Biography

Eulogy from findagrave:
Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth, daughter of Major Martin Ellsworth, of Windsor, Conn., and granddaughter of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, of the U.S. Supreme Court, who was the immediate successor of John Marshall in that office. One of her ancestors was the Colonial Governor Roger Wolcott, of Connecticut. Three daughters and one son by this marriage are still living; two of the former in New York City and the other in Buffalo, N.Y. The son, Martin E. Hall, a retired officer of the U.S. Navy, lives at Lowell, Mass.