Individual Details
George ABBOTT
(Abt 1631 - 22 Mar 1688/89)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1631 | England |  |  | |
| Birth | Abt 1631 | England | |||
| Birth | England | | |||
| Birth | Abt 1633 | | |||
| Arrival | Abt 1642 | | |||
| Residence | 1642 - 1655 | Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Removed | 1655 | now called Andover Centre - North Parish, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Removed | 1655 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Military | Abt 1657 - 1659 | member of Sergt Steven's and Sergt. James Osgood's militia company | | ||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1658 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Sarah FARNHAM | | ||
| Marriage | May 1658 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Sarah FARNHAM | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 19 May 1669 | made a "freeman" - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Election | 3 Jun 1680 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 22 Mar 1688/89 | intestate - Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 22 Mar 1689 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Occupation | husbandman and tailor | | |||
| Miscellaneous | said to be one of the five wealthiest in Andover | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah FARNHAM (1638 - 1728) |
| Child | George ABBOTT (1658 - 1724) |
| Child | Sarah ABBOTT (1660 - 1723) |
| Child | John ABBOTT (1662 - 1718) |
| Child | Mary ABBOTT (1664 - ) |
| Child | Dea. Nehemiah ABBOTT (1667 - 1750) |
| Child | Hannah ABBOTT (1668 - ) |
| Child | Mehitable ABBOTT (1671 - ) |
| Child | Lydia ABBOTT (1675 - 1739) |
| Child | Samuel ABBOTT (1678 - 1739) |
| Child | Mehitable ABBOTT (1680 - 1757) |
| Father | George ABBOTT (1586 - 1647) |
| Mother | Mary FELSTEAD ( - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas ABBOTT Sr. (1631 - 1659) |
| Sibling | Nehemiah ABBOTT (1634 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas ABBOTT Jr. (1637 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Abbott Descendants, p 16, footnote: "He testified, 1657, that he was 26, and again, 1676, that he was about 44 yrs. old. (Essex Co., Mass., Ct. Files.)"Endnotes
1. 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
2. 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).
3. Patricia Law Hatcher, "Focus on Rowley and Ezekiel Rogers' Company," Great Migrations Newsletter, 18 (October 2009–December 2009): p 29.
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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
7. 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).
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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
9. 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
10. Russell C. Farnham, "The English Origin of Ralph Farnham of Ipswich, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 69 (January 1994), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=32&volumeId=13129 : downloaded 11 September 2016), p 36.
11. "Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-35," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 11 September 2016), vol 2, p 494; citing Robert Charles Anderson, George F Sanborn, Jr, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-35," NEHGS, Boston, 2001.
12. , Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849: Vol 2, Marriages and Deaths (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), p 11, "ABBET (see also Abbot), Georg [Jr. CT. R.], and Sara Farnum, Apr. 26, 1658"; image copy, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofan02ando : accessed 19 June 2017).
13. Lucius Manlius Boltwood, "Marriages in the Town of Andover, MS. : From 1647 to 1700," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3 (1849); digital page images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11713/65/0 ff : accessed 14 December 2022).
14. 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).
15. 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
16. 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
17. 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
18. Russell C. Farnham, "The English Origin of Ralph Farnham of Ipswich, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, 69 (January 1994), online archives, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=32&volumeId=13129 : downloaded 11 September 2016), p 36.
19. 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).
20. 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.
21. 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. 14-40; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo and https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo : accessed 17 May 2015; genealogical sketch of George Abbott.