Individual Details
Polly MERIAM
( - )
Events
| Marriage | 16 Dec 1788 | Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Abiel ABBOTT |  |  | |
| Residence (family) | 1790 | Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Abiel ABBOTT | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1800 | Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Abiel ABBOTT | | ||
| Birth | Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Abiel ABBOTT (1759 - 1817) |
| Father | Benjamin MERIAM ( - ) |
| Mother | Ginger PORTER ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Abbott genealogy shows her name as "Polly (Mary?)".Birth
Abbott genealogy gives date as 5 July 1786, which is clearly mistaken.Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Lexington," database index with page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: transcribed 28 February 2016), vol 1, p 94, Abbott family marriages.
2. "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 187, marriages of Abbot and Abbott families; citing "Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1908.
3. 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 216-224; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2016; genealogical sketch of Lt Joseph Abbott.
4. 1790 U. S. census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts||Middlesex Co, MA, population schedule , Lincoln, p 331, Joseph Abbott, Jr.; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5058 : downloaded page 22 October 2016); First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
5. 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).
6. 1800 U. S. census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts||Middlesex Co, MA, population schedule , Lincoln, p 1270 (pencilled), Abbot residents; database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7590 : downloaded page 22 October 2016); Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..
7. 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 216-224; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2016; genealogical sketch of Lt Joseph Abbott.