Individual Details

Lieut Isaac Abbot

(3 February 1745 - 21 May 1836)

DEA. ISAAC ABBOT, born in Andover Feb. 3, 1745. He was a farmer, a deacon, town clerk, selectman, and the first postmaster of Andover, where he resided. He was lieutenant in the military service, and was wounded in the battle of Bunker hill. He married Phebe Chandler in 1765. She died July 6, 18oo, aged fiftyeight; and, after being blind for several years, he died May 21, 1836, aged ninety-one.
Children, born in Andover:
1. PHEBE, b. May 27, 1767; d. Nov. 8, 1772.
II. ISAAC, b. Dec. 9, 1768; m., first, Hephzibah Fiske July 5, 1798. She d. March 22, 1800, aged twentyseven; and he m., second, Mary Moulton. He d. Dec. 27, 1806, aged thirty-eight. He had children. His widow, d. Aug. 19, 1851, aged seventy-six.
III. PRISCILLA, b. June 1, 1770; m. John Kneeland, Esq., in 1820; and d. Feb. —, 1830.
IV. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 30, 1772; was a farmer, and resided in Concord, N. H.; m. Rebecca Bailey in 1801; and had children.

~The Essex Antiquarian: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to the Biography, Genealogy, History and Antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1; Sidney Perley; Essex Antiquarian, 1897.

Served Apr, 1775 to discharge on Oct, 1775 due to wounds received at Bunker Hill. Son of Isaac Abbot & Phoebe Lovejoy. Husband of Phoebe Holt Chandler. Listed in the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Soldiers and Sailors Whose Markers Have Been Designated By the Marker of the Society, prepared by Henry A. May, 1901. Collection of the Harvard College Library 
 

Events

Birth3 February 1745Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Marriage1765Phebe Chandler
Death21 May 1836Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Families

SpousePhebe Chandler ( - )
ChildPhebe Abbot (1767 - 1772)
ChildIsaac Abbot (1768 - 1806)
FatherIsaac Abbot (1699 - 1784)
MotherPhebe Lovejoy (1715 - 1751)
SiblingPhebe Abbot (1746 - 1833)