Notes for: Abraham Bodine
In Ira K. Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, NY (v. 1), he says John married Catherine Britton, the sister of Nathaniel Britton. The following also comes from that book. It is talking about John and Catherine. It is more than a little confusing, but here it is word for word: Their sons were John (usually recognized in local history as "Squire John"), Jacob (the father of William H. J. and Edmund Bodine), the late Captain John, James, Jacob, Albert, and Vincent. There were three daughters, who removed from the Island. James was the father of the late Abraham Bodine, of Mariners' Harbor, and of several sons and daughters now dead.
Note from Dave: I have no idea why this appears to say that John and Catherine had two sons named John and two sons named Jacob. The article makes no mention, it seems, of their sons Nathaniel, Abraham, and Edmund. There could be mistakes in my data here or mistakes in the article.
Audrey Windsor Bodine says that Abraham married Mary Abigail __________. According to the 1840 Census of Castleton, Richmond Co., NY, he was a farmer. He had at least three children: Minnie who died at 17, Margaret, and Jefferson. Jefferson married Alice __________ and all are buried at the Moravian Cemetery.
From Ronny Bodine:
Abraham Bodine was living 29 Sept 1829 when named in his father's will, but was not a surviving sibling of his sister Martha, 17 Feb 1843 nor was he included as a surviving heir of his father's in the 1846 distribution of his land sale assets. It is also clear thereby that he left no issue of his own as they would have been named as his heirs to receive his portion of the estate distribution. Perhaps it was he who was aged 26-45 living with his father 1820 in Castleton, Richmond County.