Individual Details
Joshua Abbott
(24 Feb 1740 - Mar 1815)
Joshua Abbott commanded the fifth company in Col. John Stark's regiment (First New Hampshire) at The Battle Of Bunker Hill in 1775 . He was present with his company near New York, April, 1776. Later the regiment marched to the assistance of the northern army, and was at Mt. Independence, Nov. 1776. The next year he was a captain in Lt. Col. Henry Gerrish's regiment which marched, Sept. 1777, and helped capture Burgoyne's army at Saratoga.
Events
Families
Spouse | Eliza Chandler (1739 - 1812) |
Child | Nathaniel Abbott (1767 - 1769) |
Child | Nathaniel Abbott (1769 - 1848) |
Child | Betsy Abbott (1773 - 1846) |
Child | Sarah "Sally" Abbott (1775 - 1841) |
Child | John Sullivan Abbott (1778 - 1810) |
Child | Joshua Abbott (1782 - 1824) |
Father | Nathaniel Abbott (1700 - 1770) |
Mother | Penelope Ballard (1705 - ) |
Sibling | Nathaniel Abbott (1726 - 1806) |
Sibling | Dorcas Abbott (1728 - ) |
Sibling | Rebecca Abbott (1731 - ) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Abbott (1733 - 1834) |
Sibling | Mary Abbott (1735 - 1795) |
Sibling | Hannah Abbott (1736 - 1792) |
Sibling | Ruth Abbott (1738 - 1817) |
Sibling | Rachel Abbott (1743 - 1788) |
Sibling | Jeremiah Abbott (1744 - 1823) |
Sibling | Dorothy Abbott (1746 - 1776) |
Sibling | Sarah Abbott (1748 - 1841) |
Notes
Probate
Joshua's will is in the New Hampshire wills on Ancestry. It includes a bequest to his daughter Betsy Abbott of Hallowell, Maine.Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
2. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Records, 1771-1969; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Rockingham County); Probate Place: Rockingham, New Hampshire.