Individual Details
Captain Thomas Abbott Jr
(Bef 1639 - 15 May 1695)
Thomas Abbott, Jr.'s relationship to George Abbott of Rowley is not really known. He may have been an adopted son or a son from another woman. He did live with the family in Rowley and is mentioned in George Abbott's will as a son. He was called Thomas, Jr. to distinguish him from his older brother Thomas, Sr.
The perception is that Thomas, Jr. was abandoned by other members of his family, except George Abbott's family who took him in. He was raised in that family from childhood. One source describes is like this: virtually abandoned except by George Abbott's family, and having grown up from a tender age with his sons, would seem to them like a brother; this, together with his pathetic, forlorn condition -- being forever separated from his relatives in England in the wilds of a new continent, and the sons of George Abbott, one of the first settlers, being similarly situated after the death of their father, and especially the two surviving real sons after their brother Thomas Sr.'s death, on whom they probably largely relied after their father died, led them to regard Thomas, Jr., as a brother, especially in their early years, and he was accordingly so mentioned in Thomas, Sr.'s will, and afterwards in legal papers which Thomas, Jr., signed in the settlement of the former's estate.
The perception is that Thomas, Jr. was abandoned by other members of his family, except George Abbott's family who took him in. He was raised in that family from childhood. One source describes is like this: virtually abandoned except by George Abbott's family, and having grown up from a tender age with his sons, would seem to them like a brother; this, together with his pathetic, forlorn condition -- being forever separated from his relatives in England in the wilds of a new continent, and the sons of George Abbott, one of the first settlers, being similarly situated after the death of their father, and especially the two surviving real sons after their brother Thomas Sr.'s death, on whom they probably largely relied after their father died, led them to regard Thomas, Jr., as a brother, especially in their early years, and he was accordingly so mentioned in Thomas, Sr.'s will, and afterwards in legal papers which Thomas, Jr., signed in the settlement of the former's estate.
Events
| Birth | Bef 1639 | ||||
| Marriage | 15 December 1664 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay - Sarah Stewart | |||
| Death | 15 May 1695 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Stewart (1647 - 1715) |
| Child | Joseph Abbott (1666 - 1667) |
| Child | Thomas Abbott (1667 - 1753) |
| Child | Sarah Abbott (1671 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Abbott (1674 - ) |
| Child | Dorothy Abbott (1676 - 1678) |
| Child | Nathaniel Abbott (1678 - ) |
| Child | John Abbott (1681 - ) |
| Child | Dorothy Abbott (1683 - ) |
| Child | Mary Abbott (1686 - ) |
| Child | Ebenezer Abbott (1689 - ) |
| Mother | Unknown relationship ( - ) |
| Father | George E. Abbott of Rowley (1600 - 1647) |
| Mother | Unknown relationship ( - ) |