Abigail Porter
- Given Name
- Abigail
- Surname
- Porter
- Maiden Name
- Phillips
- Birth Date
- April 12, 1800
- Death Date
- March 29, 1886
- Spouse(s)
- John Edward Porter
- Biographical Information
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Abigail Martha (Phillips) Porter was born in the early nineteenth century in Connecticut.
Abigail married John Porter of Auburn on February 17, 1825. John was a practicing lawyer and politician in Auburn, New York. Abigail and John had five children, two of whom survived to adulthood, Charles and Anna Phillips. Charles was a revered mechanical engineer known for his invention of the “Porter’s Steam Governor.” Anna married Alonzo Glover Beardsley, another prominent lawyer in Auburn and the son of New York State Senator, John Beardsley. Abigail was close friends with Frances Seward.
Abigail died at the age of 85, on March 29, 1886, in Auburn.
- Citation(s) for Biographical Information:
- Fort Hill Cemetery Interment Roster. Last modified May 15, 2014. Accessed on May 15, 2014.
- Ancestry Library. Last modified January 8, 2022. Accessed on January 8, 2022.
Additional notes: New York, U.S., Marriage Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1880 (Barber Collection) - Ancestry Library. Last modified January 8, 2022. Accessed on January 8, 2022.
Additional notes: Book Title: History and genealogy of Deacon Joseph Eastman of Hadley, Massachusetts : Grandson of Roger Eastman - Josiah Gilbert Holland. History of Western Massachusetts: The Counties of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire, Embracing an Outline, Or General History, of the Section, an Account of Its Scientific Aspects and Leading Interests, and Separate Histories of Its One Hundred. Samuel Bowles & Co.: Springfield, Massachusetts, 1855.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=8CBMAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s - Rev. Calvin Durfee. Williams Biographical Annals. Lee & Shepard Publishers: Boston & New York, 1871.
- Citation(s) for Birth Information:
- Find a Grave. Last modified May 15, 2014. Accessed on May 15, 2014.
- Citation(s) for Death Information:
- Find a Grave. Last modified May 15, 2014. Accessed on May 15, 2014.
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 18, 1831
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 7, 1832
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1832
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1833
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 27, 1833
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 17, 1833
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- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 9, 1834
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 30, 1834
- Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 5, 1834
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 14, 1834
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 21, 1834
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 28, 1834
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1835
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1836
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, 1 January 1837
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 7, 1837
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 18, 1837
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 14, 1837
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 26, 1838
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1838
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 14, 1838
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 10, 1838
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 12, 1838
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 14, 1838
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 19, 1841
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 24, 1842
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 31, 1842
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 14, 1842
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 3, 1842
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 27, 1843
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1843
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 28, 1843
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 7, 1844
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 29, 1845
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 30, 1845
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 15, 1846
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 1848
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 28, 1849
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 3, 1849
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 9, 1849
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1850
- Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 31, 1852
- Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 5, 1868