Descendants of William Christopher Wescott - Person Sheet
NameAbraham DURGIN/DURGAN 
533,502,501,520,489,534,55,535,536,494,445,537,538,539,381, D625, 10745, M
533,502,501,520,489,534,55,535,536,494,445,537,538,539,381, D625, 10745, MBirthDurham, Strafford County, NH, USA
Christen6 Sep 1752, Durham, Strafford County, NH, USA
Death1832, Cabot, Washington County, VT, USA
BurialLimerick, York County, ME, USA
FatherJoshua DURGIN , 10740, M (~1719-~1767)
MotherHannah PERKINS , 10744, F (~1719-1799)
Notes for Abraham DURGIN/DURGAN
Begins using the Durgan spelling in VT
Named on Tax Lists from 1774tp; Canterbury, NH 1778, 1779, 1780, 1785 and in Census of 1790;
19 March 1784 - Abraham chosen to be on committee "to divide the school keeping into classes in town" (classes = districts) Freeman: "List of Freeman of the town of Cabot who were ______ ______ and sworn on Tuesday September 03 1788" Abraham on this list on pg 103 of above noted town records of Cabot, VT; First Constable of Cabot - signed as so on papers dated March 1791, 16 February 1792, 02 July 1792
Durgan Homestead, across from Molly's Pond on Rt 2 in Cabot, VT. Abraham lived here ca 1790 (land records show purchase of this pieces of land between 1820 & 1830). Earlier purchases were for property north east of the homestead but still in town of Cabot. His son Darius lived/born here ca 1805 (may have been born on land northeast of property across from Molly's Pond, but still in town of Cabot, willed home-stead to son Alvin D. after death of wife Prudence Page (d 1896). Alvin was born here and most likely continued to live at the farm and help his mother run it till her death); Carl A, also born here, received the farm after death of his father, Alvin D.. Carl A. sold it out of the family a few years late. House still standing, with some changes, in 2001. Ted Durgan has a note that he removed to Cabot, VT with Nathan Perkins and his wife Martha Heath about 1790, their wifes were sisters.
Small cabins located just east of homestead were rented out also rented boats on Molly's Pond These rentals were by a later generation that lived at the homestead.
As listed in above noted town records of Cabot, VT
Grantee: Abraham Durgan Grantor: Thomas Lyford, 1788, pg 91
Grantee: Abraham Durgan Grantor: John Marsh, 1795, pg 94
Grantee: Pratt, Nathan Grantor: Abraham Durgan, 1795, pg 45
Grantee: Caleb Heath Grantor: Abraham Durgan, 1803-1806, pg 14
State Papers of VT Vol IV by Hoyt, pg 31 "for a tax on land to build roads...Petition of the subscribers, proprietors, landowners and inhabitance of the town of Cabot - Cabot Sept 25th 1788...Abraham Durgin...filed Oct 15, 1788" saa, pg 32 "for a tax on land to build roads, County Orange, Sept 26, 1788 Abraham Durgin...filed Oct 15, 1788; saa, pg 297/298 "for a tax on land to build road and for a new rd committee member, Cabot Sept 12th 1791...Abraham Durgin
...filed Oct 20th 1791
In S, S & P - Signed on in the state of Maine "bapt Durham, NH 1752 - bur. Limerick, ME - MOCA" (York County, ME). MA Soldiers & Sailors in the War Revolution, Vol 5, pg 86 Durgan, Abraham, Upton (also given Scarborough). Capt Abraham Tyler's co Col Edmund Phinney's regt; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Oct 26, 1775; also, Sergeant, Capt Hastings's co. Col Henry Jackson's regt; Continental Army pay accounts for service for Nov 22 1777 to June 16 1779; residence Upton; also, Capt. John Hastings's (6th) co., Col Henry Jackson's regt.; muster roll for April 1779, dated Pawtuxet; reported on command at Warwick; also, same co and regt; enlisted Nov 22 1777; residence, Scarborough; enlistment, 3 years, reported deserted June 16 1779 MA Soldiers & sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol 5, pg 87, Durgin, Abraham, Scarborough. Private, Capt. Abraham Tyler's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's (31st) regt; billeting allowed from date of enlistment May 12 1775 to date of marching to headquarters, July 6, 1775; credited with 54 days allowance; also company return dated Sept 29, 1775; also Capt Tyler's Co., Col. Phinney's Regt; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec 8, 1776; enlisted 1 January 1776; also retrun of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Roger Lebby's Co., sworn to at Scarborough, Nov. 25, 1778; residence Scarborough; enlistment 3 years also list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston May 24, 1778; Capt North's Co., Col Lee's regt.
Burial: Limerick, York Cty, ME (S, S & P). Found no record in book of York County ME Cemetary Inscriptions. Book does list unmarked graves and stones to faded to read. Maybe one of these are his. His mother, Hannah Perkins Durgan, died in Limerick, ME at the home of one of her sons.
People of Peacham, VT - give him a niece Mary Elizabeth, d/o Darnel Durgan of Cabot VT. This appears to be the daughter of his son Darius (Darnel in some records) Mary Eliza. Also has Mary -m- Allen N Stewart. In some records his first name is Alvin Abrahm possibly had a daughter Mary who marries George Jennes. There is a VT VR MC for Cabot, VT. She would be of the right age to be a daughter of Abraham.
Named on Tax Lists from 1774tp; Canterbury, NH 1778, 1779, 1780, 1785 and in Census of 1790;
19 March 1784 - Abraham chosen to be on committee "to divide the school keeping into classes in town" (classes = districts) Freeman: "List of Freeman of the town of Cabot who were ______ ______ and sworn on Tuesday September 03 1788" Abraham on this list on pg 103 of above noted town records of Cabot, VT; First Constable of Cabot - signed as so on papers dated March 1791, 16 February 1792, 02 July 1792
Durgan Homestead, across from Molly's Pond on Rt 2 in Cabot, VT. Abraham lived here ca 1790 (land records show purchase of this pieces of land between 1820 & 1830). Earlier purchases were for property north east of the homestead but still in town of Cabot. His son Darius lived/born here ca 1805 (may have been born on land northeast of property across from Molly's Pond, but still in town of Cabot, willed home-stead to son Alvin D. after death of wife Prudence Page (d 1896). Alvin was born here and most likely continued to live at the farm and help his mother run it till her death); Carl A, also born here, received the farm after death of his father, Alvin D.. Carl A. sold it out of the family a few years late. House still standing, with some changes, in 2001. Ted Durgan has a note that he removed to Cabot, VT with Nathan Perkins and his wife Martha Heath about 1790, their wifes were sisters.
Small cabins located just east of homestead were rented out also rented boats on Molly's Pond These rentals were by a later generation that lived at the homestead.
As listed in above noted town records of Cabot, VT
Grantee: Abraham Durgan Grantor: Thomas Lyford, 1788, pg 91
Grantee: Abraham Durgan Grantor: John Marsh, 1795, pg 94
Grantee: Pratt, Nathan Grantor: Abraham Durgan, 1795, pg 45
Grantee: Caleb Heath Grantor: Abraham Durgan, 1803-1806, pg 14
State Papers of VT Vol IV by Hoyt, pg 31 "for a tax on land to build roads...Petition of the subscribers, proprietors, landowners and inhabitance of the town of Cabot - Cabot Sept 25th 1788...Abraham Durgin...filed Oct 15, 1788" saa, pg 32 "for a tax on land to build roads, County Orange, Sept 26, 1788 Abraham Durgin...filed Oct 15, 1788; saa, pg 297/298 "for a tax on land to build road and for a new rd committee member, Cabot Sept 12th 1791...Abraham Durgin
...filed Oct 20th 1791
In S, S & P - Signed on in the state of Maine "bapt Durham, NH 1752 - bur. Limerick, ME - MOCA" (York County, ME). MA Soldiers & Sailors in the War Revolution, Vol 5, pg 86 Durgan, Abraham, Upton (also given Scarborough). Capt Abraham Tyler's co Col Edmund Phinney's regt; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Oct 26, 1775; also, Sergeant, Capt Hastings's co. Col Henry Jackson's regt; Continental Army pay accounts for service for Nov 22 1777 to June 16 1779; residence Upton; also, Capt. John Hastings's (6th) co., Col Henry Jackson's regt.; muster roll for April 1779, dated Pawtuxet; reported on command at Warwick; also, same co and regt; enlisted Nov 22 1777; residence, Scarborough; enlistment, 3 years, reported deserted June 16 1779 MA Soldiers & sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol 5, pg 87, Durgin, Abraham, Scarborough. Private, Capt. Abraham Tyler's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's (31st) regt; billeting allowed from date of enlistment May 12 1775 to date of marching to headquarters, July 6, 1775; credited with 54 days allowance; also company return dated Sept 29, 1775; also Capt Tyler's Co., Col. Phinney's Regt; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec 8, 1776; enlisted 1 January 1776; also retrun of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Roger Lebby's Co., sworn to at Scarborough, Nov. 25, 1778; residence Scarborough; enlistment 3 years also list of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston May 24, 1778; Capt North's Co., Col Lee's regt.
Burial: Limerick, York Cty, ME (S, S & P). Found no record in book of York County ME Cemetary Inscriptions. Book does list unmarked graves and stones to faded to read. Maybe one of these are his. His mother, Hannah Perkins Durgan, died in Limerick, ME at the home of one of her sons.
People of Peacham, VT - give him a niece Mary Elizabeth, d/o Darnel Durgan of Cabot VT. This appears to be the daughter of his son Darius (Darnel in some records) Mary Eliza. Also has Mary -m- Allen N Stewart. In some records his first name is Alvin Abrahm possibly had a daughter Mary who marries George Jennes. There is a VT VR MC for Cabot, VT. She would be of the right age to be a daughter of Abraham.