Capt.
Lewis
Abbot
Born in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jesse Abbot
and Sarah (Wakefield) Abbot
Brother of
Patty (Abbott) Weeks, James Abbott, Sally (Abbott) Rice, Lydia (Abbott) Arnold, Cyrus Abbott, Betsey (Abbott) Olds, Cynthia (Abbott) Chadwick, Charlotte Abbott, Cyrus Abbot and Charlotte (Abbot) Marrs
Husband of
Polly (Nichols) Abbott
— married
28 Nov 1805 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary A (Abbott) Stowell, Lucy Abbott, Martha Adelaide Abbott, Louisa Abbott, Charles Frederick Abbott, Cynthia A (Abbott) Goss, Amanda Abbott, Hopestill Jane Abbott, Effie Abbott, James Lewis Abbott, Charles Hanson Abbott and Louisa Jane Abbott
Died
at age 80
in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Feb 2016
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Biography
LEWIS ABBOT, b. at Brookfield, 31 Jul 1782 son of Jesse Abbot and Sarah Wakefield;[1] d. at Brookfield, 8 Sep 1862;[2] m. at Sturbridge, 28 Nov 1805,[3] POLLY NICHOLS, b. at Sturbridge, 1 Apr 1785 daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth (Damon) Nichols;[4] Polly d. at Brookfield, 25 Jan 1871.[5]
Lewis and Polly resided in Brookfield.
Lewis Abbot served as Captain of a company raised at Brookfield with service at Boston in the regiment of Col. S. Town during the War of 1812.[6]
In his will written 20 June 1850 (probate 2 December 1862), Lewis Abbot bequeathed one dollar to each of his children: Mary Stowell wife of Ephraim C. Stowell, Lucy Jenks widow of Alfred Jenks, Cynthia Goss wife of Daniel Goss, James L. Abbott, Charles H. Abbott, and Jane L. Hamilton wife of Robert P. Hamilton. The residue of the estate was left to beloved wife Polly Abbott to be hers, forever. The heirs-at-law listed at probate were Mary A. Stowell of Brookfield; Lucy A. Jenks of Springfield; C. Hanson Abbott of Chicago; J. Lewis Abbott of Geneva, IL; Jane Hamilton of Saratoga, NY; and Cynthia Goss of Chicago.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6V-3ZV : 15 January 2020), Lewis Abbott, 1782.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NJ-4LF : 2 March 2021), Louis Abbot, 08 Sep 1862; citing Brookfield, Massachusetts, v 158 p 204, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,181.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4D-L9H : 10 November 2020), Lewis Abbott, 28 Nov 1805; citing Marriage, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009532.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GR-4T5 : 10 November 2020), Polly Nichols, 1 Apr 1785; citing Birth, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011132.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB191/i/9550/234/121880431
- ↑ Adjutant General of Massachusetts, Records of the Massachusetts Militia in the War of 1812-1814, p 91
- ↑ Massachusetts Probate, Worcester County, Estate Files, Estate of Lewis Abbott, Case No. 48
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