1627 "George sonne of George Abbot & Mary his wife baptized November 22th" at St Barnabas, Chappel, Essex, England. [1]
1658 Georg Abbet and Sara Farnum were married in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on April 26. [2]
1658/59 Georg Abbet, son of Georg and Sara, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on January 28. [3]
1660 Sara Abbet, daughter of Georg, jr. and Sara, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on September 6. [4]
1662 John Abbet, son of Georg and Sara, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on August 26. [5]
1663/64 Mary Abbet, daughter of Georg and Sara, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on March 20. [6]
1667 Nehemia Abbett, son of Georg and Sara, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on July 20. [7]
1668 Hannah Abbet, daughter of Georg and Sara, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on September 22. [8]
1675 Lydea Abbott, daughter of George and Sarah, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on March 31. [9]
1678 Samuel Abbott, son of George and Sarah, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on May 30. [10]
1680 Mehitabell Abbott, daughter of George and Sarah, was born in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on April 4. [11]
1688/89 George Abbott died in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on March 22 [12]
1689 Henery Ingalls, sr., and Sarah Abbot were married in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on August 1. [13]
1727 Sarah Ingalls, widow of Henry, died in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, on May 12th, in her 90th year. [14]
Research Notes:
"George Abbot, born in England, settled in Andover, Mass., in 1655. He was a tailor and husbandman. He married Sarah Farnum of Andover April 26, 1658; and died March 22, 1688-9. His wife survived him, and married, second, Henry Ingalls Aug. 1, 1689. Mr Ingalls died in 1719, aged ninety-two; and she died in 1728, aged ninety." [15]
Bailey states, [16]
The Abbot line had other founders than George Abbot, Sen., already named [who married Hannah Chandler], - there being two or three settlers at an early day of this name. The principal one of these was George Abbot, tailor," as he is often designated. He was from Rowley in 1655. He died 1689, leaving a large family of children and a widow. The latter was subsequently married to Henry Ingalls. The estate was settled as described in the following paper: - "Know all men by these presents that whereas George Abbot of Andover in y' County of Essex taylor deceased Y' 22' Of March1688 and left noe written will behind him, that could be found, about that time ye Government of ye Country being in an unsettled posture, we ye subscribers, being his wife & children (except such as are under age) thought it our best way to take an inventory of his estate and to agree upon ye division of it which is as followeth: The widdowe of sd Abbot hath accepted of about 25 pounds which she hath received already as her full satisfaction for her part or share reserving an interest in one end of the house, if she see cause to make use thereof at any time during her life. "George Abbot, eldest son of the s' George Abbot deceased hath accepted of 16 acres of upland on which he had built a house during his fathers life & was given to s' George by his late father, tho there was noe legal conveyance and alsoe a parcell of meadowe commonly called Woodchuck meadowe with some part of stock now in his bands of about (?) pounds value and about one Sixth pt of y' household stuff which he is now possessed of and alsoe half of Y' meadowe in Y' farther side of sl Woodchuck valued at five pounds ... The other sons were assigned portions, and the daughters were to have such parts as they had accepted already. The instrument is signed by the second husband of the widow Abbot: - Henry Ingalls senr having married y" widowe of yo above s' George Abbot deceased before y' Signing of this agreement have consented unto & signed with them. [Essex County Court Papers, vol. xivii., p. 12.]
'Alsoe we John Faulkner & Stephen Barker having married Sarah & Mary Abbot have consented ... -. &c
Henry Ingalls
Her mark Sarah Ingalls alias Abbot
George Abbot
JNo Abbot
Nehemiah Abbot
John Faulkner
Her mark Sarah Faulkner alias Abbot
Stephen Barker
Her mark Mary Barker alias Abbot.
Her mark Hannah Abbot
Her mark Lydia Abbot'Among the descendants of this George Abbot were in early time Mr. Nehemiah Abbot, deputy to the General Court, 1717, and Dr. Nehemiah Abbot, settled as a physician in Andover, 1748. A sister of the latter was married to Amos Lawrence, of Groton. From this marriage sprung the illustrious union of families and names represented by the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, and Hon. Amos A. Lawrence. Hon. Amos Abbot, of Andover, member of the United States Congress, father of the Hon. Alfred A. Abbot, of Peabody, was of this line of descent. Also Dea. Albert Abbot, trader of Andover, is of this branch of the Abbot line.
Thomas Abbot, another early settler, also founded a line of posterity at Andover. The name is probably more numerously represented than any other.
[1] 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].
[2] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 2 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 11 and 120, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 11, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 11, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 11, [GoogleBooks].
[6] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 11, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 11, [GoogleBooks].
[8] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 11, [GoogleBooks].
[9] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 30, [GoogleBooks].
[10] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 32, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 1 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 31, [GoogleBooks].
[12] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 2 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 371, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 2 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 18 and 192, [GoogleBooks].
[14] Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. 2 (Topsfield, Mass.: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912), 476, [GoogleBooks].
[15] "Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley," The Essex Antiquarian 1 (1897), 103-108, at 103, [HathiTrust].
[16] Sarah Loring Bailey, Historical Sketches of Andover (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1880), 108-109, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].