1624 "Georg Abbott & Marie Felstead wear married here (being both of Chappel) on ye 5th of October" at St Barnabas, Great Tey, Essex, England. [1]
1625 "Thomas Abboot the sonne of George Abboot and Mary his was baptized the first day of September" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [2]
1625 On October 6, an action in the administration of the estate of Thomas Abbott by his son George was recorded in a "feoffment for £70, with bond" by "George Abbott of 'Ponsbright alias Chappel', maltster, administrator for his father, Thomas Abbott, deceased, Thomas Longeley of Stoke-by Nayland (county Suffolk), yeoman, Thomas Abbott, b. of George, of Bulmer, yeoman, to Henry Burneby of Bures St. Mary, Yeoman" regarding "messuages and gardens called Barbors, formerly occupied by Richard Smith of Halesworth (co. Suffolk) barber." [3] [4] [5]
1627 "George sonne of George Abbot & Mary his wife" was "baptized November 22th" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [6]
1628 "Mary daughter of George Abbot & Mary ux was baptized December(?) 21th" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [Previous entry is December 19, entry following is not dated, next entry is April 12, 1629] [7]
1628/29 "Mary daughter of George Abbot and Mary his wife was buried Feb: 14" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [8]
1630 "Nehemiah Sonne of George Abbot & Mary his wife" was "baptized May 2" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [9]
1631/32 "Mary daughter of George Abbot & Mary ux was baptized February 26" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [10]
1632/33 "Thomas son of George Abbot & Mary ux was baptized February 28" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [11]
1633 "Mary wife of George Abbot was buried December 28th" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [12]
1634 "Mary daughter of George Abbot was buried May the 13th" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [13]
c1639 The 1644 survey of Rowley suggests that George Abbott had received land in each of the initial divisions of land when Rowley was founded in the spring of 1639. Perhaps George and his sons came to Massachusetts with Ezekiel Rogers and the members of his Rowley, Yorkshire, parish. Ezkeiel Rogers' father Richard and older brother Daniel were nonconformist clergy in Wethersfield, Essex, about 16 miles west of Chappel. A Timothy Rogers (son of Vincent Rogers) was vicar of Great Tey at the time George Abbott and Mary Felsted were married there. Timothy Rogers' brother Nehemiah Rogers was rector of Great Tey in the 1630s.
1643/4 A survey of the town of Rowley, Massachussets, taken on January 10, lists the house lot on Wethersfield Street and the agricultural lands that had been granted to George Abbott since the founding of the town in 1639. Since he is listed among those receiving a house lot and other lands in the first division, he was likely among the original settlers of Rowley in 1639. [14]
The suruey of the Towne of Rowley taken the tenth of the eleauenth Anno Dni 1643. by Mr: Thomas Nelson, Mr: Edward Carlton, Humphrey Reyner, ffrancis Parrat, appointed for that purpose by the fremen of the said Towne who also are to Regester the seuerall lotts of all the Inhabitants granted and laid out, and to leaue theirof a Coppy with the Recorder of the Shire according to the order of the Generall Court. A regester of all the house Lotts in such seuerall streets, as are formerly mentioned in the booke. … Wethersfield streete … To George Abbat one house Lott, Containinge two Acres, bounded on the North side by Sebastiam Briggams house lott, the East end by the streete. … A Regester of the first diuision of plantinge Lotts, in the seuerall fields knowne by their seuerall names aboue mentioned in the booke: … The Northeast ffield … To George Abbatt eight Acres of vpland, lying vpon the East side of Newberry path, on the one side, and a peace of ffresh marsh on the other. … A regester of the first diuision of fresh Meadows knowne bv their seuerall names afore mentioned in the booke. … Batchelours meadow … To George Abbatt one Acre and a quarter, lying vpon the North side of Edward Bridges: butting as aforesaid [vpon the vpland]. … A regester of the first diuision of salt Marsh. … To George Abbat two Acres of Salt marsh, lying on the East side of Edward Bridges: butting as aforesaid [the South end vpon a small Creeke]. … The Regester of the second diuision of Salt Marsh. … To George Abbat two Acres, lying on the East side of Edward Bridges his Marsh : butting as aforesaid [the South end on a Creeke]. … A Regester of the second diuision of ffresh Marsh Comonly called the first diuision of Rough Meadows. … To George Abbat one Acre lying on the Northwest side of Edward Bridges Meadow : butting on his owne planting lott. The third diuision of ffresh Marsh Comonly called the second diuision of Rough Meadows. … To George Abbat one Acre, lying on the East side of Custins Crosbyes Meadow : butting as aforesaid [vpon vpland]. … A Regester of the second diuision of vpland, laid out in the ffield called the Marsh ffield. … To George Abbat two Acres of vpland part of it lying on the North side, and part of it on the South side of his second diuision of Rough Meadow : butting as aforesaid [the North end butting on one Cart way, the South end on another]. … A Regester of the third diuision of Salt Marsh. … To George Abbatt two Acres, lying on the North side of Mrs: Margery Shoues Marsh : butting as aforesaid [on the Iland].
1647 George Abbott died in Rowley before August 30. [15]
Marke Symonds appointed 28: 7: 1647, administrator of the estate of George Abott, late of Rowley. The will referred to General Court. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 10. Nuncupative will of George Abbott of Rowley sent here from General Court, 28: 10: 1647, ordered that it shall stand; and after paying legacies to the children, the remainder shall remain in hands of Marke Simons of Ipswich, according to the will, to be disposed of to the children, who are to choose their guardians, etc. Marke Simons to have 4d. and the wintering of two cows. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 224. Inventory taken Aug. 30, 1647 ... thirty bookes, 1li. 10s.; the dwelling house & land with the Apurtenances, 30li.; ... Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 61. Humphry Rayner (also Reiner) and Thomas Mighillwere chosen guardians by the children of Georg Abott, late of Rowly, 28: 1: 1648. The overplus of Georg Abbot's children's estate is left in the hands of Marke Symonds, executor of Georg Abott. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 13. Guardians, Humfrey Reyner and Thomas Mighell, confirmed by Salem and this court. They acknowledged the receipt of 53li., the children's portions, divided as follows: George, 16li., Nehemyah, 21li., Thomas, jr., 16li. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 12. On Mar. 28, 1654, Mr. Reyner presented Nehemiah Abbott and Thomas Abbott, jr., who acknowledged that they had received satisfaction from Mr. Humphry Reyner and Thomas Mighill, guardians to the children of Georg Abbott, for their portions. Thomas Abbott, sr., and Nehemiah Abbott testified that their brother, George Abbott, had satisfaction also. The guardians were discharged. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 45.
Research Notes:
A Mary Felsted was baptized in Great Chesterfield, Essex, in 1606. Her mother, Agnes Gibson, was buried in 1612 and her father, John Felsted, in 1613. The will of her father indicates that she was living in 1613, but the wills of her father's brothers and, most clearly, her mother's brother indicate that she was living and unmarried in 1639.
[1] St Barnabas, Great Tey, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1559-1660, D/P 37/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 27, [Essex Archives].
[2] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 12, [Essex Archives].
[3] Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of George Abbott of Rowley, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist 85 (2011), 26-28, at 25.
[4] Essex Record Office, D/DU 341/3, Deeds of Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, Langham and Ardleigh, [Essex Archives].
[5] Essex Record Office, D/DU 341/4, Deeds of Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, Langham and Ardleigh, [Essex Archives].
[6] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[7] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[8] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[9] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[10] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[11] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[12] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[13] St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1764, D/P 87/1/1, Essex Record Office, image 13, [Essex Archives].
[14] Benjamin P. Mighill and George B. Blodgette, eds., The Early Records of the Town of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1639-1672 (Rowley, Massachusetts: 1894), 1-51, at 6, 9, 12, 16, 21, 23, 26, 30, 32, [InternetArchive].
[15] Register of Probate, The probate records of Essex County Massachusetts, Vol. 1 1635-1664 (Salem Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916), 84-86, [InternetArchive].