Other Events:

• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• 1790 Census: 1790, Stillwater, Albany County, New York
• Probate: 14 Jul 1800, Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York
• Probate: 4 Dec 1801, Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York

Notes:

Birth:
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
First name(s)      Lemuel
Last name      Powers
Event type      Birth
Birth year      1756
Event year      1756
City      Grafton
Country      United States
Volume name      GRAFTON-V1
Page number      101
Record set      Massachusetts Vital Records To 1850
Category      Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory      Civil Births
Collections from      Americas, United States

Christened:
Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7710/101/142283416


Name      Lemuel POWERS
Birth      1756
Location      Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text      Lemuel, s. Lemuel of Uxbridge, bap. Oct. 3, 1756. C. R.
Town Info      Grafton
Volume Name      Grafton - V1
Page      101

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

1790 Census:
p. 339

Lemuel Powers   1-6-2-0-0

Probate:
New York: Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships, 1787-1835. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Original manuscript in:Eardeley Genealogy Collection: New York State Abstracts of Wills, Brooklyn Historical Society.

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB7/rd/6917/241/348287

Name      Lemuel POWERS
Probate Administration      1800
Location      Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
Original Text     
Volume Name      Saratoga
Page      241

Admin on Estate of Lemuel Powers died intestate Granted to Abigail Powers, widow of sd Lemuel Powers late Town Stillwater Co Saratoga, farmer Dec'd; and Cyrus Powers of same place farmer as Amins on 14 July 1800.

Probate:
New York: Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships, 1787-1835. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Original manuscript in:Eardeley Genealogy Collection: New York State Abstracts of Wills, Brooklyn Historical Society.

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB7/rd/6917/252/345916

Name      Lemuel POWERS
Probate Record      1801
Location      Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
Original Text     
Volume Name      Saratoga
Page      252

pp. 143-145 Record of Wills
Sale Real Estate of Lemuel Powers dec'd.
Petition of Abigail Powers admix and Cyrus Powers admor of sd Lemuel Powers late of Town Stillwater Co Saratoga nb dec'd real estate in Saratoga Co order sold by sd Abigail Powers admix and Cyrus Powers admor and by Lettes Weston of Town Stillwater farmer appted Guardian for David Powers, John Powers, Royal Powers, Lemuel Powers, Polly Powers and Abigail Powers heirs under age 21 yrs.
Dated 4 Dec 1801.

Lemuel married Abigail Newland on 16 Apr 1777 in Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Abigail was born on 22 Feb 1758 in Massachusetts; died on 21 Feb 1838 in Lansing, Tompkins County, New York; was buried after 21 Feb 1838 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Famous Historical Figure
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 2705

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Presidential First Lady.

She was born Abigail Powers in rural Saratoga County, New York to a prominent Baptist preacher who died early in her life leaving her mother to fend for herself with two small children.

She home schooled Abigail providing her with an excellent education using her dead husband's library of many books. The family was now living in New Hope, New York while Abigail was enrolled in a recently opened academy where Millard Fillmore was also a student. He had little education and was a former indentured servant working in the textile industry. She encouraged him to study law while she began teaching school. She was instrumental in a campaign to raise funds which resulted in the first circulating library in the State of New York.

Two years later they were married and she continued working until the birth of their son. Attaining prosperity, Millard became interested in politics. He first became a Congressman, then state comptroller and finally Vice President.

With Zachary Taylor's death, the Fillmore's moved into the White House. Abigail realized she lacked social graces, and entrusted many social duties to her attractive daughter, "Abby." The White House had no books, and she established the first library after receiving an appropriation from Congress and personally supervised their selection and purchase.

President Millard Fillmore's tenure in the White House was over. At the outdoor inauguration of his successor, President Pierce, Abigail returned to the Willard Hotel chilled, developed pneumonia and died . The House of Representatives and the Senate adjourned and public offices closed in respect. The family took her home to Buffalo and she was interred in the Fillmore family plot in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Today her children, her husband, her mother and her husband's second wife surround her.

Bio by: Donald Greyfield

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Famous People

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2705

Abigail married President Millard Fillmore in 1826. Millard (son of Nathaniel Fillmore, Jr. and Phoebe Millard) was born on 7 Jan 1800 in Summer Hill, Cayuga County, New York; died on 8 Mar 1874 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York; was buried after 8 Mar 1874 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]