Abigail Fenner

[b 25 Mar. 1780 at Providence, RI; d 3 Apr. 1853 Thompkinsville, Lackawana, PA] m John Tomkins [b 4 Dec. 1777 at Newark, Essex, NJ; d 1 Feb. 1833 at Tompkinsville, Lackawana, PA] on 22 Nov. 1801 at Providence, RI. John was a sailor, serving as a cabin boy at age 12 or 13, then by 25 became a captain. Abigail’s father died when she was 16; her brother Samuel sold the farm at some point and moved to Woodstock, CT, where he married Emily Russell, taking his mother Ruth with him. Abigail’s husband probably continued to sail for a few years after their marriage, but it appears as though Abigail and John moved to Woodstock to be near her mother, then eventually settled on a farm in Pennsylvania.

  1. Julia Ann [b 18 June 1803 at Scituate, RI; d 7 Mar. 1805 in Scituate, RI].

  2. Almira [b 7 Sept. 1805 at Scituate, RI; d 28 Aug. 1874 at Tompkinsville, Lackawana, PA] m Richard Graves [b 25 May 1801 at Johnston, RI; d 26 July 1881 at Tompkinsville, PA], son of Constant Graves and Comfort Bates, on 22 Mar. 1824 in Tompkinsville.

  3. Fenner [b 4 June 1807 at Scituate, RI; d 20 May 1836 at Tompkinsville, PA] m Arvilla Wetherby [b 1810; d 1830].

  4. Horatio [b 14 Apr. 1809 at Scituate, RI; d 26 Feb. 1886 at Tompkinsville, PA] before 1839 he m 1st Anna Maria Corwin [b 28 June 1819 at Litchfield, CT; d 22 Jan. 1842]. He m 2nd Rachel Angeline Smith [b 23 Sept. 1815 in RI; d 25 Apr. 1847 in RI] on 18 Nov. 1845 at Cranston, RI. He m 3rd Mary Jordan [b ca. 1820 in PA; d 1880 at Fox, Sullivan, PA].

  5. Mary Slack F. [b 27 Jan. 1811 at Scituate, RI; d 1 Oct. 1883 at Tompkinsville, PA] m George W. Graves [b 7 Jan. 1794 in RI; d 16 Feb. 1877 at Tompkinsville, PA], son of Constant Graves and Comfort Bates, on 14 Sept. 1845 at Tompkinsville, PA.

  6. Abby Ann [b 25 Sept. 1812 at Scituate, RI; d 29 Jan. 1864 at Tompkinsville, PA] m Samuel Gorton [b 30 Nov. 1811 at Warwick, RI; d 1 Oct. 1873 at Scott, Lackawanna, PA], son of James Waterman Gorton and Hannah Holden, on 5 Mar. 1843.

  7. Louisa [b 17 Oct. 1816 at Scituate, RI; d 18 Aug. 1822 at Tompkinsville, PA].

  8. John Henry Clinton [b 17 May 1819 at Killingly, Windham, CT; d 19 Feb. 1885] m 1st Ruth Stone Knight [b ca. 1822 in PA; d ca. 1898 at Tompkins Corners, PA]; m 2nd Mary [b ca. 1830; d aft. 1879].


Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Richard | Jeremiah | Joseph | Abigail

Sources:
1. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner, 4 Jan. 2021.
2. Abigail’s memorial at FindaGrave, no. 29116365