Abraham Dinsmore

Family

Sources

1. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Town Records births section (IA stream historyoftemplen00bloo_0; page image ~257): "Abraham and Lydia Dinsmore. Ch. : I. John, b. Nov. 23, 1765. II. Amos, b. Feb. 29, 1768. III. Abel, b. June 14, 1770. IV. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1772." Same volume death register: "Mrs. Lydia Dinsmore, the wife of Abraham Dinsmore, Died eptambar ye 13th ADomini, 1774." Matches abel-densmore-bsb: exact birth date 1770-06-14 and birthplace Temple, Hillsborough Co., NH (already on graph from Find a Grave 106873739 / prior lock). Explicit son-of Abraham x Lydia.

2. Same Spaulding 1915 Hollis bios, Thomas DINSMORE sketch (p. 9): married Hannah _____ in 1724; settled Bedford MA; children include "Abraham, born February 22, 1730, married Lydia _____ in 1752; residence Temple, N. H."; Thomas d. 10 Dec 1748 buried Hollis; Mrs. Dinsmore d. 23 Jul 1767. Cross-matches Abraham sketch son-of sentence and Temple residence of Abraham x Lydia already locked via Abel.

   Charles S. Spaulding, "An Account of Some of the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H." (Nashua: The Telegraph Press, 1915), transcribed at rootsweb Hollis-bios: "Abraham Dinsmore, Sr., son of Thomas and Hannah Dinsmore, was born in Bedford, Mass., February 22, 1730. He ... married Lydia _____ in 1752 ... removed to Temple, N. H. ... Abel, born in Temple, June 4, 1770; Mary, born in Temple, August 16, 1772 ... Mrs. Lydia, wife of Abraham, died September 13, 1774." Matches locked abraham-dinsmore-bsb (Andover 1752 m. Lydea Johnson; Temple father of Abel; Lydia d. 1774-09-13). Explicit son-of Thomas x Hannah. (Abel day in Spaulding is June 4 vs Blood June 14 — conflict kept in notes.)

3. Same Spaulding 1915 Hollis bios, Thomas DINSMORE sketch (p. 9): married Hannah _____ in 1724; settled Bedford MA; children include "Abraham, born February 22, 1730, married Lydia _____ in 1752; residence Temple, N. H."; Thomas d. 10 Dec 1748 buried Hollis; Mrs. Dinsmore d. 23 Jul 1767. Cross-matches Abraham sketch son-of sentence and Temple residence of Abraham x Lydia already locked via Abel.

   Same Spaulding 1915 Hollis bios, Thomas DINSMORE sketch (p. 9): married Hannah _____ in 1724; settled Bedford MA; children include "Abraham, born February 22, 1730, married Lydia _____ in 1752; residence Temple, N. H."; Thomas d. 10 Dec 1748 buried Hollis; Mrs. Dinsmore d. 23 Jul 1767. Cross-matches Abraham sketch son-of sentence and Temple residence of Abraham x Lydia already locked via Abel.

4. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Town Records births section (IA stream historyoftemplen00bloo_0; page image ~257): "Abraham and Lydia Dinsmore. Ch. : I. John, b. Nov. 23, 1765. II. Amos, b. Feb. 29, 1768. III. Abel, b. June 14, 1770. IV. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1772." Same volume death register: "Mrs. Lydia Dinsmore, the wife of Abraham Dinsmore, Died eptambar ye 13th ADomini, 1774." Matches abel-densmore-bsb: exact birth date 1770-06-14 and birthplace Temple, Hillsborough Co., NH (already on graph from Find a Grave 106873739 / prior lock). Explicit son-of Abraham x Lydia.

5. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), Marriages: "DENSMORE, Abraham [of Hollis. int.], and Lydea Johnson, Aug. 13, 1752.*" (transcription at ldsgenealogy.com Andover marriages part 8; same entry in published Andover VR). Gives Lydia's maiden surname Johnson and places the couple in the Hollis/Temple NH orbit before Abel's 1770 Temple birth. Matches Temple history naming Abraham's wife Lydia (d. 1774 Temple).

   Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), Marriages: "DENSMORE, Abraham [of Hollis. int.], and Lydea Johnson, Aug. 13, 1752.*" (transcription at ldsgenealogy.com Andover marriages part 8; same entry in published Andover VR). Gives Lydia's maiden surname Johnson and places the couple in the Hollis/Temple NH orbit before Abel's 1770 Temple birth. Matches Temple history naming Abraham's wife Lydia (d. 1774 Temple).

6. Same Spaulding 1915 Hollis bios, Thomas DINSMORE sketch (p. 9): married Hannah _____ in 1724; settled Bedford MA; children include "Abraham, born February 22, 1730, married Lydia _____ in 1752; residence Temple, N. H."; Thomas d. 10 Dec 1748 buried Hollis; Mrs. Dinsmore d. 23 Jul 1767. Cross-matches Abraham sketch son-of sentence and Temple residence of Abraham x Lydia already locked via Abel.

   Same Spaulding 1915 Hollis bios, Thomas DINSMORE sketch (p. 9): married Hannah _____ in 1724; settled Bedford MA; children include "Abraham, born February 22, 1730, married Lydia _____ in 1752; residence Temple, N. H."; Thomas d. 10 Dec 1748 buried Hollis; Mrs. Dinsmore d. 23 Jul 1767. Cross-matches Abraham sketch son-of sentence and Temple residence of Abraham x Lydia already locked via Abel.

7. Same Spaulding 1915 Hollis bios, Thomas DINSMORE sketch (p. 9): married Hannah _____ in 1724; settled Bedford MA; children include "Abraham, born February 22, 1730, married Lydia _____ in 1752; residence Temple, N. H."; Thomas d. 10 Dec 1748 buried Hollis; Mrs. Dinsmore d. 23 Jul 1767. Cross-matches Abraham sketch son-of sentence and Temple residence of Abraham x Lydia already locked via Abel.

   Charles S. Spaulding, "An Account of Some of the Early Settlers of West Dunstable, Monson and Hollis, N. H." (Nashua: The Telegraph Press, 1915), transcribed at rootsweb Hollis-bios: "Abraham Dinsmore, Sr., son of Thomas and Hannah Dinsmore, was born in Bedford, Mass., February 22, 1730. He ... married Lydia _____ in 1752 ... removed to Temple, N. H. ... Abel, born in Temple, June 4, 1770; Mary, born in Temple, August 16, 1772 ... Mrs. Lydia, wife of Abraham, died September 13, 1774." Matches locked abraham-dinsmore-bsb (Andover 1752 m. Lydea Johnson; Temple father of Abel; Lydia d. 1774-09-13). Explicit son-of Thomas x Hannah. (Abel day in Spaulding is June 4 vs Blood June 14 — conflict kept in notes.)