
Margaret Bidwell born Abt 1892.
Elias Bidwell born 1798.
Stephen Bidwell born Abt 1801/02.
Lydia Bidwell born 1806.
David W. Bidwell born 7 Mar 1807.

Abram Bidwell died 4 Feb 1842 at Van Buren, Hancock, Ohio .

Abigail Benedict died 1813 at Chautauqua, Franklin, New York .