Ezra Abbot (1785 - 1871)

Born 3 Jul 1785 in Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe Abbot — married 8 May 1818 in Jackson, Hancock, Maine, United States

Died 7 Feb 1871 at age 85 in Jackson, Waldo, Maine, United States

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Biography

EZRA ABBOTT, born at Wilton, New Hampshire, 3 Jul 1785 son of William Abbot Esq and Phebe (Ballard) Abbot;^[1] Ezra died at Jackson, Maine, 7 Jun 1871;^[2][3] married at Wilton, 25 Jun 1818 (intention at Jackson on 5 May 1818),^[4] his first cousin, PHEBE ABBOTT, born at Wilton, 25 Jun 1788 daughter of Abiel and Dorcas (Abbot) Abbot;^[5] Phebe died at Jackson, Maine, 25 Nov 1825.^[6]

Ezra was a farmer in Jackson, Maine. At the 1850 census, his real estate had an estimated value of $2,000.^[7]

Children

Ezra and Phebe Abbott had two children born at Jackson, Maine.

i EZRA ABBOTT, b. 28 Apr 1819; d. at Cambridge, MA, 21 Mar 1884; m. 1st, at Jackson, 17 Dec 1843, CATHERINE MEDER, b. 1821 and d. at Jackson, 25 Jul 1847. Ezra m. 2nd, at Cambridge, 21 Dec 1855, EMILY EVERETT, b. Hallowell, ME, 1829 daughter of Stevens and Emily (Abbott) Everett; Emily d. at Cambridge, 5 Nov 1888.

ii PHEBE DORCAS “ABIGAIL” ABBOTT, b. 28 Oct 1822; d. at Jackson, 17 Dec 1892; m. 1st, at Jackson, 6 Aug 1840, WILLIAM GROUT, b. 1817 of not yet determined parents; William d. at Jackson, 23 Jan 1846. Abigail m. 2nd, 21 Aug 1855, NATHANIEL EMMONS CARPENTER, b. at Brooklyn, CT, 28 Feb 1816^[8] son of Job and Susannah (Daniels) Carpenter; Nathaniel d. at Jackson, 16 May 1884. Nathaniel was first married to Ruth T. White.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL26-F5Z : Fri Jul 21 01:49:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Ezra Abbot and William Abbot, 3 Jul 1785.
2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HV9-ZJQ : 2 March 2021), Ezra Abbot, 07 Feb 1871; citing Jackson, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47426553/ezra-abbot: accessed 11 August 2023), memorial page for Ezra Abbot (3 Jul 1785–7 Feb 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47426553, citing Stiles Cemetery, Jackson, Waldo County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Bev Winship (contributor 46831240).
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HV9-8XC : 2 March 2021), Ezra Abbot and Phebe Abbot, 08 May 1818; citing Jackson, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJ5-J6P : 18 January 2020), Phebe Abbot, 1788.
6. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-SGV6 : 1 March 2021), Phebe Abbott, 1825; citing Jackson, Waldo, Maine, United States, Stiles Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,314,437.
7. ↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Jackson, Waldo, Maine; Roll: 270; Page: 15a
8. ↑ Birth is reported in the Northbridge, MA records as occurring in Brooklyn, CT.