On 29 May 1711 when Abiah was 26, she married
Dea. John Hitchcock (17064) , son of
Nathaniel Hitchcock (6278) (ca 1650-ca 1698) &
Elizabeth Moss (6358) (3 Oct 1652-ca 1707), in New Haven, CT.
56 Born on 28 Jan 1685 in New Haven, CT.56 At the age of 1, John was baptized in First Congregational Society, New Haven, on 8 Aug 1686.55 John died in New Haven, CT, on 14 Oct 1753; he was 68.56 Buried in City Burial Ground, New Haven. Occupation: farmer.
John “was a member of the Legislature seventeen sessions from 1739–1747. He was Deacon of the 1st church of New Haven from 1742–1753. His tomb stone is to be found in the Grove St. Cemetery, where it was placed whien removed form the center church yard. A catalogue of the stones removed says: ‘Dea. John, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Moss) Hitchcock’”409
City Burial Ground, also known as Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven
In Memory of Deacon John Hitchcock Esq. who died Octob'r the 14th 1758 Aged 68 Years