Nathaniel Abbot (1700 - 1770)

Born 9 Jun 1700 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Penelope (Ballard) Abbot — married 23 Nov 1726 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1770 at about age 69 in Concord, New Hampshire

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Biography

This profile is part of the Abbott Name Study.

Birth

Birth: 1700 at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts^[1][2]

Died at Concord in 1770.^[3]

Parents

Marriage: 22 Oct 1695, at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts^[2]

Father: Nathaniel Abbot

Mother: Dorcas Hibbert

Children of Nathaniel and Dorcas (order uncertain):

1. Nathaniel Abbot
2. Mary Abbot
3. Unnamed Son Abbot
4. Sarah Abbot
5. Joseph Abbot
6. Tabitha Abbot
7. Jeremiah Abbot
8. Joshua Abbot
9. Hannah Abbot
10. Elizabeth Abbot
11. Rebecca Abbot

Probate

In his will dated 25 August 1769 (proved 29 August 1770), Nathaniel Abbott gentleman of Concord directed that his beloved wife Mehitable be comfortably maintained from the estate while she is a widow. Beloved son Nathaniel is to receive half of all money in his possession or owed to him at the time of his decease and son Jeremiah is to receive the other half. His daughters received the following bequests: Dorcas Merrill, one Spanish milled dollar; Rebecca Doyen, four Spanish milled dollars; Elizabeth Hazeltine, four Spanish milled dollars; Mary Walker, four Spanish milled dollars; Hannah Moor, four Spanish milled dollars; Rebecca Abbott, two Spanish milled dollars; Ruth Walker, four Spanish milled dollars; Dorothy George, four Spanish milled dollars; and Sarah Farnham, four Spanish milled dollars. The household goods are to be divided equally among his nine daughters after his wife’s decease. Son Joshua receives all the lands and buildings, the husbandry tools, and the stock animals. Joshua is named executor and is responsible for the legacies, debts, and the support of Mehitable. Estate was valued at £509.0.11.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Abbot, Nathaneal, s. Nathanael and Dorcas, June 9, 1700. Andover Vital Records; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/Images/Andover_B034.shtml
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Abbot Genealogy". The Essex Antiquarian Vol 1, No. 3. Salem, Massachusetts; March 1897. Page 37.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLX-CZC : 22 February 2021), Nathaniel Abbott, 1770; citing Concord, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,058.
4. ↑ New Hampshire State Papers, 39:302-304; https://sos.nh.gov/archives-vital-records-records-management/archives/publications-collections/new-hampshire-state-papers/