Damon, Abiah

1761 - 1836  (74 years)

• Name	Damon, Abiah
  	As listed in DAR
  Birth	03 Sep 1761	Abington, Plymouth Co., MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  DAR Ancestor Number	A131667; A029445
  Military	Private in the Revolutionary War  [2]
  Tombstone Photo	Charlotte, Washington Co., ME   [3]
  	Damon Ridge Cemetery
  Death	11 Apr 1836	Charlotte, Washington Co., ME   [1]
  Burial	Charlotte, Washington Co., ME   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I13157	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Damon, Joseph,   b. 16 Dec 1720, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA d. 07 Mar 1807, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Damon, Joanna,   b. 04 May 1722, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA d. 02 Nov 1792, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1742	Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA   [5]
  Family ID	F11488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gardner, Lucretia,   b. 23 Dec 1764, Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA d. 27 Dec 1857, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	06 Nov 1783	Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA   [6, 7]
  Children	1. Damon, Lucretia,   b. 03 Jul 1784, Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA d. 19 Mar 1848, Eastport, Washington Co., ME (Age 63 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Damon, Abial Jr.,   b. 07 Dec 1786, Abington, Plymouth Co., MA d. 09 Apr 1836, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 49 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Damon, Joanna,   b. 14 Jun 1789, Birch Point, Washington Co., ME d. 11 Jun 1868, Lubec, Washington Co., ME (Age 78 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Damon, Mary,   b. 08 Jun 1792, Pembroke, Washington Co., ME d. 01 Oct 1872, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 80 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Damon, Reuben,   b. 17 Jan 1795   d. 28 Oct 1819, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 24 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Damon, Seth Gardner,   b. 15 May 1797, Pembroke, Washington Co., ME d. 29 Aug 1885, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 88 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Damon, Joseph,   b. 05 Jul 1799, Pembroke, Washington Co., ME d. 22 Aug 1875, Palmyra, Somerset Co., ME (Age 76 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. Damon, Joshua G.,   b. 24 Nov 1801, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA d. 22 Apr 1881, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 79 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   9. Damon, John Kendall,   b. 12 Dec 1803, Pembroke, Washington Co., ME d. 30 Sep 1869, Carroll, Penobscot Co., ME (Age 65 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   10. Damon, Isaiah,   b. 28 Mar 1806, Pembroke, Washington Co., ME d. 05 Jan 1879, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 72 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   11. Damon, Hannah,   b. 25 Jun 1808, Pembroke, Washington Co., ME d. 13 Oct 1830, Charlotte, Washington Co., ME (Age 22 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F6366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014

  
  

  Family 2	Sprague, Cecilia Augusta
  Family ID	F6365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 03 Sep 1761 - Abington, Plymouth Co., MA Tombstone Photo - Damon Ridge Cemetery - - Charlotte, Washington Co., ME Marriage - 06 Nov 1783 - Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA Death - 11 Apr 1836 - Charlotte, Washington Co., ME Burial - - Charlotte, Washington Co., ME  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Damon, Abiah - Rev War Pension Application.docx
  		Damon, Joshua G Family Bible Births
  		Damon, Abiah Maine Veterans Cemetery Record

  
  

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• Notes

  For some reason, Abiah was changed to Abial after moving to Perry, ME See Media tab for Pension Papers. There is a lot of information in those papers. Revolutionary War Service: Private; Matross for Massachusetts Artillery 1777-1780 Capt. Amos Lincoln's Co., Liet. Newcomb, Col Revere's Rgmt. Enlisted at Abinton. Served three full years; discharged at the Castle at Boston Harbor. Artillery Regiment 1778 Marched to Rhode Island and was engaged in one battle 1779 Went to Penobscot by water and was in one battle at Castine. Marched back to Boston by land.

  
  

• Sources

  [S161] Family Bible, Joshua G. Damon Bible Records (1761-1891), loose "Family Record" pages from unknown Bible; digital images made by Daniel Brogan, 2011. [S2] Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918. index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KXQ8-S48 : accessed 04 Jun 2014), Abiah Damon, 183. [S904] Damon Ridge Cemetery, (Charlotte, Washington County, Maine), Abiah Damon marker. [S648] "Find A Grave", Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 August 2013), memorial page for Abiah Damon(1761-1836), Find A Grave Memorial no. 48879234, citing Damon Ridge Cemetery, Charlotte, Washington County, Maine, created by John W Van Dyke, photograph by John W Van Dyke. [S529] Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: August 22, 1996;), Tree #2126. Date of Import: Oct 7, 1997 [S657] Ancestry.com, "U.S. Revolutionary War Pension and bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900", (Location: Provo, UT;), Abiah Damon, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 January 2014), citing Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, NARA, microfilm M804. [S710] Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Volume 2, Abington marriages, Lucretia Gardner and Abiel Damon (1783), p. 59; Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 17 February 2014), citing Vital records of Abington, Massachusetts to the year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1912.