Mary (Perkins) Abbot (1769 - 1863)

Born 24 May 1769 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Abbott — married 1 May 1798 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 13 Mar 1863 at age 93 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

MARY PERKINS, born at Boston, 24 May 1769 daughter of James Perkins and Elizabeth Peck;^[1] Mary died at Exeter, 13 Mar 1863;^[2] married at Boston, 1 May 1798,^[3] as his second wife, BENJAMIN ABBOT, born at Andover, 17 Sep 1762 son of John Abbot and Abigail Abbott;^[4] Benjamin died at Exeter, NH, 25 Oct 1849 (burial at Exeter).^[5] Benjamin was first married to Hannah Tracy Emery.

Children

Benjamin Abbot and Mary Perkins had three children all born at Exeter. Benjamin had one son with his first wife Hannah Tracy Emery.

i MARY P. ABBOTT Mary Abbott, b. 14 Feb 1799; d. 22 Jun 1802.

ii ELIZABETH P. ABBOTT Elizabeth Abbott, b. 14 Nov 1801; d. at Exeter, 16 Aug 1873; m. 3 May 1826, DAVID WOOD GORHAM, b. at Charlestown, 1 Feb 1800 son of Nathaniel and Ruth (Wood) Gorham; David d. at Exeter, 11 Oct 1873.

iii CHARLES BENJAMIN ABBOTT Charles Abbott, b. 19 Jan 1805; d. at Bangor, ME, 8 Mar 1874; m. HENRIETTA PEABODY THURSTON, b. about 1804 daughter of James and Elizabeth (Peabody) Thurston; Henrietta d. after 1870.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JC-SYL : 10 November 2020), Mary Perkins, 24 May 1769; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004276276.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLX-HPG : 22 February 2021), Mary Abbott, 16 Mar 1863; citing Exeter, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,058.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQH-CQL : 28 December 2022), Mary Perkins in entry for Benjamin Abbot, 1798.
4. ↑ Abbot, Benjamin, s. John, 5th [jr. CR2], and Abigail, Sept. 17, 1762. Andover Vital Records; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/Images/Andover_B012.shtml
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDKM-3QS : 18 January 2020), Benjamin Abbot, 1849.