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Documentation for Celia Vining - Obadiah Stoddard

Birth Data

Baptism record of Celia Vining, 15 May 1758, Abington First Congregational Church records, 1750-1774, p. 50. The clerk's format in this section lists names without parents. Source: Congregational Library.

Marriage Data

Marriage record (Scituate town clerk's book): "Married by Rev'd Mr. Sam'l Niles, Obediah Stoddard of Scituate to Cilai Vining of Abington Janr. [29]th 1781." Rev. Niles was minister of Abington First Congregational Church. Source: Ancestry.
Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Vol. 2, p. 219): "Vining, Celai [dup. and int. Selah, dup. Vinaing] and Obediah Stodder of Scituate [int. Stodard of Setuate], Jan. 29 [dup. May 13], 1781 [dup. in Scituate]." Variant readings across the original record books. Source: Ancestry.

Death Data

Gravestone of Celia Vining Stoddard, Union Cemetery, Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Inscription: "In Memory of Mrs. Celia Stoddard, Wife of Mr. Obadiah Stoddard, died Dec 18, 1843, Æt [age — illegible, reads 81 or 84]." Source: Find A Grave Memorial #31460884.

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