John Abbott (1718 - 1803)

Ancestors Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 2 Children 3 Sources 4 Acknowledgements

Biography

JOHN ABBOTT,^[1] born at Andover, Massachusetts, Feb 1718 son of John Abbott and Hannah Chubb;^[2][3] John died at Andover current day Maine, 1803 and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery;^[4] married at Andover, 17 Jun 1746,^[5] Hannah Farnum, born at Andover, 5 Jan 1724/25 daughter of Jonathan Farnum and Elizabeth Barker;^[6] Hannah died at Andover current day Maine, 1806.^[7]

Hannah Farnum and John Abbott resided in Andover, Massachusetts for much of their lives before making the move to Andover, Maine in the late 1780’s. John was a farmer.^[8]

A portion of John and Hannah’s property in Andover, Massachusetts came from the estate of Hannah’s father Jonathan Farnum. On 6 October 1761, heirs of Jonathan Farnum quitclaimed their interests in a portion of the estate to John Abbot 3rd and Hannah his wife of Andover for payment of £100. Those quitclaiming to their sister Hannah and her husband John Abbot were James How of Methuen and Elizabeth his wife, Benjamin Hall of Methuen and Rebecka his wife, and Richard Barker of Pelham, New Hampshire and Anne his wife. The property included a 22-acre portion of the homestead of Jonathan Farnum and four acres of tillage land.^[9]

John Abbot of Andover served as a private in Lieut. Peter Poor’s company that marched at the alarm to Cambridge. John was credited with 2 ½ days of service.^[10]

On 1 May 1787, John Abbot, Jr. and his wife Hannah of Andover, in consideration of £204, conveyed four tracts of land in Andover totaling about 63 acres with dwelling house and barn to Samuel Phillips, Jr. On the same date, John and Hannah’s son Jonathan with his wife Ruth sold their property to Samuel Phillips. Son Phillip and his wife Elizabeth sold their property to Samuel Phillips on 3 February 1789.^[11]

In 1790, the families of John Abbott and his sons Jonathan Abbott, Phillip Abbott, and John, Jr. were enumerated at Sudbury, Canada, York, Maine, John, Sr.’s household being one male 16 and over and one female.^[12][13]

John, Hannah, and family were early settlers of Andover, Maine and settled on an upland lot which they developed for several years before the lots were officially distributed. The lots to early settlers were confirmed to the occupants at a meeting on 23 January 1795 with lot two being assigned to John Abbott.^[14]

Children

Hannah Farnum and John Abbott were parents of six children born at Andover, Massachusetts.

i Jonathan Abbott, b. 12 Apr 1748; d. at Andover, ME, 26 Jan 1833; m. at Andover, 10 Nov 1768, RUTH BRAGG, b. at Andover, 26 Jun 1748 daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Ingalls) Bragg; Ruth d. at Andover, ME, 25 Jan 1823.

ii Phillip Abbott, b. 4 Oct 1749; d. at Andover, ME, 4 May 1840; m. at Andover, 20 Nov 1771, ELIZABETH FRYE, b. at Andover, MA, 14 Jun 1751 daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Holton) Frye; Elizabeth d. at Andover, ME, 11 Sep 1834.

iii Hannah Abbott, b. 29 Aug 1751; d. at Andover, MA, 19 Mar 1785; m. at Andover, 29 Apr 1773, JOHN JOHNSON, b. at Andover, 28 Jul 1748 son of John and Lydia (Osgood) Johnson; John d. at Greenfield, NH, 3 Oct 1833. John married second Abigail Abbott on 10 Oct 1786.

iv Susannah Abbott, b. 20 Dec 1753; d. at Amherst, May 1830;^[15] m. at Andover, 14 Nov 1771, her third cousin, once removed, DANIEL STEVENS, b. at Andover, 8 Apr 1751 son of Daniel and Hannah (Barker) Stevens; Daniel d. at Amherst, NH, 2 Mar 1825.

v Betsey Abbott, b. 9 Nov 1758; d. at Andover, 18 Sep 1831; m. at Andover, 20 Sep 1781, PETER CARLTON, b. at Andover, 24 Apr 1757 son of Peter and Elizabeth (Dane) Carlton; Peter d. at Andover, 29 May 1822.

vi John Abbott, b. 24 Jan 1769; d. at Andover, ME, 7 Jan 1833; m. at Andover, MA, 29 May 1788, RUTH LOVEJOY, b. at Pepperell, MA, 5 Apr 1764 daughter of Nathan and Apphia (Hoyt) Lovejoy; Ruth d. at Andover, ME, 18 Apr 1843.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary provided courtesy of Patricia Abbott, from Abbott, The Descendants of Richard and Joanna Barker of Andover
2. ↑ Abbott, Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Volume 2, p 914; https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo02abbo/page/914/mode/2up
3. ↑ Perley, Sidney (Ed.), “Descendants of Thomas Abbot of Andover”, The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 1, p 129; https://archive.org/details/essexantiquarian00sale/page/n361/mode/2up
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 December 2019), memorial page for John Abbott (1718–1803), Find A Grave: Memorial #86372657, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Andover, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Ben York (contributor 47157501) .
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZF-WTSW : Thu Oct 26 00:14:59 UTC 2023), Entry for John Abbot and Hannah Farnum, 17 Jun 1746.
6. ↑ Farnum, Hannah, d. Jonathan and Elezebeth, Jan. 5, 1724-5. Andover Vital Records, Volume 1, p 137, https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofan01ando/page/136/mode/2up
7. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-SGWG : 1 March 2021), Hannah Farnum Abbott, ; citing Andover, Oxford, Maine, United States, Woodlawn Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,314,437.
8. ↑ Abbott, Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Volume 2, pp 914-195
9. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 124:93
10. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume 1, p 9
11. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Essex County, 148:98, 148:98, 150:45
12. ↑ The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Sadbury Canada, York, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Family History Library Film: 0568142
13. ↑ Anderson, Joseph C. Maine Families in 1790 (Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1994) Vol. 4, Pages 3-4
14. ↑ “The History of Andover, Maine. . . Purchase of the Township and Distribution of Land”, The Rumford Falls Times, Supplement of August 13, 1904, Volume XXII, Number 33
15. ↑ Secomb, History of the Town of Amherst, p 782

• Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. 1906. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. Boston: Published by the compiler, T. R. Marvin Printing.
• Abbott, Patricia A. In Press. The Descendants of Richard and Joanna Barker of Andover Through Six Generations: Including Male and Female Lines of Descent from Generation One to Generation Six. Emerald Isle, NC: Patricia A. Abbott.
• Secomb, Daniel F. 1883. History of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Concord, NH: Evans, Sleeper, and Woodbury.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Abbott-2452 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter.