Abraham Bay

5th Great Grandfather, 1752 - abt.1822 

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Abraham Bay was born in 1752 to Lewis and Ann Clechan.    

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He was baptized on 15 June 1752 at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch. The family residence was Webb's Square, Shoreditch.  

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In 1775 he married Elizabeth Coxon at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.  Shoreditch borders the Bethnal Green and Spitalfields areas of London. 

 

Abraham was a silk weaver.  Many Huguenot weavers lived and worked in Spitalfields and Bethnal Green.   To find out more about this area click here.  To find out more about the silk industry click here. 

 

To follow the story and find out about Abraham's son, John Abraham click here. 

 

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