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Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth was the wife of Oliver Ellsworth, who was a member of the Continental Congress, envoy to France after the Revolution, framer of U.S. Constitution and the author of the Judiciary Act of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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She was born February 8, 1755, in East Windsor, Connecticut....
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Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth Chapter DAR Windsor, Connecticut, Windsor, CT. 840 likes. Membership is open to all women 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can...
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In July, 1890, Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood asked pertinently through the public press: “Were there no foremothers in the American Revolution?” The question acted upon the women of the country as a sort of call to arms, and on the 9th of August of the same year, Miss Eugenia Washington, Miss Mary Desha, and Mrs. Ellen Hardin Wolworth met with Mrs. Lockwoo...
The story of our local chapter, which was named after the wife of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, is of course of more definite interest to Windsor people and with the above data as a sort of introduction it follows: In November, 1894, Mrs. Lucien B. Loomis of Windsor called upon Mrs. Sarah N. Hayden Power and her daughter, Miss Mary E. H. Power. S...
Anna Maria Benton was the one real daughter of the Revolution [her father served in the Revolutionary War], and was in her 97thyear. During the year 1895-6 five new members were added. One of these was Mrs. Ellen Ellsworth Curtis, a great-granddaughter of Chief Justice Oliver and Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth. At this time the local Chapter was, with t...
In June 1898 the Chapter unveiled a boulder on “The Island,” [elevated land where the Loomis Chaffee School campus is now] before a large number of invited guests. Exercises were held at the Town Hall before the unveiling and afterwards luncheon was served at Grace Church Parish House. The inscription on the boulder reads: “This rock marks the firs...
Abigail Wolcott was born 8 February 1755 in East Windsor, Connecticut, the fifth of seven children born to William Wolcott, Esquire, and Abigail Abott. She married on the 10 December 1772, Oliver Ellsworth providing him with the strength and stability to continue his highly productive life.
June 2, 2024 at the Windsor Public Library in Windsor, CTDaughters of the American RevolutionSpeakers:Janet Ellsworth - RegentBeth Witham - Chair Good Citize...
