Born about in Connecticut
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of George Abbott
and Mary (Weed) Abbott
Sister of
Dorcas (Abbott) Roots, John Abbott, Mary (Abbott) Jackson, George Abbott 2nd., Jonathan Abbott I, Priscilla (Abbott) Clason and Daniel Abbott
Wife of
Darius Root
— married
1689 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 55
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Mar 2015
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Biography
Dorothy was born about 1664. She was the daughter of George Abbott and Mary Weed. She passed away about 1720.
Research Notes
Dorothy and Dorcas are likely the same person. From George Abbott: "Dorothy Abbott and Dorcas Abbott. These may be the same person, but they are married to men with different first names (Darius Root and John Rootes) so it is not likely they can be merged. It appears that Dorcas is the correct daughter based on George's Probate record." See further notes in comments below.
Sources
- Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. (Abbott, Boston, 1906) Vol. 2, Page 978.
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. 2, Page 1298. Only cites Abbott.
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Categories: Buckner-1534, Personal Category, Adopted Profiles
Hoping to advance the research about whether this Dorothy (Abbott-4555) is alias Dorcas (Abbott-166), otherwise one daughter of the now inked father, George Abbott George Abbott (bef.1635-1689). (In 2021, WikiTree's Puritan Great Migration Project placed a maintenance category about this on the profile of her now linked father.)
Have pulled various references to Dorothy/Dorcas. Will use this as a workspace to comment further on those references.--Gene
1906. Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. ... ([Boston, T. R. Marvin & son, printers], 1906), 975-978 (George Abbott of Norwalk); digital images, InternetArchive, calls the daughter Dorothy, married Darius Root.
19__. Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.p., 19--), 3 (George Abbot); digital images, InternetArchive, will as dated 2 May 1689; proved; inventory filed 12 March 1690; calls this daughter Dorcas Roote ... "also called _____."
1930. Jacobus (FOOF, 1930) called her "Dorcas, died at Woodbury 15 May 1720, married John Roots" and noted, "Once called Dorothy in the recorded will, which we suppose a clerical error" (see HathiTrust).
1870. In his work on the Root family, James Pierce Root (1870) called John Rootes' wife "Dorcas _____" (see InternetArchive).
2015. New England Marriages prior to 1700 (2015), 2:1298, has entry for John Root married Dorcas Abbott. Works consulted as "Fairfield 1:403; Fairfield Fam. 1:5, 505; Fairfield Prob. 27; Kilburn 42; DePew 91, 92, 121; Root 53+; TAG 9:21." (For database and image, see AmericanAncestors, by subscription.)
2015. New England Marriages prior to 1700 (2015), 2:1298, has entry for Darius Root married Dorothy Abbot. Finding that only in "Abbott 978." (For database and image, see AmericanAncestors, by subscription.)
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