Abraham Heseltine

Abraham, his wife, and his eldest child, Mary, were part of the heroic, civic-minded Glorious Generation. All of his other children were part of the adaptive Enlightenment Generation.

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The life of Abraham Heseltine in its historical context

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*Birth of Abraham Heseltine*
Born:	23 March 1648 (or perhaps 1647)
Birthplace:	Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
*Parents*
Father:	Robert Heseltine (Heseline?) (Hazeltine?) (our ancestor), from England
Mother:	Ann (or Anne) UNKNOWN (our ancestor), from England
They were married 23 October 1639
*Siblings* No information available
*Spouse and children*
Wife:	Elizabeth Longhorne, 1649-1704 (our ancestor) (daughter of Richard Longhorne, 1617-1668 and Mary Crosby Longhorne, 1629-1667, our ancestors) of Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts) Married 4 October 1671 (or 7 October 1669?) Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
Daughter:	Mary Heseltine, 1672-1731 (our ancestor)
Son:	Robert Heseltine born 16 August 1674, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts died 5 June 1760, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts
Daughter:	Elizabeth Heseltine born 29 April 1677, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts died 20 May 1758, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
Son:	Richard Heseltine born 13 November 1679, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts commissioned as a Lieutenant died 8 March 1755, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts
Daughter:	Bethiah Heseltine born 16 May 1682, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts
Son:	Abraham Heseltine born 6 November 1684, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts died 28 November 1733, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts
Daughter:	Mehitabel Heseltine born 20 March 1688, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts
Son:	Jonathan Heseltine born 12 April 1694, probably in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts
*Other information*
Occupation:	Probably farmer
Religion:	Puritan
*Death of Abraham Heseltine*
Died:	28 April 1711 (age 63 years 1 month 5 days)
Deathplace:	Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts
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Sources on Abraham Heseltine:

Descendants of Richard Longhorne of Rowley, MA, which was constructed by William Lander, 176 Gieger Rd., Cleveland, TN. 37312 (E-mail: WLander@aol.com), © 1998 by William C. Lander. Mr. Lander provided the following citations:

For the marriage of Elizabeth Longhorne to "Abraham Hezeltine" 7 Oct 1669: Rowley VR 1:342.
For the birth and death of Abraham Heseltine: Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Pillsbury and John Pillsbury, 2 vols., Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1938, p. 384.
For the parents of Abraham Heseltine: Holman, op. cit., p. 381.

General information on Abraham Heseltine provided by Wendy Edmands Pearson, in her research for membership in the Colonial Dames, and Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970, in her research for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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