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Abraham
E. Wendell
Abraham E. Wendell was born in April 1693. He was the son of Albany leader Evert Wendell, Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth Sanders - whose marriage represented the union of two of Albany most promising families.
In
October 1736, he was forty-three-years-old when he
wed Geertruy Bleecker at the Albany Dutch church.
This marrriage of older partners produced only one
child who grew up to become the wife of a prominent
Albany merchant.
During
the 1720s-40s, this Abraham was a merchant and resident
of the third ward.
Abraham
E. Wendell lost his wife shortly after the birth
of their daughter. He may have re-married. He died
in June 1753 and was buried from the Albany church.
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Sources: The life of Abraham E. Wendell is CAP biography number
2737. This sketch is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources. However, this presentation
is cautious to avoid confusion with the life of his
nephew Abraham E. Wendell and other contemporary
Abraham Wendells as well!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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