Reuben Abbott (1723 - 1822)

Born 4 Apr 1723 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 May 1822 at age 99 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Private Reuben Abbott served with 1st New Hampshire Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Reuben Abbott is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000177.

Reuben Abbott is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 100171
Rank: Soldier

Reuben Abbott was born on April 4, 1723 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were James Abbott and Abigail Farnum.

He married Rhoda Whittemore in 1753.

Together they had 5 children:

1. Ezra Abbott
2. Nathan Abbott
3. Ruth Abbott
4. Hannah Abbott
5. Elias Abbott

Reuben Abbott was married first to Rhoda Whittemore and married second the widow Dinah Blanchard Blanchard.

He died on May 13, 1822 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.

Reuben was born in 1767. He was the son of Pardon Abbott and Anna Colvin.

Note This Rueben didn't marry 1)Zervia Farnum on 24 Apr 1776 in New Hampshire. He would have been too young. ^[1] He possibly married Olive and had a son Arden. ^[2]

Death

Pardon Abbott d. 30 December 1827 age 86 years 2 months 16 days and is interred in Rhode Island. ^[3]

24 MAY 1822, age at death given as 100.^[4] New Hampshire

Birth

4 APR 1723^{[citation needed]}

Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage

Husband: James Abbot

Wife: Abigail Farnum

Date: 06 JAN 1744

Source: Essex Antiquarian, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 40.

Children of This Marriage

Child: Abigail Abbot

Child: James Abbot

Child: Elizabeth Abbot

Child: William Abbot

Child: Rachel Abbot

Child: Ezra Abbot

Child: Reuben Abbot

Child: Simeon Abbot

Child: Amos Abbot

Child: Phebe Abbot

Child: Son Abbot

Child: Sarah Abbot

Child: Rebecca Abbot

Child: Mary Abbot

Child: Hannah Abbot

Death

24 MAY 1822^{[citation needed]}

Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA

Burial

Riverside Cemetery, Hancock, Hancock, Maine, USA^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947
2. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
3. ↑ Rhode Island: Historical Cemeteries, 1647-2000 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018), (Transcriptions by volunteers of Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project; compiled by John Sterling. "Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database," 2017).; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2732/i/48648/37978/1415918042
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLX-C29 : 22 February 2021), Reuben Abbott, 13 May 1822; citing Concord, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,058.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-04-09), "Record of Reuben Abbott", Ancestor # A000177.

• Documents Relating to Towns in New Hampshire (1867-); Vol. 14, p. 60

• Essex Antiquarian, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Biography, Genealogy, History and Antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol 1, No 3. Salem, Massachusetts : The Essex Antiquarian, 1897 (Reprint: Higginson Book Company). Repository: Fitzpatrick Home Library.. Note: This publication is out of copyright and can also be downloaded in PDF and other formats at Archive.org.

• Farmer, John & Moore, Jacob B. A Gazetteer of the State of New-Hampshire (Concord: Jacob B. Moore, 1823) Page 12

• Abbot, Abiel. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot of Andover (James Munroe and Co., Boston, 1847); p. 35

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-B9C : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Reuben Abbott, 18 May 1752; citing Rumford, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-B9W : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Reuben Abbott, 11 Dec 1754; citing Rumford, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-B9G : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Rhoda Abbott, 31 Dec 1755; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-NXK : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Elias Abbott, 24 Oct 1757; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-YJ6 : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Phebe Abbott, 14 Apr 1759; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-YJZ : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Phebe Abbott, 06 Dec 1760; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-V5D : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Hannah Abbott, 29 Mar 1762; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-BL6 : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Ruth Abbott, 14 Feb 1764; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-F5R : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Ezra Abbott, 08 Aug 1765; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-T4Z : 23 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Nathan Abbott, 08 Aug 1765; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-TLG : 12 December 2014), Reuben Abbot in entry for Phebe Abbot, 17 May 1779; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,480.

• "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLX-CJT : 22 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Reuben Abbott, 11 Dec 1752; citing Rumford, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,058.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLX-CJW : 22 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Phebe Abbott, 04 Jul 1760; citing Rumford, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,058.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLX-CJ1 : 22 February 2021), Reuben Abbott in entry for Ruth Abbott, 02 Sep 1764; citing Rumford, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,058.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLX-C29 : 22 February 2021), Reuben Abbott, 13 May 1822; citing Concord, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,058.

• New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6V-3PC : 26 September 2017), Reuben Abbott and Zerviah Farnum, 24 Apr 1776; citing Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,120.

• "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-F34W : 15 March 2018), Reuben Abbot, 24 Apr 1775; citing New Hampshire, United States, Military Service, New Hampshire State Archives, Division of Records Management and Archives, Concord; FHL microfilm 005832979.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL65-52FL : 20 February 2021), Reuben Abbot, 01 Aug 1775; citing 01 Aug 1775, New Hampshire, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,331.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6T-TPW8 : 20 February 2021), Reuben Abbot, 04 Oct 1775; citing 04 Oct 1775, New Hampshire, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,331.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-C2DX : 1 March 2021), Reuben Abbot, 24 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229258.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-HWD9 : 1 March 2021), Reuben Abbot, 04 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229258.

Acknowledgments

• Wikitree profile Abbot-264 created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011.

• Wikitree profile Abbott-2658 through the import of EASTMAN.ged on Feb 2, 2013 by Brian Eastman.

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