Anna (Hewitt) Abbott (1754 - 1796)

Born 1 Jul 1754 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Phillip Abbott — married 6 Jul 1775 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1796 at age 42 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

ANNA HEWETT, born at Canterbury, Connecticut, 1 Jul 1754^[1] daughter of Henry Hewitt and Joanna Denison;^[2][3][4] Anna died likely at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 29 Dec 1796;^[5] married at Windham, 6 Jul 1775,^[6] PHILIP ABBOTT, born at Windham, 23 Mar 1751^[7] son of Abiel Abbott and Abigail Fenton; Philip died at Kingston, Pennsylvania, 8 Mar 1834.^[8] Philip married 2nd, 17 Mar 1815 at Wilkes-Barre, MABEL MERRITT.

Anna Hewett and Philip Abbott married in Connecticut and perhaps their older children were born there. But Philip had gone to the Wyoming Valley perhaps as early as 1772, drawing lots in the Wilkes-Barre District in April 1772.^[9]

Children

Philip Abbott and Anna Hewett were parents of eight children, the births of oldest four children recorded in Windham.^[10][11]

i ANNA ABBOTT, b. 27 Apr 1776. Anna did not marry.

ii AMELIA ABBOTT, b. 1 Jul 1777; d. 11 Oct 1777.

iii AURELIA ABBOTT, b. 28 Apr 1779; d. 3 Sep 1783.

iv PHILIP ABBOTT, b. 14 Apr 1781; d. at Tobyhanna, PA, 1 Aug 1854; m. 1st, 25 Dec 1805, LUCY WALLER, b. about 1784 daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Weeks) Waller; Lucy d. at Wilkes-Barre, 27 May 1822. Philip m. 2nd, 5 Sep 1836, SYBIL GRIDLEY, b. 17 Feb 1802 daughter of John and Sybil (-) Gridley; Sybil d. at Wilkes-Barre, Aug 1879. Sybil was first married to Edward Rohn.

v JAMES HEWETT ABBOTT, b. 1786; d. at Kingston, PA, 13 Apr 1809; m. 1806, ANNA STEPHENS, b. at Lackawaxen, PA, about 1789 daughter of Uriah and Elizabeth (Jones) Stephens; Anna d. at Hornell, NY, 30 Jul 1830. After James’s death, Anna married Bazy Baker.

vi HANNAH ABBOTT, b. 28 Feb 1788; d. at Wilkes-Barre, 1858; m. 13 Jun 1807, LUTHER YARINGTON, b. at Wilkes-Barre, 1783 son of Abel and Rebecca (Keazer) Yarington; Luther d. 25 Dec 1836.

vii ABIEL ABBOTT, b. 7 Oct 1790; d. at Forty Fort, PA, 2 Oct 1838; m. at Kingston, PA, 17 Oct 1813, CELINDA ATHERTON, b. 1794 daughter of Elisha and Eunice (Carver) Atherton; Celinda d. 2 Jul 1817.

viii MARY ABBOTT, b. 10 Nov 1793; d. at Dushore, PA, 22 Jun 1851; m. 26 Feb 1822, JOSIAH JACKSON, b. at Catawissa, PA, 8 May 1791 son of Samuel and Hannah (Davis) Jackson; Josiah d. at Dushore, 9 Apr 1867. Josiah was first married to Fanny Stevenson.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG15-CMVR : Fri Mar 08 09:47:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Anne Huit and Henry, 1 July 1754.
2. ↑ In his will, Henry Hewet included a bequest to his daughter Anna Abbit the wife of Philip Abbit. Connecticut Probate, Plainfield District, volume 6, pp 277-279, will of Henry Hewet
3. ↑ White, John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1, p 461
4. ↑ Denison, Denison Genealogy, p 21
5. ↑ Blair and Shoemaker, The Michael Shoemaker Book, p 64
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG15-CMVZ : Thu Mar 07 22:48:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Anna Hewats and Philip Abbot, 6 July 1775.
7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74V-QX4 : 11 February 2018), Phillip Abbott, 23 Mar 1751; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
8. ↑ Blair and Shoemaker, The Michael Shoemaker Book, p 64
9. ↑ Blair and Shoemaker, The Michael Shoemaker Book, p 64
10. ↑ Abbot, Genealogical Register, p 51
11. ↑ Blair and Shoemaker, The Michael Shoemaker Book, p 64

• Abbot, Abiel, and Ephraim Abbot. 1847. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot of Andover, George Abbot of Rowley, Thomas Abbot of Andover, Arthur Abbot of Ipswich, Robert Abbot of Branford, CT, and George Abbot of Norwalk, CT. Boston: James Munroe and Company.

• Blair, Williams T., and Jacob I. Shoemaker. 1924. The Michael Shoemaker Book: (Schumacher). Scranton, PA: International Textbook Press.

• Denison, Elverton Glenn. 1963. Denison Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison. Stonington, CT: The Pequot Press for The Denison Society.

• White, Elizabeth Pearson. 1990. John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1. Camden, ME: Picton Press.

Acknowledgments

• Profile Hewitt-1146 was created through the import of Packer-506.ged on Jan 3, 2014 by John McVey.