Abigail Loveless1,2,3,4,5

#815, b. circa 1786
ChartsHoward Louis Bailey Family Tree
Relationship3rd great-grandmother of Howard Louis Bailey.
Name Variation Abigail Loveless was also known as Abagail or Abigal Loveless, Bloomer and Pierce or Pearce.6,5
 
Notes*In 1865, Abigail Loveless reported to the census taker that she had been married three times and had had seven children. One of the first two husbands (probably the second) was Isaac T. Bloomer, father of our Elizabeth Bloomer Bailey. I have listed below the three people I have reasonable certainty were their children (although see the next note for other possibilities). The last husband was apparently named Pierce or Pearce, whose name Abigail carried at the time of the 1850 census, although Isaac had died just the previous year.3,1 
Birth*Abigail was born circa 1786 in either Putnam County, NY or Newburgh, Orange County, NY.1,2,3,4,5,7,6 
Marriage*She married Isaac T. Bloomer, son of Reuben Bloomer and Nancy Teed, circa 1814 at New York.5,7,6,8 
Son*Abigail and Isaac's son Edgar was born circa 1814. (Note that Edgar may have been from Isaac's earlier marriage.). 
Daughter*Abigail and Isaac's daughter Laura was born between 1814 and 1820. 
Note*Abigail and Isaac entered into a mortgage with Samuel Drake on 10 May 1816 at Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, where they lived.9 
DaughterAbigail and Isaac's daughter Elizabeth was born on 22 May 1822. 
(Widow) DeathAbigail was widowed when Isaac T. Bloomer died on 9 February 1849 Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, of consumption.1,6,10 
(Widow) DeathShe was widowed when (?) Pierce died before 1850. 
Marriage*She married (?) Pierce before 1850.1,2,4 
(Witness) Census1850FedUSShe appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, in the household of James W. Bailey and Elizabeth Bloomer, her son-in-law and daughter.1 
Census1855StateSimUS*She has not been located in Marlborough in the 1855 NY State Census. 
(Witness) Census1860FedUSShe appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, in the household of James W. Bailey and Elizabeth Bloomer, her son-in-law and daughter.2 
(Witness) Census1865StateSimUSShe appeared on the 1865 State Census of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, in the household of James W. Bailey and Elizabeth Bloomer, her son-in-law and daughter.3 
(Witness) Census1870FedUSShe appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, in the household of James W. Bailey and Elizabeth Bloomer, her son-in-law and daughter.4 
Burial*She is not listed in Riverside Cemetery, Marlborough, where many other family members are buried.11 
Notes*Howard L. Bailey had notes which indicated a possible son James and a possible son or grandson Jasper. Edgar Bloomer, who was apparently one of Issac and Abigail's children, did have a son named Jasper. I have not yet identified any other Jasper Bloomer. Robert J. Bloomer, who has done extensive research on this family, reports that an Abagail Pearce applied for and filed probate information in Ulster County in 1852. He believes that Isaac and Abigail had five children and shows them as follows (for additional information on Robert's research see Pedigree Resource File DVD 128 [©2006]):
--Charles Augustus (1812- , married three times, five children, death in Marlborough). [NOTE that Elizabeth Bloomer Bailey and James W. Bailey named one of their children, an ancestor of ours, Charles Augustus Bailey. Also, notice that his birthdate is given as prior to Isaac and Abigail's marriage date, so he may have been a son of Isaac and Nelly.]
--Edgar (1814-1895, married twice, 6 children, including Jasper Drake [who may be the Jasper mentioned in the Bailey family notes], death in Wilton, CT)
--William (1816-1881, possible child to Isaac and Abigail, married once, eight children, death in NYC)
--Elizabeth (m. James W. Bailey) - [This is our ancestral line. See link to Elizabeth in list of children below.]
--Laura (m. Jeremiah Elliott). [Laura Eliot and her son Howard were living with Charles Augustus Bloomer in 1850, and Laura was living with James W. and Elizabeth Bloomer Bailey and Abigail Loveless Bloomer Pierce in 1865] 

Family 1

Isaac T. Bloomer b. bt 1785 - 1795, d. 9 Feb 1849
Children

Family 2

(?) Pierce d. b 1850

Citations:

  1. [S495] Census of 1850 for the United States, population schedule, Household of James Bailey, Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, dwelling 407, family 448, page 286B-287A, roll M432-605, enumerated 26 September 1850.
  2. [S494] Census of 1860 for the United States, population schedule, Household of James Bailey, Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, dwelling 1446, family 1538, page 199, roll M653-870, enumerated 25 July 1860.
  3. [S10] Census of 1865 for New York State (Marlborough, Ulster County), population schedule, roll V14-177, Household of James Bailey, page 5, dwelling 26, family 32, election district 1.
  4. [S485] Census of 1870 for the United States, population schedule, Household of James Bailey, Marlborough, Ulster County, New York, dwelling 425, family 477, wr. page 56, printed page 538B, roll M593-1106, enumerated 15 July 1870.
  5. [S124] Elizabeth Bailey, Certificate of Death, Collection of Margaret M. Bailey.
  6. [S41] International Genealogical Index (IGI).
  7. [S408] Ancestry World Tree Project, Bloomers in America, 20 Jan 2007.
  8. [S511] Pedigree Resource File DVD 128, PINs 142294 and 142296, Submitter Robert. J. BLOOMER.
  9. [S511] Pedigree Resource File DVD 128, PIN 142271, Submitter Robert. J. BLOOMER.
  10. [S511] Pedigree Resource File DVD 128, PIN 142294, Submitter Robert. J. BLOOMER.
  11. [S220] Email, William Staples to Margaret May Bailey, 17 June 1999.
  12. [S511] Pedigree Resource File DVD 128, PIN 142297, Submitter Robert. J. BLOOMER.
  13. [S511] Pedigree Resource File DVD 128, PIN 142299, Submitter Robert. J. BLOOMER.
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