Abraham Vail

Abraham Vail[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male - 1814


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  • Name Abraham Vail  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
    Birth Oyster Ponds [now Orient], Suffolk, Long Island, Colony of New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 11
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Oct 1814  [3, 4, 6, 11
    Burial 30 Oct 1814  Hewittville Cemetery, Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I312684223639  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Jeremiah Vail,   b. 17 May 1710, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1749, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Youngs,   b. Abt. 1714, Southold, Suffolk, Long Island, Colony of New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1749, Oyster Ponds [now Orient], Suffolk, Long Island, Colony of New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F1812  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Lee,   b. 1747, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Feb 1825, Pomfret, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage Abt. 1762  New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Line 3366 from GEDCOM File not recogniza
      Line 3366 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC 6 DEC'61 SG

      Abraham (Jeremiah) Vail was in his seve
      Abraham (Jeremiah) Vail was in his seventh year when his parents both died. Until he was eighteen he lived with his maternal grandfather, Joshua Youngs. He then learned the coopers trade and afer he was of age made on trip as a sailor to the West iNDIES. hE WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, OF LIGHT COMPLEXION, FIVE FEET FIVE INCHES TALL, AND A LABORER WHEN HE ENLISTED, aPR 24, 1760 IN THE COMPANY COMMANED BY cAPT. iSRAEL hORTON FOR THE LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IN THE fENCH AND iNDIAN wAR. hIS ELDER BROTHER tHOMAS WAS A LIEUTENANT IN THE SAME COMPANY. hE WAS TWNTY SIX WHEN HE MARRIED eLIZABETH, THE DAUGHTER OF rEV. jOSEPH lEE, THE THIRD SETTLED MINISTER AT oYSTER pONDS. The Rev. Joseph Lee was a "meek, quiet, good, but infirm man" who was born in 1726, married Mary Allen and preached at Oyster Ponds until the outbreak of the Revolution and the seizure of Long Island by the British. He then removed to Lyme, Ct., with his family. There he lived on a farm until his death in August 1799.

      LAST NAME also seen as VAILE !NOTE: The
      LAST NAME also seen as VAILE !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

      !Last name could be Vaile
      !Last name could be Vaile

      Line 11567 from GEDCOM File not recogniz
      Line 11567 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC DATE 6 DEC'61

      born 1742
      born 1742

      Line 29110 from GEDCOM File not recogniz
      Line 29110 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SLGC DATE 6 DEC'61 From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Findagrave.

    2. [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Book, Genealogy of some of the Vail Family, unknown, New York 1902, Library, Annette Wrigley, 10815 Arabian Way, Boise, Idao, USA, 83709, 2083620903, Page number: 71-72.

    3. [S1173462472] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6V7H-J324 : Thu Apr 03 14:27:58 UTC 2025), Entry for Abraham Vail.

    4. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-DJX : Fri Jul 12 14:00:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Abraham Vail and Betsey Vail, 30 Oct 1814.

    5. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-NM7 : Sun Mar 10 04:09:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Betsey Vail and Abraham Vail, 09 Feb 1825.

    6. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-DJ6 : Fri Mar 08 20:35:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Abraham Vail, 30 Oct 1814.

    7. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-8N1 : Mon Jul 08 05:36:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Allen Vail and Abraham Vail, 22 May 1860.

    8. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-DV8 : Sat Mar 09 04:11:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Allen Vail and Abraham Vail, 29 May 1779.

    9. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V894-DJN : Fri Mar 08 10:22:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Abraham Vail and Abraham Vail, 20 Apr 1784.

    10. [S1173462616] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF85-8Q1 : Sat Mar 09 08:20:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Eunice Vail Wood and Abraham Vail, 07 Aug 1880.

    11. [S1173462627] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ6-CRSG : Sun Mar 10 18:40:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Abraham Vail and Betsey Vail, 30 October 1814.

    12. [S1173462627] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQX-PNW3 : Sun Mar 10 18:40:39 UTC 2024), Entry for Betsey Vail and Abraham Vail, 9 February 1825.

    13. [S1173462838] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LD-ZM2 : 16 December 2019), Abraham Vail in entry for Allen Vail, 1779.

    14. [S1173462838] FamilySearch.org, Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82X-PBB : 16 December 2019), Abraham Vail in entry for Allen Vail, 1779.