John Abbe (1692 - 1790)

Born 27 Sep 1692 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Died 30 Oct 1790 at age 98 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

John Abbe, son of Thomas and Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., September 27, 1692; died 1790, in or near Hartford, Conn.

He was a farmer, known as one of the first settlers of Upper King Street, Enfield;received a land grant, February 18, 1716-7. He is mentioned as a lieutenant, 1786-1791, and held various minor offices in the town. John Abbe is poss of a peace of Meadow by Alienation from Richard French lying west of Jobes hill so Called Bounded North partly by A swamp and partly by lapland, and south East and west by upland being in length East and west 160 rods and in breadth North and south 3 rods one peace with an other being by Estimation one acre and 1/2 be it more or less. Feby 18th 1716:17. (Enfield records.)

With his brother Thomas and sisters Sarah Gears and Tabitha Warriner he signed a receipt for a legacy from his grandfather, Walter Fairfield, January 6,1725-6. (Essex Deeds, 49:190.)

Married Hannah Boardman, born in Wethersfield, Conn., December 18, 1693, daughter of David and Hannah (Wright) Boardman or Boreman, granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (Betts) Boreman and great-granddaughter of Christopher Boreman of Clayton, England, and his wife, Julian Carter.

Children, born in Enfield

1. - John (1) Abbe, bapt. in Wethersfield, 1715 or 1716
2. - John (2) Abbe, b. April 18, 1717
3. - Hannah Abbe, b. April 19, 1719
4. - Thomas Abbe, b. Dec. 18, 1721
5. - Sarah Abbe, b. Dec. (or Jan.) 23, 1723-4
6. - Daniel Abbe, b. May 8, 1726
7. - Martha Abbe, b. March (or May) 1, 1728
8. - Mary Abbe, b. May 14, 1730.
9. - Tabitha Abbe. b. March 9, 1732
10. - Richard Abbe, b. Aug. 1, 1735.

Sources

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-RZ1 : 11 February 2018), John Abbee, 27 Sep 1692; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #159040914

• Goldthwaite, Charlotte. Boardman Genealogy, 1525-1895 (Case, Lockwood, Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1895) Page 203.