Individual Details
Sarah FOSTER
(Abt 1692 - 4 Oct 1755)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1692 |  | |||
| Birth | Abt 1692 | ||||
| Marriage | 1714 | Dea. Nehemiah ABBOTT |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 Nov 1714 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Dea. Nehemiah ABBOTT | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1714 - 1719 | Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Dea. Nehemiah ABBOTT | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1719 - 1754 | in the southwest part of town (now within Lincoln) - Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Dea. Nehemiah ABBOTT | | | |
| Death | 4 Oct 1755 | age 63 - Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 4 Oct 1755 | Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |||
| Death | Prob 1770 | | |
Families
| Spouse | Dea. Nehemiah ABBOTT (1692 - 1767) |
| Child | Nehemiah ABBOTT (1715 - ) |
| Child | Dr. Nehemiah ABBOTT 2d (1716 - 1785) |
| Child | Sarah ABBOTT (1718 - ) |
| Child | Abigail ABBOTT (1721 - 1784) |
| Child | William ABBOTT (1724 - 1798) |
| Child | Lt. Joseph ABBOTT (1727 - 1794) |
| Father | William FOSTER 2 ( - ) |
| Mother | Margaret [wife of William Foster2] [UNKNOWN] ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Inferred from age 63 at death.Residence (family)
He moved to the southwestern part of Lexington in 1719. Parts of Lexington were incorporated into Concord in 1746, but he did not agree and, hence, remained a legal citizen of Lexington. In 1754, the land on which he lived was incorporated partly into Lincoln and partly into Lexington.Death
An unsourced note in FamilySearch says, "The Essex Antiquarian says she died 19 July 1770."Endnotes
1. 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. 5; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofl00hudso : viewed 20 January 2018).
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 100-137; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2016; genealogical sketch of Dea. Nehemiah Abbott.
3. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Weston (1 volume)," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 14 August 2018), vol. 1, p. 266, "Nehemiah Abbott of Westown and Sarah Foster of Andover were married by Revd. Samuel Phillips of Andover 1714 Nov. 2. From the marriage records of the Town of Andover Mass., Andover Nov. 19 1857. Attest: Edward Taylor, Town Clerk of Andover"; citing "Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850," Boston, 1904, NEHGS.
4. 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 100-137; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2016; genealogical sketch of Dea. Nehemiah Abbott.
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 100-137; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2016; genealogical sketch of Dea. Nehemiah Abbott.
6. 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. 5; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofl00hudso : viewed 20 January 2018).
7. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Lincoln," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: transcribed 29 February 2016), vol 1, p 151, Lincoln deaths of Abbot and Abbott families; citing "Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1908.
8. 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 100-137; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2016; genealogical sketch of Dea. Nehemiah Abbott.
9. 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. 5; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofl00hudso : viewed 20 January 2018).