Pliny Abbott (1787 - 1858)

Born 29 Dec 1787 in New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 1858 at about age 70 in Ohio, United States

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Biography

Pliny was born in 1787, the son ofAaron Abbott and Mary Ayers. He was probably born in Massachusetts ^[1] and relocated to Warren, Herkimer County, New York with his family as a young child ^[2]

Entry from Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Mass. (Vol. I, page 380):

Captain Pliny Abbott (Aaron, Moses, George, George, George) was b. in New Braintree, Worcester Co., Mass., Dec. 29, 1787 and m. in Welshfield, Geauga Co., O [Ohio], Mar. 1 1837, Sarah Corless, b. May 11, 1804, probably in N.H. She d. in Hiram, O., June 22, 1842, and was buried at Rapids, Portage Co., O. He m. (2d) in Hiram, July 21, 1842, Anna (Fletcher) Gillette, b. in Rutland Vt., May 7, 1810, dau. Of Zachariah and Constance Burt (Cobb) Fletcher, of Rutland, who d. in Hiram, Jan. 2, 1878, and was buried at Rapids. He moved with his parents when two yrs old from New Braintree Mass., to Warren, 1789, and about 1825 to Hiram, where he cleared a farm of about 100 acs. from the forest, on which he d. Sept. 19, 1858, ae. 70 yrs. He was drafted in the War of 1812, and served as private abt. two months in the fall of 1813, at Brownville, near Sacketts Harbor, N.Y. He was afterwards 1st Lieut of Ohio Militia from July 29, 1823, to Sept. 25, 1824, and then Capt. till Sept. 16, 1828, when he was honorably discharged. He was a member of the Congl. Ch. from about 1837 to 1846, but after that was aa Spiritualist. He was for a time constable. Had 2 chil. (7th gen.) b. in Hiram, Geauga Co., O.: Arvine Abbott, b. Sept. 10, 1839: d. in Hiram Sept. 10, 1843 Homer Fletcher Abbott, b. Oct. 22. 1843.

Volume I, page 380

Name

Name: Pliny /Abbott/

Given Name: Pliny

Surname: Abbott^[3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 29 Dec 1787^[4]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQB-2LX] : 12 April 2016), Phinny Abbott, Hiram, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing family 45, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Source: S7 Media: Book Abbreviation: Descendants of George Abbott Title: Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. : of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States Author: Lemuel Abijah Abbott Publication: Ancestry.com. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. : of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the de [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. CONT Original data: Abbott, Lemuel Abijah,. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. : of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States. Boston: Abbott, 1906. Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

[[1]]

• "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," database, FamilySearch ([[2]] : 9 March 2018), Pliny Abbott, 1858; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 182,702.

1. ↑ U.S. Census, 1850
2. ↑ marriage of brother Sewell in 1791
3. ↑ Source: #S7
4. ↑ Source: #S7

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Abbott-2383 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter.