THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.. VOL. I. SALEM, MASS., MARCH, 1897. No. 3. ABBOT GENEALOGY. THE name of Abbot is spelled in the early records Abbet, Abbett, Abbit, Abbitt, Abbot, Abbott, Abbut, Abbutt, Abet, Abett, Abit, Abitt, Abot, Abott, Abut and Abutt. Among the several Abbots that early came to New England GEORGE ABBOT1 of Andover has the most prominent and numerous descendants. He is said to have emigrated from Yorkshire, England, about 1640; and, after living at Roxbury awhile, came to Andover, where he was one of the settlers as early as 1643. He cultivated the soil, and lived on the farm latterly owned by John Abbot7, the house being a garrison. He married Hannah, daughter of William and Annis Chandler of Andover (formerly of Roxbury) Dec. 12, 1646. The parties are said to have come to America in the same ship. Mr. Abbot died in Andover Dec. 24, 1681, at the age of sixty-six, being, as he says in his will, ❝aged and crazy in body." His wife survived him, and married Rev. Francis Dane of Andover between 1684 and 1703. She outlived Mr. Dane, and died June 11, 1711, aged eighty-two. Children, born in Andover :2-1. JOHN2, b. March 2, 1648. See below (2). 3-11. JOSEPH2, b. March 11, 1649; d. June 24, 1650. 4-III. HANNAH2, b. June 9, 1650; m. John Chandler Dec. 20, 1676; and d. March 2, 1740. 5-IV. JOSEPH2, b. March 30, 1652; killed by the Indians, at Andover, April 8, 1676. 6-v. GEORGE2, b. June 7, 1655. See below (6). 7—VI. WILLIAM2, b. Nov. 18, 1657. See be low (7). 8-VII. SARAH2, b. Nov. 14, 1659; m. Ephraim Stevens Oct. 11, 1680; and d. June 28, 1711. 9-VIII. BENJAMIN2, b. Dec. 20, 1661. See below (9). 10-IX. TIMOTHY2, b. Nov. 17, 1663. See below (10). II-X. THOMAS2, b. May 6, 1666. See below 12-XI. EDWARD2, drowned when young. 14-XIII. ELIZABETH2, b. Jan. 29, 1673-4; m. 2 DEA. JOHN ABBOT2, born in Andover March 2, 1648. Was a farmer and lived with his father in the garrison house. He was a deacon of the South church, and selectman of the town. He married Sarah Barker of Andover Nov. 17, 1673. He died March 19, 1720-1. His wife died Feb. 10, 1728-9, aged eighty-two. Children, born in Andover : 15-1. JOHNз, b. Nov. 2, 1674. See below 17-III. 18-IV. 19-V. JOSEPH3, b. Dec. 19, 1676. See below (16). STEPHEN3, b. Jan. 14, 1678-9. See below (17). SARAH3, b. Nov. 26, 1680; m. Zebadiah Chandler Jan. 9, 1706-7; and d. March 6, 1754. EPHRAIM3, b. Aug. 6, 1682. See below 20-VI. JOSHUA3, b. June 6, 1685; lived in Bil- 22-VIII EBENEZER3, b. Sept. 27, 1689. See below (22). 23-IX. PRISCILLA3, b. July 7, 1691; lived in Andover, and was often employed as a nurse, being an industrious Christian woman. She d., unmarried, May 24, 1791, at the age of ninety-nine. 6 CAPT. GEORGE ABBOT2, born in Andover June 7, 1655. Was a selectman of Andover, where he resided, and a man of Christian character. He married Dorcas Graves April 17, 1678; and died Feb. 26, 1735-6. His wife survived him, and died, his widow, Feb. 18, 173940, being "aged." Children, born in Andover : 24-I. SARAHз, b. Aug. 26, 1679; d. Nov. 17, 1679. 25-11. JOSEPH3, b. Oct. 7, 1680; d. young. 26-III. MARTHA3, b. Feb. 12, 1682-3; d. Dec. 4, 1683. 27—IV. HANNAH3, b. Feb. 27, 1684-5; m. Dea. John Osgood Sept. 16, 1708; and d. Dec. 25, 1774. He d. in 1765, aged eighty-three. 28-v. DANIEL3, b. Jan. 10, 1687-8. See below (28). 29-VI. ELIZABETHз, b. July 25, 1690; m. Benjamin Abbot (45). 30-VII. GEORGE3, b. Dec. 22, 1692. See below (30). 31-VIII. HENRY3, b. June 12, 1696. See below (31). 32-IX. ISAAC3, b. April 4, 1699. (32). 7 See below WILLIAM ABBOT2, born in Andover Nov. 18, 1657. He was a weaver, and lived in Andover. He had the Puritan faith. He married Elizabeth Geary of Roxbury June 19, 1682. She died Nov. 26, 1712; and he died Oct. 21, 1713. Children, born in Andover : 33-1. ELIZABETH3, b. April 29, 1683; m. Joseph Phelps of Andover March 13, 1711; and was living in 1726. 34-11. WILLIAM3, b. March 17, 1685; was given, when about three years old, to his father's uncle William Geary of Roxbury, who promised to care for him as his own, which he did. He married, and had a daughter. Lived in Roxbury, and died Oct. 28, 1713. 35-III. GEORGE3, b. March 19, 1687; d. Nov. 37-V. 38-VI. GEORGE3, b. Dec. 21, 1691; d. Dec. 30, 1691. NATHAN3, b. Dec. 10, 1692; d. Jan. 9, 1712-3. 39-VII. JAMES3, b. Feb. 12, 1695. See below (39). 40-VIII. PAUL3, b. March 28, 1697. See below (40). 41-IX. PHILIP3, b. April 3, 1699; was a cordwainer; lived in Andover until about 1722; when he removed to Hampton, Conn., and afterward settled in Windham, where he m. Abigail Bickford Oct. 20, 1723, and where most of his children were born. He d. in 1749. HANNAH3, b. April 5, 1701; m. Abiel Holt of Windham Feb. 21, 1721; and lived in Windham. She d. Jan. 8, 1788. 42-X. 43-XI. CALEB3, b. in 1704; was a tailor; removed to Pomfret, Conn., in 1726; and settled in Union in 1749; m. Elizabeth Paine Dec. 3, 1730; and d. in Union Jan. 31, 1778. They had children. 44-XII. ZEBADIAH3, b. in 1706; removed to Windham, Conn., in 1728; m. Hannah ; and d. 17-. His widow d. in 1769. They had one child, a daughter, who died young. He was a husbandman. TIMOTHY ABBOT2, born in Andover Nov. 17, 1663. April 8, 1676, he was taken captive by the Indians, and in the 56-v. following August was returned by a friendly squaw, having suffered much by hunger. He was a husbandman, and lived in Andover where Asa A. Abbot lived. In 1704, he built the old red house, a view of which is given in the frontispiece, and which was taken down in 1858. He lived in it. He married 58-VII. BENJAMIN3 (twin), b. March 31, 1711; Hannah Graves Dec. 27, 1689. She died Nov. 5, 1726; and he died Sept. 9, GEORGE3, b. Nov. 7, 1706; settled in Rumford (now Concord), N. H., as early as 1732; and was deacon of the church forty-one years. He m. Sarah Abbot (83) Feb. 1, 1737. She d. June 14, 1769; and he d. Oct. 6, 1785. They had nine children. 57-VI. ZEBADIAH3, b. Jan. 25, 1708-9; d. in the expedition against Louisburg May 17, 1745. 1730. 54-III. EDWARD3, b. June 9, 1702; was a settler *The Abbot Genealogy says that she married Abiel Holt, and lived in Windham, Conn., where she died Feb. 11, 1751. This is evidently a mis take for No. 42. was a farmer, and one of the first 59-VIII. CATHARINE3 (twin), b. March 31,1711; 61-X. ISAAC3, b. Feb. 13, 1717; d. of sickness in the King's service at Louisburg Nov. 3, 1745. 13 LT. NATHANIEL ABBOT2, born in Andover July 4, 1671. He was a wheelwright, and resided in Andover. He married Dorcas Hibbert Oct. 22, 1695. She died Feb. 16, 1743; and he died Dec. 1, 1749, aged seventy-eight. Children, born in Andover : 62-I. 64-III. 65-IV. NATHANIEL3, b. in 1696. See below (62). -son- -3, b. June 9, 1700; d. June 20, 1700. JOSEPH3, b. Feb. 2, 1705. See below (65). Chandler Jan. 5, 1726-7; lived in An- 70-IX. HANNAH3. ELIZABETH3, m. Timothy Moar of 72-XI. REBECCA3, b. in 1717; m. Abiel Chandler of Andover March 18, 1742; and d. in 1803, aged eightysix. 15 S3-III. 84-IV. 85-v. DEA. JOHN ABBOT3, born in Andover Nov, 2, 1674. He was a farmer, and settled on his father's homestead in Andover. In his early life he was a weaver. He was a deacon thirty-four years, a selectman of the town, and a useful citizen. He was mild, gentle and humble. He married Elizabeth Harnden of Wil mington Jan. 6, 1702-3. He died Jan. 1, 1754; and she died Aug. 9, 1756. Children, born in Andover : 73-I. JOHN4, b. Sept. 1, 1703; d. Sept. 10, 1703. 74-II. JOHN4, b. Aug. 3, 1704. See below (74). 75-111. BARACHIAS4, b. May 14, 1707. See below (75). 76-IV. ELIZABETH4, b. in 1712; d. July 4, 1758. 77-v. ABIEL4, b. Jan. 1716; grad. H. C., 1737; d. May 18, 1739. 78-VI. JOSEPH4, b. April 24, 1719. See below (78). STEPHEN ABBOT3, born in Andover Jan. 14, 1678-9. He is called in the records of deeds, first, a wheelwright, then yeoman, and, later, miller. He lived in Andover where Professor Porter resided. He married Sarah Stevens July 22, 1708, and she died Dec. 28, 1750, aged sixty-nine. He died May 27, 1766. Children, born in Andover :— 81-1. STEPHEN4, b. in 1709; d. young. 82-II. EPHRAIM4, b. in 1710. See below (82). 86-VI. SARAH4, b. Oct. —, 1711; m. Dea.. HANNAH4, b. July 30, 1716; m. Ben- 87-VII. PRISCILLA4, b. Feb. 20, 1720; probably m. Jacob Towle of Lancaster (pub. Feb. 15, 1771). 88-VIII. 89-IX. 90-X. ELIZABETH4, b. Dec. 29, 1721; d. about 1786. SAMUEL4, b. June 23, 1726. See below (89). MEHITABLE4, b. March 17, 1727-8; d. April 16, 1728. 19 EPHRAIM ABBOTT3, born in Andover Aug. 6, 1682. He was a farmer, and lived in Andover. He married widow Sarah Hunt of Billerica Jan. 6, 1715; and died June 8, 1748. She survived him, and married John Dane Aug. 1, 1749. Children, born in Andover : 91-1. SARAH4, b. March 8, 1716; m. Samuel Gray of Amherst, N.H., Sept. 8, 1736;. and was living in 1769. 92-11. EPHRAIM4, b. July 22, 1718. See below (92). 93-III. MARY4, b. July 9, 1720; m. Robert Read of Litchfield May 11, 1743. JOSHUA4, b. Oct. 1, 1722. See below (94). 94-IV. 95-v. DANIEL4, b. Sept. 14, 1724; was a blacksmith, and lived in Andover; m. widow Lydia Henfield May 21, 1752; and d. Aug. 11, 1761. He had no children. 96-VI. ELIZABETH4, b. June 29, 1726; m. Asa Abbot (199). 97—vii. Josiah4, b. Sept. 26, 1728; was a farmer, and lived in Lyndeborough, N. H.; m. Hannah Hobbs; and d. Dec. -, 1777. They had children. 98-VIII.EBENEZER4, b. Feb. 20, 1731. See below (98). 99-IX. MARTHA4, b. March 31, 1733; d. April 24, 1733. 100-X. PETER4, b. May 8, 1734. See below (100). IOI-XI. MARTHA4, b. July 13, 1737; m. Archelaus Towne of Milford, N. H. 22 ENS. EBENEZER ABBOT3, born in Andover Sept. 27, 1689. He was a farmer and surveyor, and lived in Andover. |