Sarah Abbey (abt. 1638 - abt. 1704)

Born about 1638 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America [uncertain]

Died about 1704 at about age 66 in Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America [uncertain]

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Biography

Name

Name: Sarah Abbey

Source:#S124 Record for John 1 Abbe

Birth

Date: 1638

Place: Salem Village, Massachusetts, USA

Source:#S124

• http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE ABBE FAMILY, CHECK OUT THE ABBE-ABBEY GENEALOGY, IN MEMORY OF JOHN ABBE AND HIS DESCENDANTS ( Abbe--Abbey genealogy :in memory of John Abbe and his descendants BY Abbe, Cleveland, 1838-1916; Nichols, josephine Genung) ON THIS SYSTEMAbbe, Cleveland. Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, In Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1916)

Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, John Abbe and His Descendants starting on page 1: 1. JOHN (1) ABBE, born in England about 1613; died in Salem, Mass., about 1689-90. The place of birth of John Abbe, the founder of the American Abbe and Abbey families, is unknown, but every indication points to one of the interior and central counties of England as the home of the ancestors of the emigrant. It is not improbable that he was connected with the Abbye family of Staverton, Northampton. The parish registers of Stoke Bruerne, Northampton, show that there were many marriages of Abbyes recorded there during the 16th and 17th centuries. John Abbe, from the age as given approximately at his death, was born about 1613. The first mention which seems to be of this John Abbe is on a register of the names "of all ye passengers wch passed from ye Porte of London for a whole yeare endinge at X mas 1635 — Those underwritten are to be transported to Virginia imbarqued in ye Merch* Bonaventure James Ricrofte Mr bound thither have taken ye oath of allegeance— Jo: Abby p„ —" Although this statement says bound for Virginia, it is a well-known fact that many of the early ships destined for Virginia landed many or all of their passengers at other ports, even in New England, and records of the name of John Abbe begin in New England about that time. The above Jo: Abby does not appear in the records of Virginia, nor in the Head Rights for lower norfolk from 1637 to 1666. The abbreviation Jo: sometimes stood for Joseph, but there are proven instances where it was used for John. The first reference to the name in the Salem records is on page 11, volume 1, in 1637, or, according to the old method of marking time, 2d of the 11th month, 1636. "John Abbie is Reed, ffer Inhabitant & is to have one acre lott for a house next beyond the Gunsmiths, and 3 acres of planting ground where the Towne hath appointed beyond Castle hill." There has existed some confusion regarding the various freemen of the name Abbey and Alby. Benjamin Albye was admitted freeman, May 18, 1642, and John Albye in Salem, May 10, 1643. These were, without doubt, the two Albys, John and Benjamin, mentioned in the early records of Braintree about this time. Benjamin Alby removed to Mendon and had numerous descendants, whose names occasionally appear in printed records as Abbey. John Abbey, sen., of Redding, freeman in 1634, may have been an Alby. On the 21st, 11th month, 1638, John Abby had a further grant of five acres, location not specified, but, as on the 15th, 2d month, 1639, this record occurs, "Granted unto John Abby 5 acres neere to Mr Throgmortons hoggehouse," it may be that the first was the grant and the second the location. Under date of the 25th, 10th month, 1637, it was agreed "the marsh and meadow lands that have formerly been laid in common to this town shall now be appropriated to the inhabitants of Salem, proportioned out to them according to the heads of families. To these that have the greatest number an acre thereof, and to these that have least not above half an acre, and to these that are between both three quarters of an acre, always provided and it is so agreed, that none shall sell away their proportions of meadow, more or less, nor lease them out to any above three years, unless they sell or lease out their houses with their meadow. Under the above division a list of the inhabitants was taken, and the land divided. Jo. Abby is named in 1638 as having three in his family, and receives half an acre. On the 23d, 11th, 1642, ten acres are granted to John Abby together with several other ten-acre grants, all to be laid out near to Ivings lot. This was on the Beverly side near Bass River, and on the 15th of the 12th month, 1642, it is voted "ordered that John Abby shall have 10 acres of land at Enon in exchange of 10acres of land bounded out nere Basse River." The lot near Bass River was afterward granted to Michael Sallows. The record of the grants to Abbey show that he was of the same standing in the community as the great majority of the early inhabitants. The grants were in a great measure made with an eye as to the ability of the grantee to develop the land so granted, small grants to the poorer and larger grants to the richer sort. In 1642, Mr. Fiske organized a church at Enon and the following year the name Enon was changed to Wenham, while a permanent church organization was effected in 1644. In 1644, under date of the 13th, 6th month, it was agreed that John Abby "shall have all that wastground which lyeth between ye end of ye lott which he lives upon and ye meadow which belongs to ye town, leaving a poles bredth most convenient for a way." (Wenham town records, Worcester.) Under date of 1653 is a list of engagements with Goodman Haws about the mill, and "John Aby gives a day and a half of his labor toward its erection," and others contributed in like manner, some also giving the use of oxen. Mr. Fiske left the town in 1655 followed by a number of the church, and in 1657 Mr. Newman was procured as pastor. Under date of November, 1657, in a total rate of £42, 19, divided among twenty-four persons, of whom five paid a total of £14, John Abey is assessed £1, 5, which was about the sum paid by eleven others, but two being less. In 1659, twenty-seven pay a rate of £46, 2, of whom sixteen pay £1 or a trifle over. Of these John Abey pays £1, 5, as before, "in corne or cattle." In 1660 he was assessed as Goodman Abey at eight shillings toward a new meeting house or repairing the old one. The new house was built in 1663. Under date of 6th, 11th month, 1661, John Abbey, Br., and Edward Waldron had a town grant of land to be equally divided between them. The use of the title Senior at this time helps to place the birth of the son John. In 1663 Goodman Abey, Sr., and John Clarke are chosen to join with the selectmen to make the minister's rate for the present year. In 1669 and in 1671 John Abbey appears as constable, an office of great local power and responsibility. April 3, 1675, John Abbe deeded 10 acres of land to his son Samuel, Thomas, John, and Mary Abbe, being witnesses. John Abbe, sen., was a witness to the will of Edwd Walden of Salem, 4th month, 1679. In 1683, John Abbey, who had been supporting his son Thomas, who lived with him and cared for him, dismissed Thomas on account of his bad behavior and called his son John, junior, to take charge of him and his affairs. The son, John, proceeded early to build a new house, as the old one was unfit to live in. .... Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, In Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants on page 5 states:John Abbe married (1) MARY _______. She was born in England about 1615-20, and died in Wenham, Mass., September 6, 1672. "Mary, the wife of John Abbey, senr. dyed the 9 Sept. 1672"; Wenham records. She was doubtless the mother of all of his children. Her name is given as Mary Loring, by Frederick Orr Woodruff, who says that the name was found on Enfield records by one who made researches for him there. John Abbe married (2) November 25, 1674, MRS. MARY GOLDSMITH, widow of Richard Goldsmith, who was killed by lightning, May 18, 1674. She was living in 1683. "John Abbie and Marah Goldsmith maryed 25 of Novemb, 1674"; Wenham records. Children, probably all by first wife (Mary Lorring): 2 John Abbe, b. probably in Salem, 1636 or 7; m. twice. 3 Samuel Abbe; m. Mary Knowlton. Sarah Abbe. Marah Abbe; m. _________ Killam. 4 Rebecca Abbe; m. Richard Kimball. 5 Obadiah Abbe; m. Sarah Tibbals. 6 Thomas Abbe; m. Sarah Fairfield.

• Burial (1704)

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, (http://familysearch.org :modified 13 February 2019, 17:29), entry for Sarah Abbe(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTCH-4VC); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, (http://familysearch.org :modified 28 January 2019, 19:50), entry for Sarah Abbe(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTCH-4VC); contributed by various users.

Source S124 Public Member Trees:The Generations Network, Inc.; Location:Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006

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