Dr. Joel Abbot -B. March 17, 1776 in Fairfield,Conn. D. November 19, 1826 in Lexington,Oglethorpe, GA. Married Sarah Thomas -May 15, 1800. Had 3 children:
Ann Matilda Weed- B.1807- Athens GA ; Sarah Jane- B.1839- Lexington GA; Cornelia -B.1812 -Washington GA.
Dr. Abbot was a physician, personal friend of President Monroe, a US Congressman, member of the First National Pharmacopia