Enos Abbott (1769 - 1839)

Born 7 Feb 1769 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Farnum) Abbott — married 10 Sep 1793 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1839 at age 70 in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

ENOS ABBOT born at Andover 7 Feb 1769^[1] son of Jonathan Abbott and Ruth Bragg;^[2] Enos died at Upton, Maine (recorded at Andover, Maine), 28 Feb 1839;^[3] married at Andover, 10 Sep 1793,^[4][5] SARAH FARNUM, born at Andover, Massachusetts, 21 Sep 1764^[6] daughter of Thomas Farnum and Lydia Abbot.^[7]

Sarah and Enos were from Andover, Massachusetts and settled in Andover (current day Maine) where they kept a farm.

Enos settled in what would become Andover, Maine prior to his marriage. At a meeting on 23 January 1795, Enos Abbott drew lot number one of the west side. Lot number eleven was drawn by his father Jonathan Abbott.^[8] On 8 June 1797, Enos and Sarah Abbott were of East Andover, Massachusetts (current Maine) when for one hundred dollars Enos sold to his father Jonathan Abbot one right of land in East Andover being a sixty-fourth part of the township, lot number eleven on the west side of the river.^[9] Enos’s father resided in Andover until his death in 1833 at age 84.

In 1810, the household of Enos Abbot was eight persons at East Andover: one male 26 to 44, one female 26 to 44, three males under 10, two males 10 to 15, and one female 10 to 15. Other families in the census at East Andover were Enos’s father Jonathan, his brother Daniel, and his first cousin Holton Abbot.^[10]

On 7 December 1825, Enos sold 75 acres with buildings in Upton, Maine to his son Stephen.^[11]

Children

Sarah Farnum and Enos Abbot were parents of eight children born at Andover, Maine.^[12]

i ENOS ABBOTT, b. 1 Jan 1795; d. at Rumford, ME, 27 Apr 1867; m. 9 Dec 1821, POLLY HUTCHINS, b. at Rumford, 25 Jan 1804 son of Hezekiah and Sally (Elliot) Hutchins; Polly d. at Andover, ME, 4 Nov 1883.

ii ASA ABBOTT, b. 26 Jan 1796; d. at Rumford, ME, 1832 (probate 1833); m. at Rumford, 1 Jun 1820, ESTHER WOOD, b. at Rumford, 3 Jun 1802 daughter of Phineas and Martha (Spalding) Wood; Esther d. at Rumford, 1871.

iii SARAH ABBOTT, b. 24 Feb 1798; m. Jul 1817, DAVID HUTCHINS, b. at Concord, 4 Jul 1795 son of Hezekiah and Sally (Elliot) Hutchins.

iv THOMAS ABBOTT, b. 9 May 1800; d. at Welchville, ME, 26 Mar 1879; m. 30 Nov 1820, ELIZABETH SAMPSON, b. at Concord, 23 Apr 1801 daughter of William and Abigail (Gilman) Sampson; Elizabeth d. 3 Feb 1889.

v STEPHEN ABBOTT, b. 7 Sep 1801; d. at Rumford, after 1860; m. at Rumford, 25 Dec 1823, LUCY MANSUR, b. at Methuen, MA, 13 Oct 1794 daughter of Elijah and Lucy (Messer) Mansur; Lucy d. at Rumford, 29 Mar 1861.

vi FARNUM ABBOTT, b. 21 Nov 1802; d. at Andover, ME, 1870; m. at Andover, ME, 23 Dec 1828, MARY CHAPMAN, b. at Worcester, MA, 17 Jun 1802 daughter of Abel and Pamela (Rice) Chapman; Mary d. at Andover, 8 Jul 1855.

vii MARY FARNUM ABBOTT, b. 12 Dec 1804; d. likely at Monroe, ME, after 1880 (where she was living with her son); m. 1st, 1826, ABEL CHAPMAN, b. at Worcester, 1 Apr 1804 son of Abel and Pamela (Rice) Chapman; Abel d. at Rumford, 1841. Mary m. 2nd, 17 Nov 1845, SPARROW KING, b. about 1798 son of Sparrow and Elizabeth (Brown) King). Mary m. 3rd, at Corinth, ME, 18 Jun 1863, PETER ELLIOT, b. about 1799; Peter d. at Frankfort, ME, 1869.

viii JACOB FARNUM ABBOTT, b. 13 Sep 1808; d. at Paradise, UT, May 1877; m. 1st, at Andover, ME, 15 Sep 1830, MARY GOUD, b. at Dresden, ME, 1 Sep 1811 daughter of James and Nancy (Cane) Goud; Jacob and Mary divorced about 1845. Jacob m. 2nd, about 1847, MARY SOPHRONIA CHAPMAN, b. at Eugene, IN, 1826; Mary d. Oct 1849. Jacob m. 3rd, at Indian Creek, IA, 9 Jan 1850, MARTHA JANE BICKMORE, b. at Madison, IL, 24 Jan 1832 daughter of Isaac and Martha (Harvell) Bickmore. Jacob was a stagecoach driver in New Mexico. He was an early Mormon.

Sources

1. ↑ Abbot, Enos, s. Jonathan and Ruth, Feb. 7, 1769. Andover Vital Records, Volume 1, p 15; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofan01ando/page/14/mode/2up
2. ↑ Abbott, The Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Volume 2, p 919
3. ↑ Andover, Maine Vital Records, p 1; FHL Film # 007592481, image 9; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99FP-NQSC?i=8&cat=341972
4. ↑ Abbot, Enos, and Sarah Farnum, Sept. 10, 1793. Andover Vital Records, Volume 2, p 13; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofan02ando/page/12/mode/2up
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-F397 : 11 May 2022), Enos Abbot and Sarah Farnum, 10 Sep 1793; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.
6. ↑ Farnum, Sarah, d. Thomas and Lydia, Sept. 21, 1764. Andover Vital Records, Volume 1, p 140; https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofan01ando/page/140/mode/2up
7. ↑ Farnham, New England Descendants of Ralph Farnum, p 480
8. ↑ Poor, “History of Andover, Maine”, p 5
9. ↑ Maine Land Records, Oxford County Western District, 3:26
10. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: East Andover, Oxford, Maine; Roll: 12; Page: 383; Image: Mem252_12-0383; FHL Roll: 0218683
11. ↑ Abbott, The Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Volume 2, p 931
12. ↑ Andover, Maine Vital Records, p 1; FHL Film # 007592481, image 9; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99FP-NQSC?i=8&cat=341972

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• Farnham, Russell Clare. 1999. The New England Descendants of the Immigrant Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England, and Ipswich, Massachusetts. Peter Randall Publishing.
• Poor, Henry V. 1904. "History of Andover, Maine: Purchase of the Township and Distribution of the Land." The Rumford Falls Times, Aug 13: 1-16.