Deacon Abraham Augur

1724 - 1798  (74 years)

• Name	Abraham Augur
  Birth	1724	East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 2]
  Graduation	1738 (14 years)  [1]
  Agency: Hopkins? Grammar School
  History	8 Jul 1740 (16 years)  [1]
  When his father died, he chose, and the court appointed, John Potter, Jr., as his guardian.
  Married	21 May 1746 (22 years)	Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [1, 3, 4]
  Elizabeth Bradley, probably the daughter of Eldad Bradley of Woodbridge, Connecticut. She was born in 1725 and died 6 November 1764. Issue: 1. Martha Augur (1746-1820) 2. Elizabeth Augur (1748-1749) 3. Hezekiah Augur (1750-1818) 4. Rhoda Augur (1750-1821) 5. Phebe Augur (1752-1813 6. Lydia Augur (1753-1802) 7. Chloe Augur (1756-1774) 8. Huldah Augur (1758-1833)
  Religion	4 May 1749 (25 years)	Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  He came to Amity Parish (Woodbridge) after 1740, and was admitted to full communion there. He removed to New Haven, probably after the death of his first wife, and joined the White Haven Church, made up largely of a faction termed "New Eights" who had withdrawn from the First Church. On June 20, 1771, twenty-seven persons, most of them from the White Haven Church, on confession of their faith were organized into a new church then called the Fair Haven Church, among whom were Abraham Augur and his wife Sarah, and Timothy Ford.
  Married	17 Feb 1765 (41 years)  [1]
  Mrs.Sarah Alcock, the widow of Thomas Alcock. Issue: 1. Joel Augur (1766-____) 2. Jeremiah Augur (1768-____) 3. Abraham Augur (____-1795) 4. Lucie Augur (1771-____)
  Offices Held	11 Oct 1773 (49 years)	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  He was chosen deacon of the White Haven Church, which office he held for twenty-five years until his death.
  Offices Held	11 Dec 1775 (51 years)	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony   [1]
  He was chosen as one of a ?Committee of Inspection? to look after Tories and expose their machinations.
  Offices Held	1776 to 1785 (52 years)  [1]
  He was a selectman of the town during the years 1776-?77, ?78, ?79, ?83, ?84, ?85.
  History	4 Jul 1776 (52 years)	United States become Independent
  Military	1778 to Aug 1779 (54 years)  [5]
  He was a Carpenter's Mate on board the ship, Oliver Cromwell.
  Death	31 May 1798	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 6]
  Burial	Aft 31 May 1798	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut   [2]
  	Gravestone of Deacon Abraham Augur
  Siblings	3 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Mary Augur,   b. 28 Aug 1711, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 24 Oct 1787  (Age 76 years)   2. Daniel Augur,   b. Abt 1715, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony d. 18 Feb 1803, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   3. John Augur,   b. Abt 1716, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony d. 31 Mar 1804, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 88 years)   4. Isaac Augur,   b. Abt 1718, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony d. 29 Jul 1808, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 90 years)   5. Elizabeth Augur,   b. Abt 1720, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 12 Dec 1803, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years) + 6. Lydia Augur,   b. 1726, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 12 Dec 1803, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years) ▻ Charles Thomas,  m. 22 Mar 1741   7. Deacon Abraham Augur,   b. 1724, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony d. 31 May 1798, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Nicholas Augur,   b. say 1522  (3 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Darrish,   b. 1656, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 3 Jan 1713, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 57 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I13815
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	John Augur,   b. 16 Nov 1686, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 30 Oct 1726, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Bradley,   b. 16 Nov 1686, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 13 Dec 1780, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F7694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Deacon Abraham Augur(1724 – 1798) 2John Augur(1686 – 1726) 4Robert Augur 8John Augur(1614 – ) 16John Augur(1588 – ) 17Margery Benyon 9Anna 18 19 5Mary Guilbert(1651 – 1731) 10Deputy Governor Matthew Guilbert 20 21 11Jane 22 23 3Elizabeth Bradley(1686 – 1780) 6Isaac Bradley(1645 – 1713) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Elizabeth Darrish(1656 – 1713) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1724 - East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony Married - 21 May 1746 - Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut Colony Religion - 4 May 1749 - Woodbridge, Haven County, Connecticut Colony Offices Held - 11 Oct 1773 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony Offices Held - 11 Dec 1775 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony Death - 31 May 1798 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 31 May 1798 - Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S780] Augur, Edwin. Family History and Genealogy of the descendants of Robert Augur of New Haven Colony, (Middletown, Conneticut: Edward P. Augur, 1904). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). Memorial ID 27285717 [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S779] Early Connecticut Marriages, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012). [S772] Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999). [S194] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).