Abiah Hawley
Abiah, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah, married William Wolcott of East Windsor, Connecticut on November 5 1707 at seventeen. Their son William married Abigail Abbot and produced a daughter named Abigail Wolcott who married Oliver Ellsworth in 1772 and lived in the Oliver Ellsworth Homestead.
Ellsworth was made the third Chief Justice of the United States (1796–1800) by President George Washington. Ellsworth was also a member of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. He and Roger Sherman advanced the Connecticut Compromise, prepared the first draft of the United States Constitution and is credited by some to have preserved the name the United States Government. He was also a U.S. Senator from CT (1789–96). Their son William Wolcott Ellsworth, served in U.S. Congress from (1829–1834) and was Governor of Connecticut from (1838–1842). Abiah Hawley died on June 16 1716 at 26.
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