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    Abigail Porter (Phillips)

    Birth: 4-12-1800

    Death: 3-29-1886

Relationships

Spouse

Porter, John Edward

Children

Porter, Charles Talbot

Beardsley, Anna Phillips

Porter, Caroline Louise

Biography

Abigail Martha (Phillips) Porter was born in the early nineteenth century in Connecticut.



Abigail married John Porter of Auburn on February 17, 1825. John was a practicing lawyer and politician in Auburn, New York. Abigail and John had five children, two of whom survived to adulthood, Charles and Anna Phillips. Charles was a revered mechanical engineer known for his invention of the “Porter’s Steam Governor.” Anna married Alonzo Glover Beardsley, another prominent lawyer in Auburn and the son of New York State Senator, John Beardsley. Abigail was close friends with Frances Seward.



Abigail died at the age of 85, on March 29, 1886, in Auburn.

Letter References

Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 5, 1868

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 31, 1852

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1850

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 9, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 3, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 28, 1849

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 15, 1846

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 29, 1845

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 30, 1845

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Warden, December 3, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 28, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 27, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 14, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 7, 1844

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 3, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 14, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 7, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 24, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 31, 1842

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 19, 1841

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, October 14, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 26, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 14, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 9, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, November 17, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 8, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 18, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 27, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 24, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 21, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 14, 1837

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 18, 1837

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 7, 1837

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 1, 1837

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 12, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 13, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 16, 1836

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 2, 1835

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 28, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 30, 1834

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 5, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 21, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 18, 1831

Citations

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Biography: 

Abigail Martha (Phillips) Porter was born in the early nineteenth century in Connecticut.

Abigail married John Porter of Auburn on February 17, 1825. John was a practicing lawyer and politician in Auburn, New York. Abigail and John had five children, two of whom survived to adulthood, Charles and Anna Phillips. Charles was a revered mechanical engineer known for his invention of the “Porter’s Steam Governor.” Anna married Alonzo Glover Beardsley, another prominent lawyer in Auburn and the son of New York State Senator, John Beardsley. Abigail was close friends with Frances Seward.

Abigail died at the age of 85, on March 29, 1886, in Auburn.

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Samuel Bowles & Co.
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Williams Biographical Annals
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Lee & Shepard Publishers
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