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1. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Lincoln," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 28 February 2016), vol 1, p 11, Lincoln Births of Abbot and Abbott families; citing "Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1908.

2. Major Lemuel Abijah Abbott, compiler, Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass.; of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R. I.; of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass.; of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct.; of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct.; with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States, (Two vols., consecutive pagination) (Boston, MA: T. R. Marvin & Son [printer], 1906), pp 416-418; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2017; genealogical sketch of 277 Sergt. Joseph Abbott.

3. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Lexington," database index with page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: transcribed 28 February 2016), vol 1, p 1, Abbott family births and christenings.

4. Charles Hudson, History of the town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1868, with a genealogical register of Lexington families (Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868), 2nd part of book (genealogical register), p. 6; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofl00hudso : viewed 20 January 2018).

5. Major Lemuel Abijah Abbott, compiler, Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass.; of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R. I.; of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass.; of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct.; of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct.; with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States, (Two vols., consecutive pagination) (Boston, MA: T. R. Marvin & Son [printer], 1906), pp 416-418; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2017; genealogical sketch of 277 Sergt. Joseph Abbott.

6. Major Lemuel Abijah Abbott, compiler, Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass.; of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R. I.; of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass.; of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct.; of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct.; with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States, (Two vols., consecutive pagination) (Boston, MA: T. R. Marvin & Son [printer], 1906), pp 416-418; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2017; genealogical sketch of 277 Sergt. Joseph Abbott.