Ancestry of
Archibald MacLeish

American Poet and Playwright

Abigail Burnham

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Archibald MacLeish — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 115 
  • Father:
  • William Burnham 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Wolcott   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Sep 1713 
  • Birth Location:
  • Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Oct 1794 
  • Death Location:
  • Newington, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Robert Welles
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Nov 1735 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Hannah Welles (Ahnentafel No:57 )

• Sources for Abigail Burnham

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Wethersfield, p. 278, Birth record for daughter Hannah Wells.
  • ² Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 3, Samuel Appleton and His Wife Judith Everard . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2007), 58, 241-243.