Twelfth Generation

103. Abigail Lowerie "Abby" VANDERVORT was born on 1 July 1827 in Blenheim Township, Schoharie County, NY.^{16,56,57,82,122,123,124,125,126,127} (In the 1900 Census, her birth date was listed as July 1825 and her age was 74. Her name was listed as "Abbie" on the death certificate of her son Stewart.) She appeared in the census in 1830 in Blenheim Township, Schoharie County, NY.⁶⁶ She appeared in the census in 1840 in Blenheim Township, Schoharie County, NY.⁶⁶ Abby appeared in the census in 1850 in Rochester Township, Racine County, WI.⁶⁶ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.⁶⁶ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.⁶⁶ Abby appeared in the census in 1880 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.⁶⁶ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.¹²⁸ (She was living next door to Mary Gillett Ryder at 604 Geneva Street.) She died on 24 August 1906 at the age of 79 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.^16,129 of dropsy and indigestion. Abby was buried in Spring Grove, Green Lake County, WI.^16,122 in the Spring Grove Cemetery.

Abigail Lowerie "Abby" VANDERVORT and David "Perry" FLINT were married on 12 December 1847 in Sugar Creek Township, Walworth County, WI.^128,130,131 (A picture of their hand-written marriage license is attached.) (According to the 1900 Census, they had 13 children, of whom 8 were living at the time.) David "Perry" FLINT, son of Daniel FLINT and Sally WHITING, was born about 1827 in Middlebury, Addison County, VT.^{124,125,126,132} His son Stewart's death certificate lists his name as "Perry D. Flint" and his birth place as Vermont. The 1860 Census lists New York as his birth place; that was an error. He lived in Rochester Township, Racine County, WI about 1850.¹²⁴ He lived in Delavan, Walworth County, WI about 1860.¹²⁶ Perry served in the military between 1864 and 1865 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.¹³³ He enlisted as a private on 15 February 1964 in Company A, 36th Infantry Regiment, Wisconsin. He was wounded 14 August 1864 and he received a disability discharge on 13 June 1865. (Source: "Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion" Published in 1886, from Ancestry.com 11/9/01.) About 1870 he was a well digger in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.¹²⁵ He died on 6 February 1873 at the age of 46 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.^{131,132,133,134} (He is not listed with the family in the 1880 Census.) Perry was buried after 6 February 1873 in Delavan, Walworth County, WI.¹³¹ in the Spring Grove Cemetery.

Abigail Lowerie "Abby" VANDERVORT and David "Perry" FLINT had the following children: