Abia, Jr. (15 Aug 1736-5 Jun 1826) — m. Martha Smith on 29 Oct 1758
Lois (1738-????) — m. John Martin, Sr. in 1758 -- UNSURE OF PARENTAGE
Squire (3 Aug 1740-?1832?) — m. Martha ???
Peck (25 Feb 1743-????)
Mary (1753-1826) — m. Simeon Sweet in 1775
James (1756-20 Aug 1828) — m. Mary Parkhurst on 16 Mar 1783
Abia was the son of Nathaniel Luther and Ruth Cole, born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Prudence was the daughter of John Peck (1700-1730) and Rebecca Richardson (1696-1738).
Abia and Prudence married on either 31 Mar or 11 Nov 1733 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Their first three children of record were born there. I don’t know when they moved to Rhode Island.
Abia and Prudence both died in 1794 in Gloucester, Providence County, Rhode Island. Like Abia’s parents, they are buried in the Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
Abia married Martha Smith (1740-1828) from Rehoboth, daughter of Stephen Smith and Mary Peck, in 1758 in Gloucester, Rhode Island. There are records of two children:
Joshua (~1765-13 Jul 1830) — m. Rachel Darling
Squire ()
Late in life, Abia and Martha moved to Otsego County, New York to be near their sons. Abia died in 1826 in Hartwick, Otsego County, New York. Martha died in 1828. They are buried in Abner Adams Cemetery there.
Depending on which information you believe, Lois might have been the daughter of Theophilus Luther, Jr. (1689-1755) and his wife Sarah (1693-1740).
Squire married a woman named Martha (1752-1833). Known children:
Aaron (18 May 1785-28 Aug 1868) — m. Anna Bowen
Mary (9 Jun 1787-26 Mar 1846) — m. Darling Smith
Oliver (1791-5 May 1868) — m. Charlotte ??? about 1818
Squire reportedly died in 1832 in Otsego County, New York, but I’m not convinced that isn’t a confusion with his namesake nephew.
No information
Mary married Simeon Sweet (1750-29 Apr 1816) in 1775 in Gloucester. They later lived in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Known children:
Nancy (1 Jan 1778-26 Aug 1859) — m. Jonathan Babcock
William (1780-8 Nov 1839) — m. Mary “Polly” Leete on 1 Jun 1803
Sally (1782-????)
Mary “Polly” (1784-????) — m. William Leete on 1 Jun 1803
Prudence (1792-1870) — m. James Kenley on 27 Oct 1816
Cynthia (1793-29 Nov 1874)
Simeon died in 1816 in Clarksburg, Berskhire County. He was originally buried in North Church Street Cemetery, North Adams, Berkshire County, but around 1900 his remains were moved to Southview Cemetery. Mary reportedly died in 1826. Her burial location is unknown.
James has his own entry in the family tree.
Abia was an eighth-generation descendant of the parents of the Protestant reformer Martin Luther. His paternal lineage:
Nathaniel LUTHER (25 Apr 1665-12 Apr 1719) + Ruth COLE (8 Jan 1666-17 Mar 1718)
Hezekiah LUTHER (1639-23 Jul 1723) + Elizabeth MILLS (1639-25 Aug 1665)
John LUTHER (11 Dec 1595/1597-17 Sep 1644/1645) + Elizabeth TURNER (?1619-?2 May 1646?)
Johann Jacob LUTHER III (6 Jul 1561-1597) + Joan ABELL (1561-1597)
Johann Jacob LUTHER II (1537-1558) + Joanne WARNER (1537-1561)
Johannes LUTHER (1517-1854) + Margarete STEHLING (1520-1580)
Jacob LUTHER (1490-18 Jan 1571) + name unknown (1499-1538)
Hans LUTHER (1459-29 May 1530) + Margarete LINDEMANN (1460-30 Jun 1531)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-W12T -- 1733 wedding
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG8-Q65 -- Ditto
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7N-V2X -- 1736 birth of Abia Jr.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-1M92 -- 1740 birth of Squire
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7V-SLR -- 1743 birth of Peck
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61904337 -- 1794 grave of Abia Sr.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61904194/prudence-luther -- 1794 grave of Prudence
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~amorrow/fg05/fg05_251.html -- Nathaniel and Ruth and their descendants
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142495055/jacob-luther -- 1571 grave of Jacob Luther, with links to descendants
Moses (20 Jun 1694-23 Nov 1763) — m. Almy Round
Elizabeth (3 Apr 1696-1750) — m. Alexander Bragg on 27 Mar 1715
Hannah (25 Mar 1698-16 Apr 1719) — never married
Abia (1700-24 Sep 1794) – m. Prudence Peck on 31 Mar or 11 Nov 1733
Hezekiah (2 Aug 1703-2 May 1730) — m. Patience on 10 Nov 1726
Mary (2 Jan 1703-19 Aug 1785) — m. William Hale on 1 Feb 1726/1727
Ruth (23 Mar 1707/1708-12 Jul 1793) — m. Hezekiah Cole on 25 Jul 1728
Experience (22 Feb 1710-????) — m. Seth Cole (17 Nov 1708-2 Sep 1772) on 21 Jan 1730/1731
Nathaniel was the second child of Hezekiah Luther and Elizabeth Mills. He was born in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. His mother died around the time he was born, and his father remarried.
Ruth Cole was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of Hugh Cole (1627-1699) and Mary Foxwell (1635-1687).
Nathaniel and Ruth married on 10 or 20 Jun 1693 at Swansea, Massachusetts. Nathaniel was deacon of the North Swansea Baptist Church.
Ruth died in Swansea or Warren, Massachusetts in 1718. She is reportedly buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Rhode Island, the same place as Nathaniel’s parents. Nathaniel died the following year and is reported to be buried with Ruth. Researchers have been unable to find the gravestones. Nathaniel’s will dated 10 Apr 1719, just two days before his death, named all his children.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~amorrow/fg05/fg05_251.html -- List of children
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Luther-826 -- Ruth’s death, 1718
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36254035 -- Ruth’s grave, sort of
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41794303 -- Nathaniel’s grave, sort of
John (1663-14 Apr 1697) — m. Hopestill Butterworth on 25 Jun 1687
Nathaniel (25 Apr 1665-12 Apr 1719) — m. Ruth Cole on 20 Jun 1693
A son of Captain John Luther and Elizabeth Turner, Hezekiah was born in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter.
Elizabeth came from Milton. Nothing more known.
John and Elizabeth married on on 30 Jan or Nov 1661 in Dorchester.
Elizabeth reportedly died in 1665. Hezekiah remarried in probably 1668 to Sarah Butterworth (1641-22 Aug 1722), daughter of John and Sarah Butterworth. The second marriage produced three children of record:
Elizabeth (1671-1754) — m. John Kinnicutt on 14 Apr 1699
Edward (27 Apr 1674-10 Jan 1754) — m. Sarah Callender in 1703; m. Elizabeth Mason on 12 Feb 1712
Hezekiah Jr. (27 Aug 1676-27 Oct 1763) — m. Martha Gardner in March 1704
Hezekiah and Sarah ran an inn, mentioned in a 1704 diary entry by one Judge Samuel Sewall.
Hezekiah died in 1723 and is buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Rhode Island. Elizabeth and Sarah are reportedly buried in the same cemetery, but their stones seem to be hard to find.
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Luther-826 -- Untrustworthy site, combines Elizabeth with the second wife, Sarah Butterworth
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mills-6051 -- Gets Elizabeth right, I think
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~amorrow/fg05/fg05_271.html -- This family
http://www.geni.com/people/Hezekiah-Luther/6000000007290620678 -- Adds a sixth child, Hannah
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22455672/hezekiah-luther -- Hezekiah’s grave
Samuel (1636-20 Dec 1716) — m. Mary Abel about 1662
Hezekiah (1639-23 Jul 1723) — m. Elizabeth Mills in 1661; m. Sarah Butterworth about 1868
others?
John was born in either Canford Magna, Dorset, England or Stanford River, Essex, England, son of Johann Jacob Luther III and Joan Abell. It’s unclear when he came to the New World.
Elizabeth was probably the daughter of Mayflower passenger John Turner (1590-1621). Accounts have her born in Dorset or maybe Bristol, in England. Her mother, who seems to have been named Sarah, likely died when Elizabeth was very young. Her presumed father and older brothers died during the Pilgrims’s first winter in the New World. John Turner was known to have had a daughter named Elizabeth who remained in Leiden, Holland when he sailed for the New World, but who came across the water as an orphan years later, and was married in Salem.
John and Elizabeth married in 1635 or 1636. They lived in Taunton, Massachusetts. Master of a sailing ship, John was mentioned several times in John Winthrop’s “History of New England” and other colonial accounts. He was killed in Delaware Bay in 1644/1645 by Indians who attacked the ship. John was buried at sea. His young son Samuel was ransomed, later became the second minister of the First Baptist Church in Swansea, Massachusetts about 1685, and served in that role until his death.
Elizabeth might have remarried to one Francis Weeks (1616-25 Jun 1687). Findagrave.com says she died on 2 May 1646 in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and is buried in “Waldo Essex”, Ashton, Bristol, England, where her father supposedly came from. Her Wikitree entry, however, believes she is the daughter of John Turner mentioned by William Bradford in 1651 as being alive in Salem, “well married, and approved of”, and who died 25 Dec 1656 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Wikitree names several additional children of the couple.
There’s a book called “Luther Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Capt. John Luther”, publication: private, Lakeland, Florida, 2001 by Leslie L. Luther.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42482113/john-luther -- John
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141904478/elizabeth-alicia-luther -- Elizabeth
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Turner-2167 -- Elizabeth
http://longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I04509&tree=Woolley -- more Elizabeth
https://www.geni.com/people/Elder-Rev-Samuel-Luther/6000000002870175443 -- Samuel’s burial
Henry (????-1605)
Barbara Elisabeth (1585-????)
Richard (27 Dec 1595-????)
Capt.) John LUTHER (11 Dec 1595/1597-17 Sep 1644/1645) — m. Elizabeth Turner about 1635
Samuel (~1597-1644)
Johann was born in Stapleford Tawney, Epping Forest District, Essex County, England. His father Johann Jacob II (1537-1558) was from Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and was a grandson of Jacob Luther (1490-1571), the younger brother of Protestant reformer Martin Luther. His mother, Joanne Warner (1537-1561), was from Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes borough, county of Buckinghamshire, England, and apparently died around the time he was born.
Joan was from Newport Pagnell also.
I have no information on their marriage, and the list of their children is disputed. Joan died in Epping Forest District, Essex. She was buried on 17 Mar 1597 at St. Katherine Coleman Church, London. Johann died in 1621 and is buried with her.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141905916/johann_jacob_iii-luther -- Johann’s grave
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142495055/jacob-luther -- Grave of Jacob Luther