George Abbott (abt. 1550 - 1620)

Born about 1550 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Bridget (Wylley) Abbott — married 1570 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1620 at about age 70 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Abbott Name Study.

George was born about 1550. He passed away in 1619.

Origin

George Abbott was born about 1550 at Bishops-Stortford, Hartford, England, the son of William Abbott and his wife, Margaret (Unknown).^[1]

Marriage

George married about 1576 to Bridget Wylley, the daughter of John Wylley and Joan Marshall.^[2][3]

Records

George succeeded to the homestead of his father at Bishop's Stortford, and his name is found several times on the court rolls there.^[1]

In 1596, George sold some property in Bishop's Stortford by the following fine- John Gace and Thomas Myller querents v. George Abbott and his wife Bridget and Edward Hake, gentleman, and his wife Margaret, deforciants, for two messuages, with lands in Stortford. (Feet of Fine, Herts, Easter Term 38 Elizabeth).^[1]

On September 20, 1602 he was a witness to the will of John Gace of Stortford (P.C.C., Montague, 61) and in 1608 he was Churchwarden.^[1]

Will

Note: "An abstract of his Will follows: WILL OF GEORGE ABBOTT the Elder of Stortford, County of Hertfordshire; a yeoman, dated 12 October 1619: To my eldest son George Abbott, my table and frame stools, benchboard, and cupboard in the hall of the messuage in Stortford where I dwell, and also the beds tead in the chamber over said room. To my wife Bridgett all my other household stuff, maintainance for life in my said messuage, meet for an aged woman, and an annuity of 40s, out of my said messuage, with lands of eighteen acres, to be paid at the four quarterly feasts, and these bequests are to be in lieu of dower; but if she prefers to remove from said messuage and to live elsewhere, then she is to have an annuity of ├6 out of my said messuage, in lieu of dower. To my son George Abbott and his heirs my said messuage and lands at my decease, he paying to my wife as aforesaid and also paying to my son Edward Abbott, within one year of my decease ├30, so as _____ Marshe of Chrissing, Essex County, yeoman (father-in-law to my said son Edward) shall deliver, within six months of my decease, to my said son George an obligation wherein said Marshe shall be bound in ├60 to my said son George to pay within one year to my son Edward Abbott ├40 of the ├50 which he promised on the marriage of his daughter to my son Edward; and if said Marshe fail to pay, then my gift to my son Edward is to be void. If my son George fail to pay the ├30 to my son Edward, the latter is to have my croft of three acres, in two parcels, next the commons, called Chalnerscroft or Chalkcroft. To my daughter Joane (if she happen to be a widow before her two children be of age) ├10. To the two daughter of my daughter Anne (now wife of Mathewe Reeve) 20s each at twenty-one or marriage. All the residue to my son George Abbott, who is to be sole executor. Witnesses: Thomas Miller, Thomas Barnarde, Sr. scr [signed] Georg Abbott. Proved 08 Feb 1619/20 by the executor. (Commissionary Court of London for Essex & Hertfordshire County, Original Will, 1619, No. 133)"

Death

George was buried on 11 January 1619 at Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.^[1]

Children

Children of George and Bridget:^[1]

1. George Abbott, bpt 17 Jul 1577, bur 10 Aug 1577
2. John Abbott, b prob. 1579, bur 2 Apr 1589
3. Anne Abbott, bpt 3 Dec 1581; m Matthew Reeve
4. Johanne Abbott, bpt 17 Jun 1584, d young
5. Grace Abbott, bpt 10 Oct 1585, bur 6 Jan 1585/6
6. George Abbott, bpt 28 May 1587
7. Johane Abbott, bpt 5 Apr 1590

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Moriarty, G. Andrews. (1931) "Genealogical Research in Germany And England. The Tallman Family. The Sealy Brothers of The Isles of Shoals. Ancestry of George Abbott of Andover, Mass ." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. AmericanAncestors.org LINK NEHGS (Vol 85, Pages 82-83).
2. ↑ Fiske, William Wyman. (2004) "John Wall of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, Third Husband of Agnes (Wylley) (Denison) (Gace) Wall." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. NEHGS, AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 158, Page 361 fn.).
3. ↑ Note: NYGBR 67:46-55 incorrectly reports Joan's maiden name as Marsead.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192140211/george-abbott: accessed 9 August 2023), memorial page for George Abbott (1550–Jan 1620), Find a Grave Memorial ID 192140211, citing St Michael Churchyard, Bishops Stortford, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England; Maintained by Stan Arnold (contributor 48121400).
• Glasscock, J. L. (1882) The Records of St. Michael's Parish Church, Bishops Stortford. London: Elliot Stock, Archive.org (Page 227).
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975." database, FamilySearch (accessed 24 January 2016), Brigett Willie, 07 Feb 1551; citing Thorley, Hertford, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 991,398.
• Miller, Spencer, (1936) The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, (Vol 67, Pages 46-55) Note: incorrectly reports Bridget Wylley's mother's name as Joan Marsead. Correct name is Joan Marshall.
• Fiske, William Wyman. The Wylley and Cramphorne Families of Hertfordshire and Their Contribution to the Great Migration, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., Spring 2017) Vol. 171, WN 682, Page 152.