Stoneman, Abigail (c. 1740–?)
Stoneman, Abigail (c. 1740–?)
American innkeeper. Name variations: Abigail Treville. Born sometime after 1740, in Newport, RI; probably married Samuel Stoneman (died c. 1760); m. John Treville (English aristocrat), Aug 1774.
Was proprietress of the Merchant's Coffee House in Newport, RI (1767); applied for license and opened the coffeehouse Royal Exchange in Boston, MA (1770); was the only woman in Newport to receive license to keep tavern and sell spirits (1772–73); opened King's Arms tavern and inn in Newport (1774); established business in New York (1777); was 1st Newport woman to marry a titled Englishman.
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