Abraham Lord (1699 - bef. 1779)

Born 29 Oct 1699 in Kittery, York, Province of Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Gowen) Lord — married 10 Apr 1718 in Berwick, York, Province of Maine

Descendants

Died before 8 Apr 1779 before age 79 in Berwick, York, Maine, United States

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Biography

Abraham Lord was born at Kittery, Maine, on 29 Oct 1699, the son of Nathan Lord and Martha (Tozier) Lord.^[1]

Abraham Lord made his will on 11 Apr 1772. He names his sons, Simon, Benjamin Meads, Abraham, Nathan, Nicholas, Joshua, Jeremiah, David, Solomon, and Elisha. He also names Joseph and Abraham Hanson, sons of his deceased daughter, Margaret.^[2]

Abraham Lord's funeral was held at the First Church of Berwick in Berwick, Maine, on 8 Apr 1779.^[3]

Marriage

Abraham Lord married Margaret Gowen at Berwick, Maine, on 10 Apr 1718.^[4]

From the Lord family genealogical notes of my great grandfather Isaac Purl Lord (1858-1942):

• This Abraham (3) Lord was also a Captain in the Militia, and was the wealthiest man in Berwick Me. He owned extensive tracts of land and it is said that descendants at Eliot Me. are living on the old Homestead or portion of his vast estate. He was father of Benjamin Meads Lord, who was a noted civilian and ... the cousin of "Captain" Tobias (4) Lord, the noted Captain at Falmouth (now Portland) Maine, the youngest son of John and Mary Chapman Lord.

• Captain Abraham Lord owned the first Chase (sic) that was seen in the town of Berwick and which, with his negro "Dinah", he bequeathed by Will to his wife "Margaret", who was daughter of Nicholas Gowen of Berwick ME, a family consideration at B.

Research Note

Eaton says that Sarah Lord, who married Samuel Jellison of Berwick on 29 Jul 1762, and whom Stackpole (and other sources) include among Abraham Lord's children, was not a daughter of Abraham and Martha Lord. She was "of York" when she married Jellison, there is no record of a baptism for her, and although she was still living in 1762 there is no mention of her or any heirs in Abraham's will.^[2]

Original Biography

"Martha Tozer, daughter of Richard Tozer, sen., is referred to in the following from Berwick, (Me.) records of marriages and births:

Nathan Lord married to Martha, daughter of Richard Tozer and Judith his wife, 22 November 1678.

1. Martha, born 14 October 1679
2. Nathan, born 13 May 1681
3. William, born 20 March 1682/3
4. Richard, born 1 March, 1684/5
5. Judith, born 29 March 1687
6. Samuel, born 14 Jun, 1689, married at Kittery, Me. 19 October 1710, by Rev. Jeremiah Wise, to Martha, born 9 February 1684, daughter of Paul and Catherine Wentworth.
7. Mary born 29 July 1691
8. John born 18 January 1693
9. Sarah, born 28 March 1696
10. Anne, born 27 May 1697
11. Abraham, 29 October 1699"^[5]

Note

Birth also given as Kittery, York Maine without documentation. [Berwick, Maine is part of what was originally called Kittery, so both names are correct]

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Joseph Crook II, editor, Records of the First and Second Churches of Berwick, Maine (Rockport, Me., 1999), 29
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Eaton, Priscilla, “The Descendants of Nathan[1] Lord of Kittery and Berwick, Maine,” The Maine Genealogist, 33:3-20, 71-88, 132-142 (2011), 72
3. ↑ Anderson, Joseph Crook II, editor, Records of the First and Second Churches of Berwick, Maine (Rockport, Me., 1999), 107
4. ↑ Frost, John Eldridge, and Joseph Crook Anderson II, Vital Records of Berwick, South Berwick, and North Berwick, Maine (Camden, Me., 1993), 112
5. ↑ "The Wentworth Genealogy comprising The Origin of the name, the Family in England and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the Emigrant and of his descendants". By John Wentworth, LL.D., of Chicago, Ill. In Two Volumes, Volume 1. 1870 Press of Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, Mass pg. 87