George Abbott
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George Abbott (1615 - 1681)

George "Georg" Abbott aka Abbot
Born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 12 Dec 1646 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 66 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusettsmap
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George Abbott migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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Biography

This profile is part of the Abbott Name Study.

George was born 1617, at Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England[1] or 1615[2]; he was baptized 22 May 1617 at Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England or 22 May 1615. [3][4]

His parents married about 1615, in England

Father: George Abbott
Mother: Elizabeth Unknown

Residence before 1640: Yorkshire, England

Immigration

George immigrated 1637, with the Chandler Family[5] or 1640, to New England. [6] However, the Great Migration Directory does not list George Abbott of Andover, suggesting that there is no known record of him in New England until after May 1641.[7]

At Massachusetts Bay

Living in Massachusetts by 1640; Residence before 1642: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Residence in 1642 and 1643: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts ; 1643: Andover, ESSEX, MA. [8][9] 1655: Andover, Essex. Massachusetts[10]

Among the several Abbots that early came to New England George Abbot of Andover has the most prominent and numerous descendants. He is said to have emigrated from Yorkshire, England, about 1640; and after living at Roxbury awhile, came to Andover, where he was one of the settlers as early as 1643. He cultivated the soil, and lived on the farm latterly owned by John Abbott, the house being a garrison.

He married Hannah, daughter of William and Annis Chandler of Andover (former of Roxbury) Dec 12, 1646. the parties are said to have come to America in the same ship. Mr. Abbot died in Andover Dec 24, 1681, at the age of sixty-six, being , ashe says in his will "aged and crzy in body." His wife survived him, and married Rev. Francis Dane of Andover between 1684 and 1702. She outlived Mr. Dane, and died June 11,1711, aged eighty-two.

He died 24 December 1681, at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts[11] He is buried South Church Cemetery, Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts. Plot: 502. Grid 18.[12][13][14][15][16]

Will

12 DEC 1681. Salem, ESSEX, MA. [17] George Abbott wrote his will at Andover on 12 December 1681 and signed his last name with the double-t (Georg Abbott). It begins “To all christen people to hom this presont righting may com.” After making the customary statements related to giving his soul to god, he continues (in modernized version here) And as for that portion of worldly goods that god has given me, considering the great love and affection I have unto my loving wife Hannah Abbott, and considering her tender love and respect she had to me, and also considering her care and diligence in helping to get and save what god has blessed us with. . . leave my whole estate to her.[18] His estate was inventoried for 587 pounds: 2s.: 5d. At his widow's death whatever property was left was to be divided among his children. [19]

Marriage and Family

He married 12 December 1646, at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Hannah Chandler. After George died, Hannah married Rev. Francis Dane.

Children of Georg/e and Hanna/h, all born in Andover, Massachusetts[20]:

  1. John Abbott, born 1648;[21] not listed in vital records of Andover.
  2. Joseph Abbott was born 11 March 1649.[22]
  3. Hannah Abbott was born 9 June 1650.[22]
  4. Joseph Abbott was born 30 March 1652.[22]
  5. Georg Abbott was born 7 June 1655[22]
  6. William Abbott was born 18 November 1657[22]
  7. Sara Abbott was born 14 November 1659[22]
  8. Benjamin Abbott was born 20 December 1662[22]
  9. Timmothy Abbott was born 17 November 1663.[22]
  10. Thomas Abbott was born 6 May 1666.[22]
  11. Edward Abbott;[12] not listed in vital records of Andover.
  12. Nathaniell Abbott was born July 4, 1671.[22]
  13. Elizabeth Abbott was born Jan. 29, 1673.[22]

Research Notes

A FreeSpace Page titled "George Abbotts of New England" is now present on WikiTree to help distinguish the four different George Abbotts that lived in New England in this era. Please consult this summary before proposing or completing any merges of the various George Abbott profiles

More than one. There were two men named George Abbott in Andover, Massachusetts, in the town's early years. They were not father and son, but to distinguish them this man (the older George Abbott) was commonly referred to as "George Abbot, senior," and the other George Abbott was known as "George Abbot, junior." [23]

Surname The spelling of Georg Abbott's given name and surname are from his will. He and Hannah had thirteen children.[21]

Additional footnotes for marriage: [24][25][26][27]

Sources

  1. ↑ NY Genealogical and Biological Record Vol 67 No. 1, pages 46-55 at 50, 55
  2. ↑ Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT," Vermont Genealogical Society, TID 117, Page 2.
  3. ↑ NY Genealogical and Biological Record Vol 61 No. 3. p. 225
  4. ↑ Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT," Vermont Genealogical Society, TID 117, Page 2
  5. ↑ Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT," Vermont Genealogical Society, TID 117, Page 2
  6. ↑ Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 pp 35-41, 58-62, 79-84, 96-100 at p. 35
  7. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2015)
  8. ↑ NY Genealogical and Biological Record Vol 67 No. 1, pages 46-55 at 46
  9. ↑ Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 pp 35-41, 58-62, 79-84, 96-100 at p. 35
  10. ↑ Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 pp 35-41, 58-62, 79-84, 96-100 at 1:103
  11. ↑ "Early Settlers of Essex & Old Norfolk" Vol 6, pg. 205
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Anonymous. "George Abbot". Find a Grave Memorial #8797002. www.FindaGrave.com. Accessed 30 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Edward Miller and Frederic Wells, History of Ryegate, VT (The Caledonian Company, St. Johnsbury, VT 1913), p 275
  14. ↑ NY Genealogical and Biological Record Vol 67 No. 1, pages 46-55 at 50
  15. ↑ Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 pp 35-41, 58-62, 79-84, 96-100, at p. 35
  16. ↑ Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT," Vermont Genealogical Society, TID 117, Page 3
  17. ↑ Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT," Vermont Genealogical Society, TID 117, Page 3
  18. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Probate of George Abbot, file #43
  19. ↑ "George Abbott and His Descendants" by Maj. LEMUEL ABIJAH ABBOTT, U. S. Army, 1906. Page 164 https://ia600905.us.archive.org/14/items/descendantsofgeo01abbo/descendantsofgeo01abbo.pdf
  20. ↑ Antiquarian, page 35.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Dow, Joseph, "History of Hampton, N.H., 1638-1892". Digital book from www.Archive.org. Page 583.
  22. ↑ 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 Vital Records Of Andover Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Vol. I, Births. Topsfield, Mass.: The Topsfield Historical Society, 1912. Digital book from www.archive.org. Pages 11-35.
  23. ↑ Bailey, Sarah Loring. Historical sketches of Andover. Boston: Houghton, 1880. Digital book from www.Archive.org. Pages 31-32.
  24. ↑ unidentified source
  25. ↑ NY Genealogical and Biological Record Vol 67 No. 1, pages 46-55 at 50
  26. ↑ Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 pp 35-41, 58-62, 79-84, 96-100 at p. 35
  27. ↑ Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT," Vermont Genealogical Society, TID 117, Page 2

See also:

  • Ancestry.com. "England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906". [database on-line]. Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002.
  • Ancestry.com. "American Marriages Before 1699" [database on-line]. Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
  • Ancestry.com. "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700" [database on-line]. Original data: Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
  • Ancestry.com. "Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91" [database on-line]. Original data: Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849.
  • Bailey, Sarah Loring. Historical sketches of Andover. Boston: Houghton, 1880.
  • Johnson, Carol Clark. Carol Clark Johnson A Genealogical History of the Clark & Worth Families and other Puritan settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony Cygnet, OH: Privately Printed, 1970. Lane Memorial Library - Hampton, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire.
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
  • SAR Membership Number: 81403. Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
  • Source Citation: Place: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England; Collection: St Michael; -; Date Range: 1561 - 1812; Film Number: 991366. by permission.
  • Virkus, Frederick A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986. Page 5.
  • Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.
  • Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
  • Vital Records of Lawrence Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926.
  • Vital Records of Lincoln Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908.
  • Vital Records of Richmond Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1913.
  • Vital Records of Shirley Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1918.
  • Whittemore, Henry, b. 1833, Genealogical guide to the early settlers of America, (1898). Publisher: New York
  • Secomb, Daniel. History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (Evans, Sleeper & Woodbury, Concord, NH, 1883) Page 477
  • FSFTID: 2WCS-ZK2.
  • Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 pp 35-41, 58-62, 79-84, 96-100
  • Miller, Edward and Wells, Frederic, History of Ryegate, VT (The Caledonian Company, St. Johnsbury, VT 1913)
  • NY Genealogical and Biological Record Vol 61 No. 3
  • NY Genealogical and Biological Record Vol 67 No. 1, pages 46-55
  • Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT," Vermont Genealogical Society, TID 117
  • family records, cemetery in Andover Mass.




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Meehan-411 Beryl Meehan
Added other note and source for his will
posted by Beryl Meehan
Abbott-9742 Bryce Abbott
I believe George is my 7th Greatgrandfather.
posted by Bryce Abbott
Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Abbott-7301 and Abbott-102 appear to represent the same person because: Same DOD, father and child.

Difference in date of birth to be noted in the biography until a source can be added.

posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Abbott-5733 and Abbott-102 appear to represent the same person because: It's clear from the data in the text section of Abbott-5733 that this is the same person as Abbott-102.

Note: I have requested project-protection for Abbott-102.

posted by Ellen Smith
Colleen (Thompson) Peck
George Abbott (Abbott-5733) and George Abbott (Abbott-102) have been set as a rejected match, but I believe they do represent the same person. Their death dates are identical, and they both have a son named William born on 18 Nov 1657 in Andover, Essex, MA. The death date and place for these two William are also identical and they will need to be merged as well.
posted by Colleen (Thompson) Peck
Colleen (Thompson) Peck
George Abbott (Abbott-5733) and George Abbott (Abbott-102) have been set as a rejected match, but I believe they do represent the same person. Their death dates are identical, and they both have a son named William born on 18 Nov 1657 in Andover, Essex, MA. The death date and place for these two William are also identical and they will need to be merged as well.
posted by Colleen (Thompson) Peck
Barb (Jenkins) Bruce
Abbott-5810 and Abbott-5733 appear to represent the same person because: I put this on hold and when I removed the hold it canceled the merge. Now I have set the merge up again. I am curious what info will be in the merged record but can't find where to see it before confirming the merge.
posted by Barb (Jenkins) Bruce
Barb (Jenkins) Bruce
Abbott-5733 and Abbott-5810 are not ready to be merged because: Looking for a what information is carried to merged record
posted by Barb (Jenkins) Bruce
Sonczalla-1 Skye Sonczalla
Abbott-5733 and Abbott-5810 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profile.
posted by Skye Sonczalla
Partridge-944 Carole Partridge
The children's last names at birth should not be determined by how they were recorded by various town clerks. George himself signed his surname "Abbott" in his 1681 will, and so did his son, Timothy, on the same document. See image on AmericanAncestors.org
posted by Carole Partridge
Vierson-2 Lydia Vierson
Wondering if this profile could be project protected to avoid future merge issues?? I am not well sure how to do this? Maybe the CT profile can also be protected once info is set.
posted by Lydia Vierson
Vierson-2 Lydia Vierson
Abbott-1715 and Abbott-102 do not represent the same person because: One is MA and other is CT - these are different families but same name. Additional edits need to be made before this profile can be merged. See notes on George Abbott as there has been LOTS of confusion and merges that are messy.
posted by Lydia Vierson

Rejected matches › George Abbott (abt.1838-) › George Abbott (bef.1635-1689)

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