George
Abbott
Jr.
aka Abbot, Abbet
Born before in Chappel, Essex, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Abbott Sr.
and Mary (Felstead) Abbott
Brother of
Thomas Abbott Sr., Mary Abbott, Nehemiah Abbott Sr., Mary Abbott and Thomas Abbott Jr. [half]
Husband of
Sara (Farnham) Ingalls
— married
26 Apr 1658 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
George Abbott, Sarah (Abbott) Faulkner, John Abbott Sr., Mary (Abbott) Barker, Nehemiah Abbott, Hannah (Abbott) Ingalls, Mehitabell Abbott, Lydia (Abbott) Chandler, Samuel Abbott Sr and Mehitabel (Abbott) Cutter
Died
after age 61
in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Distinguishing the George Abbotts of early Andover and early New England
This man was one of two men named George Abbott in Andover, Massachusetts, in the town's early years. They were not father and son, but to distinguish them the older George Abbott was commonly referred to as "George Abbot, senior," and this man was known as "George Abbot, junior." This man also was called "George Abbot tailor" or "George Abbott of Rowley."[1]
See the WikiTree page "George Abbotts of New England" regarding the four different men named George Abbott who lived in New England in this era. Please consult this summary before proposing or completing any merges of the various George Abbott profiles.
Biography
Origin
George Abbott was baptized 22 Nov. 1627 at Chappel, county Essex, England, the son of George and Mary (Felstead) Abbot.[2]
He arrived in New England with his father and brothers in about 1642. The family settled in Rowley, Massachusetts. George remained there until 1655 when he moved to Andover, Massachusetts, known as North Andover and now Andover Center.[3]
George Abbott was a tailor and a husbandman, and one of the five wealthiest men in Andover. He was freeman in 1669 and constable in 1680.[3][4]
On 19 May 1669, George was among those in Sgt. James Osgood's militia company.[3]
Marriage
He married Sarah Farnham in Andover, Massachusetts, on 26 April 1658,[5] the daughter of Ralph(1) and Alice (_____) Farnham of Ipswich, Mass.[6][7] The family resided in Andover, where the couple's ten children were born.
Children of George and Sara were (last names are those that appear on the birth records):
- George Abbet, son of Georg and Sara, born Jan. 28, [1658] (year interpreted as 1658/9).[8]
- Sara Abbet, daughter of Georg Jr and Sara, born Sept. 6, 1660;[8] married John Faulkner on Oct. 19, 1682.
- John Abbet, son of Georg and Sarah, born Aug. 26, 1662;[8] married Jemima _______; and settled in Sudbury about 1696. He d. March 19, 1721 ; and she m., second, John Beeks. They had children. Rev. Orrin Abbot of Akron, N. Y., was a descendant.
- Mary Abbet, daughter of Georg and Sara, born March 20, 1664 (year interpreted as 1664/5);[8] married Stephen Barker May 13, 1687.
- Nehemia Abbett, son of Georg and Sara, born July 20, 1667.[8]
- Hanna Abbet, daughter of Georg and Sara, born Sept. 22, 1668;[8] married James Ingalls April 16, 1695.
- Mehitabell Abbott, daughter of George and Sarah, born Feb. 17, 1671 (year interpreted as 1671/2);[9] died young.
- Lydea Abbott, daughter of George and Sarah, born March 31, 1675;[10] married Henry Chandler Nov. 28, 1695.
- Samuell Abbott, son of George and Sarah, born May 30, 1678;[11] lived in Sudbury; m. Joyce Rice June 16, 1705 ; and had children. Dr. Josiah Abbot of Rindge, N. H., and Dr. Alexander Abbot of Kinderhook, N.Y., are descendants.
- Mehitabell Abbott, daughter of George and Sarah, born April 4, 1680.[9]
Death and Legacy
George Abbott died in Andover on March 22, 1688/9 (new style date 1689).[12] He left no will. There was, however, an agreement of heirs, signed on 20 January 1679/90 and acknowledged before Nath'l Saltonstall in Haverhill on 27 March 1689/90 [sic], amongst the widow Sarah (by then the wife of Henry Ingals), eldest son George, John the 2nd son, Nehemiah the 3rd son, daughters Sarah, Mary, Hannah, and Lydia ("when she comes of age," her brother Nehemiah to be her guardian), and the two youngest children Samuel and Mehitable.[13] The widow married Henry Ingalls in Andover on 1 August 1689, before the writing of the agreement.[14] John Falkner and Stephen Barker, having married George's daughters Sarah and Mary, also signed the agreement.[13]
Sources
- ↑ Bailey, pp. 31-32.
- ↑ Mahler, Leslie. "The English Origin of George(1) Abbott of Rowley, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist Vol. 85 (2011):26-28, citing Chappel, Essex, parish register [Family History Library (FHL), Salt Lake City, film #1,565, 700, item 6].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lemuel Abbott, Vol. 1, pp. 13-17.
- ↑ "Abbot Genealogy." The Essex Antiquarian, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Biography, Genealogy, History and Antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol 1, No 3. Salem, Massachusetts, 1897 (Reprint: Higginson Book Company). https://archive.org/details/essexantiquarian01perluoft page 103.
- ↑ Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts, Vol. 2:120.
- ↑ Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of George(1) Abbott of Rowley, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist Vol. 85 (2011):26-28.
- ↑ The family of Ralph(1) Farnham is treated in Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Great Migration, 2:C-F (Boston, 2001), 493-94, and in Russell C. Farnham, The New England Descendants of Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England, and Ipswich, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Portsmouth, N.H., 1999), 1:26.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Vital Records Of Andover Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Vol. I Births. Topsfield, Mass.: The Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. vol. 1, page 11
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vital Records Of Andover Massachusetts, vol. 1, page 31
- ↑ Vital Records Of Andover Massachusetts, vol. 1, page 30
- ↑ Vital Records Of Andover Massachusetts, vol. 1, page 32
- ↑ Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts, Vol. 2:371.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Historical Collections of the Essex Institute. (Salem, 1862). Vol. 4:236
- ↑ Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, Vol. 2:192.
- Abbot, Revs. Abiel and Ephraim. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot of Andover, George Abbot of Rowley, Thomas Abbot of Andover, Arthur Abbot of Ipswich, Robert Abbot of Branford, Ct., and George Abbot of Norwalk, Ct.. Boston: J. Munroe and Co., 1847.
- Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. (Abbott, Boston, 1906). Vol 1, Pages 13-17
- Bailey, Sarah Loring. Historical Sketches of Andover (Houghton, Boston, 1880). https://archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00bail
- Blodgette, George. "Early Settlers of Rowley, Mass.", Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts, 1882) Vol. 19, Page 298
- Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut (J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1903) Vol. 1, Page 345
- Perkins, Mary. Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich, 1660-1800 (Bulletin Co., Norwich, Conn., 1895) Page 407
- Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1912)
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Abbot-288
Yes, there is quite a bit of contention about the various George Abbotts. I had forgotten about it a bit before I added a stale entry from a GEDcom that I had skipped before because it was incorrect.
There is also currently a merge proposed for this George Abbott so I am happy to work with the rest of the "Abbott Team", so to speak, gain consensus about the earlier Abbotts.
As it happens, our family history states that our ancestor William Edward Abbott, son of George Abraham Abbott, was an "orphan" adopted by George Abraham Abbott.
And yet, we have DNA relatives among the Abbotts...earlier cousins or did George Abraham adopt his own son by another mother?
Chappel Essex George Abbot had a son, George Abbot Jr [Abbott-97]] died in 1689. He lived in Rowley, but died in Andover, Mass.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:George_Abbotts_of_New_England
George Abbott (George Jr's father) had a house lot in the *first* division of Rowley, settled in 1639.
"A list of those who had house lots in the first division ... George Abbott. Death not of record. The will of his son Thomas, dated 5-7 mo. 1659, and a deed recorded with the Essex Deeds, 1 Ipswich 625, show four sons old enough to have been brought with him in 1639" -- The Early Records of Rowley, Mass -- https://archive.org/stream/earlyrecordsofto01rowl#page/n9/mode/2up --
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028814304#page/n9/mode/2up "George Abbat" no town given, but he became a freeman on the same day 19 May 1669 as his brother "Nehemiah Abbot of Andover"