Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial ...

ticut. He was a builder of chimneys by
occupation and many stacks in the Connecticut
valley were built by him. John
Henry served as a member of Captain
Daniel Dewey's Company, for a short
period, and marched with that company
on the Lexington alarm from Lebanon.
In 1778, he removed to Bolton, Connecti-
cut, and later to Enfield, where he died
January 9, 1819. He married, about 1766,
Mary Gager, born August 25, 1744, in
Lebanon, youngest child of Rev. William
and Mary (Allen) Gager.
(IV) George Gager Henry, son of John
Henry, was born about 1769, and was
called Gager Henry. He was a prominent
man and held several offices. With his
family he was a member of the Enfield
Church for many years. He married An-
nie Parsons, at Enfield, in 1790. She died
September 30, 1790, and he died February
5 or 14, 1843.
(V) Parsons Henry, son of George
Gager Henry, was an influential man of
his day. He was a farmer in Enfield, and
represented that town in the Legislature.
He married, April 25, 1820, Hannah Bick-
nell, who died October 4, 1889, at the
age of fifty-nine years, and Parsons Henry
died June 13, 1874.
(VI) Parsons Milo Henry, son of Par-
sons Henry, was born August 10, 1825,
and died February 17, 1895. He attended
the public schools of Enfield and subse-
quently was a student at the famous old
Wilbraham Academy. For some time he
taught school in the winter time and engaged
in farming in the summer months.
He lived during his entire life on the
homestead farm. He married, February
22, 1865, at Enfield, Sophronia Miranda
Abbe, born April 16, 1840, daughter of
David Loveland and Sophronia Miranda
(Davis) Abbe. Mrs. Henry is a descend-
ant of one of the oldest and most dis-
tinguished Colonial families. The an-
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
94
cestor, John Abbe, was an inhabitant of
Salem, Massachusetts, January 2, 1636-
1637, and was granted an acre of land
there for a home lot. In 1642, he received
a further grant of ten acres, probably in
that part of Salem which was later the
town of Wenham. He first appears in
the Wenham records, in 1643, an