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Captain Abraham PINNEY

Captain Abraham PINNEY

Male 1709 - 1780  (70 years)

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  • Name Abraham PINNEY  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Prefix Captain 
    Born 2 Oct 1709  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Birth Feb 1710  [5
    Alt. Birth 
    • CT
    _UID E600CC7B8263438CB88269931CCA65C527AA 
    Died 12 Sep 1780  Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6
    Person ID I6305  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

    Father Sgt. Nathaniel PINNEY, II,   b. 11 May 1671, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1764, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Martha THRALL,   b. 31 May 1673, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1710, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 21 Sep 1693  Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    Family ID F3177  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah CLARKE,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth BUTLER,   b. 30 Sep 1716, Wethersfield, Now Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1760, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 1734 
    Children 
     1. Lieutenant Abraham PINNEY,   b. Between 1735 and 1745, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1813, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     2. Ensign Jonathan PINNEY,   b. Mar 1738, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1813, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
     3. Elizabeth PINNEY,   b. 1742, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Abigail PINNEY,   b. 1743, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1820, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Captain Aaron PINNEY,   b. 1743, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1812, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. Martha PINNEY,   b. 1745, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1814, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     7. Capt. Abner PINNEY,   b. 1750, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1804, Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     8. Chloe PINNEY,   b. 1750, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1787, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     9. Captain Levi PINNEY,   b. 1751, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1805, Hatchel, Granby, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     10. Huldah PINNEY,   b. 1752, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Azariah PINNEY,   b. 1754, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     12. Grove PINNEY,   b. Abt Feb 1759, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1761, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From Genealogy of the Pinney Family in America, p. 27:
      "We quote the following from a letter from Mr. W. W. Pinney, Unionville,Connecticut: 'At a special town meeting of the Town of Windsor it wasvoted to give to my great-great-grandfather, Captain Abraham Pinney, atract of land in what is now Bloomfield, Connecticut, providing he wouldbuild a house and cultivate a certain number of acres of the land, whichhe did. The cellar is still in view.
      Also from the same letter: 'My great-grandfather, Lieutenant AbrahamPinney, built himself a house about one-half mile south of the RockwellHaskins house, that was the most elegant house in those parts, being alarge two-story and attic, well finished inside, having the front roomspaneled from top to bottom, and a fine old stairway in the front hall;and a large beaufet which stood in the front parlor, and is now in mypossession. All the hinges, nails and iron used was made in the oldNewgate Prison, in Copper Hill, Granby, Connecticut. This house is still(1892) standing, in fair repair.'"

  • Sources 
    1. [S127] Scioto Company Descendants, Virginia Evans McCormick, (Cottonwood Publications: Worthington, Ohio), p. 201 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S711] Genealogy of the Pinney Family in America, Laura Young Pinney, (1924: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, San Franciso, CA), p. 25 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S128] Flagg & Related Families, Cathy F. Brinkman, (Ancestry World Tree Project, Ancestry.com, 7/15/2002).

    4. [S132] History of Ancient Windsor, Vol II, Surnames O-Q, Cutter, William Richard, (in Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories CD; Baltimore, MD: Genealocical Publishing Co, 1994-5. Original data: pub. 1892 in Hartford, CT), 0-8063-4537-3., pg. 611 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S132] History of Ancient Windsor, Vol II, Surnames O-Q, Cutter, William Richard, (in Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories CD; Baltimore, MD: Genealocical Publishing Co, 1994-5. Original data: pub. 1892 in Hartford, CT), 0-8063-4537-3., pg. 610 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S711] Genealogy of the Pinney Family in America, Laura Young Pinney, (1924: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, San Franciso, CA), p. 27 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S131] Pinney Genealogy as based on , and extending, the account to be found in Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, Mrs. Bernard L Jones, (Pittsburgh, PA), p. 180 (Reliability: 3).