George Abbott b. 22 May 1617 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d. 24 Dec 1681 Andover, Essex County, MA

1617 - 1681 (64 years)

Name	George Abbott
Born	22 May 1617	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
Death	24 Dec 1661 [2]
Died	24 Dec 1681	Andover, Essex County, MA [1]
Person ID	I71816	Day Family Tree
Last Modified	1 Mar 2017

Father	George Abbot, b. 28 May 1587, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England , d. Aft 1628, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England (Age 41 years)
Mother	Elizabeth (Mrs. Abbot), b. Abt 1595, England , d. England
Married	Abt 1615	Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England [1]
Family ID	F35405	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hannah Chandler, b. 23 May 1630, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England , d. 2 Jun 1711, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 81 years)

Married 12 Dec 1646 Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA [3]

Children

	1. Deacon John Abbott, b. 2 Mar 1648, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 19 Mar 1721, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 73 years)
	2. Joseph Abbott, b. 11 Mar 1649, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 24 Jun 1650 (Age 1 years)
	3. Hannah Abbott, b. 9 Jun 1650, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 2 Mar 1741, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 90 years)
	4. Joseph Abbott, b. 30 Mar 1652, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 8 Apr 1676 (Age 24 years)
	5. George Abbott, Jr., b. 7 Jun 1655, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 27 Feb 1735 (Age 79 years)
	6. William Abbott, b. 18 Nov 1657, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 24 Oct 1713, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 55 years)
	7. Sarah Abbott, b. 14 Nov 1659, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 29 Jun 1711, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 51 years)
	8. Benjamin Abbott, b. 20 Dec 1661, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 30 Mar 1703 (Age 41 years)
	9. Timothy Abbott, b. 17 Nov 1663, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 9 Sep 1730, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 66 years)
	10. Thomas Abbott, b. 6 May 1666, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 28 Apr 1728, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 61 years)
	11. Edward Abbott, b. Abt 1669, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. YOUNG, Andover, Essex County, MA
	12. Nathaniel Abbott, b. 4 Jul 1671, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 1 Dec 1749, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 78 years)
	13. Elizabeth Abbott, b. 9 Feb 1672/1673, Andover, Essex County, MA , d. 4 May 1750, Andover, Essex County, MA (Age 77 years)

Family ID F26558 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Born - 22 May 1617 - Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Married - 12 Dec 1646 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA

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Notes

GEORGE ABBOT, Andover, 1643, had been some years at Roxbury. He married 12 December 1646, a maiden, said, in reasonable tradition to have come in the same ship with him, Hannah Chandler (called Mary on town record of Roxbury), daughter of William Chandler of Roxbury, had John, born 2 March 1648; Joseph, 11 March 1649, died next year 24 June, the first death on record of Andover (where he is called son of Henry by mistake); Hannah, 9 June 1650; Joseph, again, 30 March 1652, who was killed by the Indians 8 April 1676, the earliest victim of the war in that town; George, 7 June 1655; William, 18 November 1657; Sarah, 14 November 1652; Benjamin, 20 December 1661; Timothy, 17 November 1663; Thomas, 6 May 1666; Edward, died young; Nathaniel, 4 July 1671; and Elizabeth, 9 February 1673. He died 24 December 1661; and his widow married Reverend Francis Dane, as his third wife outlived him, and died 11 June 1711, aged 82. Hannah, married 20 December 1676, John Chandler; Sarah, married October 1680, Ephraim Stevens; and Elizabeth married 24 November 1692, Nathan Stevens. His son Benjamin was afflicted by Elizabeth Johnson, a witch, as she confessed in 1692; and she implicated goody Currier in the diabolical work. Yet the nature or degree of the affliction is nowhere shown. Currier was executed on account of other charges. The confession of the nonsense, which probably was the cause of Johnson's impunity is seen in 3 Massachusetts History Collections I. 124. Of this first George of Andover, said to have come from Yorkshire, descendants are very numerous of which forty-four with the family name, besides forty-nine others through female Abbots, had been graduates at some colleges in 1844. Seven sons and three daughters married and resided at Andover, while of 73 grandchildren, five settled at Concord, New Hampshire, four went to Connecticut and two lived at Billerica. Of seven farms, on which his sons lived, four were occupied by descendants in our day. [4]

Sources

[S381] Descendants of George Abbot and Elizabeth of Bishop's-Stortford, England (Reliability: 3).
[S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.
[S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 359 (Reliability: 3).
[S2264] Genealogical History of New England before 1692, (Third Revision, Donald F. Day).