Abigail Silliman was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts. In 1729, after her father, the Reverend John Williams died, she inherited his enslaved man, Mesheck. She took him with her when she married Ebenezer Hinsdale (1707-1763) of Deerfield, who founded Hinsdale, New Hampshire. After Ebenezer's death, Abigail took their enslaved man, Jockton, with her when she married Col. Benjamin Hall of Cheshire, Connecticut. Her third husband was Judge Ebenezer Silliman of Fairfield, Connecticut. He died in 1775, and after Tories burned their home in 1779, Abigail returned to Deerfield. She is buried next to her first husband in Hinsdale.
Abigail also enslaved Patience, Lemuel, and Chloe. She had Patience and Lemuel baptized in 1782 and 1786, and in her will she granted Chloe her freedom.
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