Family Group Sheet
NameCol. Abel MARCY
Birth24 Apr 1782, Pawling, Dutchess Co, NY [783]
Census29 Aug 1850, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA
Census Memoage 68
Death27 Dec 1850, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA [273]
Death Memod: 27 Dec 18__ 68y 8m 3d
BurialOld Marcy Cemetary, Tunkhannock
OccupationLumberman
FatherZebulon MARCY (1744-1834)
MotherJerusha CONANT (1743-1819)
Other spousesAffa Harding
Marriage21 Feb 1805, Luzerne Co, PA [783]
SpouseEunice SPENCER
Birth28 Sep 1785, Claremont, Sullivan Co, NH [781]
Death20 Jul 1813, Tunkhannock, Luzerne Co, PA [273]
Death Memoage 28 [year wrong]
FatherJeremiah SPENCER (1751-1825)
MotherTirzah ASHLEY (1745-1841)
Children
1 FSarah MARCY
Death9 Feb 1890, Wauxega, Crawford, WI [322]
BurialWauxega Cem, Wauxega, Crawford, WI
SpouseSamuel ROSENCRANTZ
Marriage6 Aug 1824, Pennsylvania [783]
4 MTheron Marcy
Birth1 Apr 1807, Tunkhannock, Luzerne Co, PA [781]
Death11 Nov 1861, Eaton, Wyoming Co, PA [781]
SpouseSusanna Strickland
Notes for Col. Abel MARCY
Abel was a lumberman. He owned two sawmills and a grist mill which he operated, and owned several hundred acres of woodland. He was commissioned by the PA governor for service in the War of 1812 in 1814 as a Captain, 3rd Co, 76th Reg’t of the PA Militia, 2nd Brig, 8th Div. He was promoted to Lt. Col 16 Oct 1823. [783]
Census notes for Col. Abel MARCY
1810 Luzerne, PA: Tunkhannock, p. 169
1820 Luzerne, PA: Tunkhannock, p. 447
1830 Luzerne, PA: Tunkhannock, p. 468
1850 Wyoming Co, PA: Abel Marcy 68 PA farmer; Sarah 50 NY; Mary 40 CT; Huldah 16; John 14; Thomas 11; Jasper 7 (Tunkhannock, p. 43 8/29/1850) [The four children are surnamed Hoadley in the 1860 census. They are the children of Miles and Sally (Freeman) Hoadley.]
1820 Luzerne, PA: Tunkhannock, p. 447
1830 Luzerne, PA: Tunkhannock, p. 468
1850 Wyoming Co, PA: Abel Marcy 68 PA farmer; Sarah 50 NY; Mary 40 CT; Huldah 16; John 14; Thomas 11; Jasper 7 (Tunkhannock, p. 43 8/29/1850) [The four children are surnamed Hoadley in the 1860 census. They are the children of Miles and Sally (Freeman) Hoadley.]
Notes for Eunice SPENCER
Tombstone transcription shows a death date of 1815, but says age 28. Since Abel remarried in 1814, the 1813 date is used.
