Dorothy (Abbott) George (1746 - 1776)

Born 21 Dec 1746 in Concord, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of David George — married 29 May 1766 in Concord, New Hampshire

Died 27 Sep 1776 at age 29 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

DOROTHY ABBOTT, b. at Concord, NH, 28 Dec 1746^[1] daughter of Nathaniel Abbot and Penelope Ballard;^[2] d. at Concord, 27 Sep 1776; m. 29 May 1766, DAVID GEORGE,^[3] b. at Haverhill, MA, 27 Oct 1745 son of David and Ann (Cottle) George; David d. at Littleton, NH, about 1816 (probate). After Dorothy’s death, David George married Hannah Colby about 1777 and they had eight children.

Dorothy Abbott married David George of Haverhill. There were several Haverhill families who migrated to Concord near the time of its first settlement. David George was a tailor in Concord. He placed an advertisement in the newspaper giving the price for making a “genteel suit of superfine broadcloth” as three dollars and the price for an “ordinary suite of coarse cloth” as two dollars.^[4] David held several civil positions in the town.

In his will written 8 July 1811 (probate 5 November 1816), David George made bequests to the following persons: oldest son David George, George Thatcher the only son of daughter Hannah Thatcher, daughter Jane Virgin has already received her portion, daughter Dolly Morse, and daughter Betsey Martin. These first five bequests are to the children from his marriage to Dorothy Abbott. His children from his second marriage named in the will are Nanne George, daughter Ruth Gridley, daughter Polly Gennes, son Jacob Rise George, son Christopher Columbus George, son Hector Temple George, daughter Laura C. George, and son George Washington Adams George.^[5]

Children

Dorothy Abbott and David George had five children all born at Concord.

i DAVID GEORGE, b. 4 Jan 1767; d. at Concord, 1838; m. 30 Aug 1789, ELIZABETH EMERY, b. at Concord, 30 Apr 1771 daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Bailey) Emery;^[6] Elizabeth d. 6 Aug 1827.

ii HANNAH GEORGE, b. 23 Jun 1768; likely died by the early 1790’s assuming she had just the one child mentioned in her father’s will; married a Mr. Thatcher whose identity has not been found.

iii JANE GEORGE, b. 22 Apr 1772; d. after 1830 at Rumford, ME;^[7] m. 6 Jun 1793, JEREMIAH VIRGIN, b. at Concord, 7 Sep 1765 son of William and Mehitable (Stickney) Virgin; Jeremiah died after 1830. Jeremiah Virgin and Jane Virgin were first members of the congregational church in Rumford which was organized in 1803.^[8]

iv DOLLY GEORGE, b. 8 Feb 1774; d. 20 Mar 1861 at Rumford, ME;^[9] m. 5 Aug 1792, BENJAMIN MORSE, b. at Amherst, NH, 24 Jun 1771 son of Benjamin and Rachel (Webster) Morse;^[10] Benjamin d. at Rumford, 4 May 1849.

v BETSEY GEORGE, b. 22 Jan 1776; d. at Rumford, ME, 2 May 1832; m. 1 Jul 1798, DANIEL MARTIN, b. at Concord, 16 Jul 1772 son of Henry and Esther (Kimball) Martin; Daniel d. 15 Jun 1861.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN3-H8W : 18 January 2020), Dorothy Abbott, 1746.
2. ↑ Abbot, Genealogical Register, p 127, https://archive.org/details/genealogicalregi00inabbo/page/126/mode/2up
3. ↑ Bouton, History of Concord, p 625, p 706; https://archive.org/details/historyofconcord00inbout/page/706/mode/2up
4. ↑ Bouton, History of Concord, p 311
5. ↑ New Hampshire Wills and Probate Records 1643-1982, Probate of David George, Grafton, 5 Nov 1816.
6. ↑ The 1819 will of Benjamin Emery of Concord includes a bequest to his daughter Elizabeth George.
7. ↑ There is an 1830 Census record for Rumford for Jeremiah Virgin that includes a male and female of the ages of Jeremiah and Jane Virgin. A census record from 1840 that would fit with them was not located.
8. ↑ Lapham, History of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, p 141
9. ↑ Dorothy Morse, age 86, is listed in the 1860 U.S. Census for Rumford; she is the head of household with Clarissa Morse age 43 living with her
10. ↑ Lapham, History of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, p 379; https://archive.org/details/historyofrumford00laph/page/378/mode/2up

• Abbot, Abiel, and Ephraim Abbot. 1847. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot of Andover, George Abbot of Rowley, Thomas Abbot of Andover, Arthur Abbot of Ipswich, Robert Abbot of Branford, CT, and George Abbot of Norwalk, CT. Boston: James Munroe and Company.

• Bouton, Nathaniel. 1856. The History of Concord from Its First Grant in 1725 to the Organization of the City Government in 1853. Concord, NH: Benning W. Sanborn.

• Lapham, William Berry. 1890. History of Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, from Its First Settlement in 1779, to the Present Time. Augusta, ME: Press of the Maine Farmer.