Deacon Abraham Augur

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: 1738; : Hopkins? Grammar School
• History: 8 Jul 1740; When his father died, he chose, and the court appointed, John Potter, Jr., as his guardian.
• Married: 21 May 1746, Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut; Elizabeth Bradley, probably the daughter of Eldad Bradley of Woodbridge, Connecticut. She was born in 1725 and died 6 November 1764. Issue: 1. Martha Augur (1746-1820) 2. Elizabeth Augur (1748-1749) 3. Hezekiah Augur (1750-1818) 4. Rhoda Augur (1750-1821) 5. Phebe Augur (1752-1813 6. Lydia Augur (1753-1802) 7. Chloe Augur (1756-1774) 8. Huldah Augur (1758-1833)
• Religion: 4 May 1749, Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut; He came to Amity Parish (Woodbridge) after 1740, and was admitted to full communion there. He removed to New Haven, probably after the death of his first wife, and joined the White Haven Church, made up largely of a faction termed "New Eights" who had withdrawn from the First Church. On June 20, 1771, twenty-seven persons, most of them from the White Haven Church, on confession of their faith were organized into a new church then called the Fair Haven Church, among whom were Abraham Augur and his wife Sarah, and Timothy Ford.
• Married: 17 Feb 1765; Mrs.Sarah Alcock, the widow of Thomas Alcock. Issue: 1. Joel Augur (1766-____) 2. Jeremiah Augur (1768-____) 3. Abraham Augur (____-1795) 4. Lucie Augur (1771-____)
• Offices Held: 11 Oct 1773, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; He was chosen deacon of the White Haven Church, which office he held for twenty-five years until his death.
• Offices Held: 11 Dec 1775, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; He was chosen as one of a ?Committee of Inspection? to look after Tories and expose their machinations.
• Offices Held: 1776 to 1785; He was a selectman of the town during the years 1776-?77, ?78, ?79, ?83, ?84, ?85.
• Military: 1778 to Aug 1779; He was a Carpenter's Mate on board the ship, Oliver Cromwell.

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