My Revolutionary War Patriots - Abner Poland of Essex, Massachusetts

Essex, Massachusetts - The former Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, MassachusettsThis is blog post #8 on my series of stories about my Revolutionary War ancestors.Abner Poland, baptized 17 October 1736 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich (now the town of Essex), on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, was the son of John Poland (1693 - 1777), a weaver from Chebacco Parish, and Abigail Davis of Gloucester. She was the daughter of James Davis (1685 - 1742) and Abigail Mettcalfe. Abner married Dorothy Burnham on 3 April 1761 and had seven children, three boys and four girls. I descend from the oldest son, Abner Poland, Jr. (1761 - 1835) who was also a Revolutionary War veteran. Dorothy was the daughter of John Burnham and Rachel Smith, baptized on 26 June 1737 in the Chebacco Parish, and died on 7 April 1789. Abner remarried for a second time to Deborah Burnham, the widow of Nathaniel Emerson, on 5 December 1792. She was the daughter of Westley Burnham and Deborah Story. Deborah Burnham Emerson Poland was…