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( Il) Nathaniel, tenth son and twelfth child of George and Hannah ( Chandler) Abbot, born July 4, 1671. died in December, 1749, aged seventy- eight years, was a member of Rev. Thomas Barn- ard's church, Andover. He married, first, Noven- ber, 1605, Dorcas Hibbert, who died February 7, 1743. Their ten children were: Nathaniel: Mary : Joseph: Tabitha; Jeremiah; Joshua: Sarah; Han- nah: Elizabeth : and Rebecca. (Joseph and de- scendants receive mention in this article. )
(I1]) Captain Nathaniel (2), eldest child of Nathaniel (1) and Dorcas (Hibbert) Abbot, was born in Andover, in 1696, and died at Concord. New Hampshire, in 1770, aged seventy-four years. He removed to Penacook (Concord) when about thirty years of age, and was one of the original proprietors of the town. His name appears on the petition to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, for the granting of Pennycook, and he was admitted as one of the number of settlers at the meeting. February 4, 1725. Ilis house lot was No. 12 second range where the North Congregational Church now stands ( 1855), and he had a house built and his family therein, October, 1731. He was an efficient man in public affairs, and held many offices. March 17. 1731. he was chosen one of the assessors, field driver, and pound keeper: September 14, 1732, he called a meeting of the proprietors of Penacook : January. 1733 he was elected the first constable of Penacook, also collector: March, 1734, hogreeve and surveyor of flax and hemp: 1734 and 1737, sur- veyor of highways; 1737, fence viewer: 1738, sur- veyor of timber, plank and boards; also pound keeper, and surveyor of hemp and flax: 1742 and 1742, surveyor of highways: 1744 and 1745, Ensign Nathaniel Abbot was elected fence viewer : 1747, Lieutenant Nathaniel Abbot is elected to that office : 1766, tythingman and scaler of weights and meas- pres and sealer of weights and measures in cach of the four years following. He was prominent in mili- tary affairs, and in 1746, he was one of the guard in the garrison around the house of Lieutenant Jerc- miah Stickney. One account says : "In 1746, he
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had command of a company in defense of Concord against the Indians." At the commencement of the French war (1744) he entered the service, and joined the rangers under Major Robert Rogers. He held a lieutenant's commission in 1755 in Captain Joseph Eastman's company, in the expedition against Crown Point, and was a lieutenant in Captain Rich- ard Roger's company of rangers at Fort William Henry at the time of the massacre, 1757. Moore, in his "Annals of Concord," says: "He was at the capture of Cape Breton, in 1745; was subsequently in many sanguinary conflicts on the northern frontier ; and endured almost incredible hardships." "He was a brave and useful officer." Bouton, in the "History of Concord," says : "He was an efficient, enterprising, useful citizen, and member of the church." "There is a tradition that he came near losing his life by falling through the ice on Long Pond, in chase of a deer; but saved himself by sticking his hatchet so far into the ice as to get a hold, and then raised himself out." He mar- ried, December 4, 1726, Penelope Ballard, and they were the parents of the following children: Na- thaniel ; Dorcas; Rebecca; Elizabeth; Mary; Han- nah; Ruth; Joshua; Rachel; Jeremiah; Dorothy ; and Sarah. (Captain Joshua and descendants re- ceive extended mention in this article.)
(IV) Nathaniel (3), eldest child of Captain Nathaniel (2) and Penelope (Ballard) Abbot, born March 10, 1727, died February 19, 1806, aged seventy- nine, was a farmer in Concord. He married, 1749, Miriam Chandler, of Dunstable, who died Janu- ary 24, 1811, aged eighty-two. Their children were: Nathaniel Chandler, Moses, Joseph, Phillip, Joshua, Susanna, Phebe, Levi and David.
(V) Levi, eighth child and seventh son of Nathaniel and Miriam ( Chandler) Abbot, horn in Concord, September 23, 1767, and died December 15, 1825, was a farmer on his father's homestead. He married (first), July 10, 1791, Elsie Moar, who died in April, 1795, leaving one child, Ann; and (second), October 6, 1795, Mary Carter, daughter of Joseph Carter. She died September 24, 1840. The children of this marriage were: Joseph C., Charles, Aaron, Alice, Mary C., Ira, Eliza, Hannah J., Susan G., Clara C. and Ruth W.
(VI) Aaron, third son and child of Levi and Mary (Carter) Abbot, was born September 28, 1799. He married, October 5, 1824, Nancy Badger, and they were the parents of nine children : Joseph, C., Ann Mary, Elizabeth H., Sarah J. H., George D., Edward M., Susan F., Ellen S., and Alice A. (VII) Ellen Sherwood Abbot, eighth child and fifth daughter of Aaron and Nancy ( Badger) Abbot, born November 15, 1840, married, March 18, 1863, William M. Chase ( see Chase, XII).
(IV) Captain Joshua, eighth child and second son of Captain Nathaniel and Penelope (Ballard ) Abbot, born February 24, 1740, died March, 1815, aged seventy-five, always had his home at Concord and was a farmer. The home built by his father was his residence.
Two companies of militia were organized a Concord, in 1774, and Joshua Abbot was commis- sioned captain of one of them, February 21st of that year. When the report of the battle of Lexington came, Captain Abbot commanded one of the three companies from Concord and the vicinity which responded and shared in the glory of the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Tradition says that Cap- tain Abbot's company was stationed at the extreme left, without even the slight protection afforded by the double rail fence stuffed with hay, enjoyed by most of the regiment. Captain Abbot had command
of a company which enlisted for eight months after the battle of Bunker Hill, and marched to join the Continental army in New York. He also com- manded a company in Colonel Gerrish's regiment, "which marched from Concord and towns adjacent .to reinforce the Northern Continental army at Saratoga, September, 1777." "He was a courageous man, respected for his good sense and integrity." He and his wife were worthy members of the Congre- gational Church. He married Elizabeth Chandler, of Bradford, who died May 27, 1812, aged seventy- three. Their children were: Nathaniel, who died young ; Nathaniel; Betsey ; Sarah ; John; Joshua.
(V) Rev. Joshua (2), youngest child of Joshua (1) and Elizabeth (Chandler ) Abbot, was born at Concord, December 8, 1782, and died September 28, 1824. He was a prominent young man, and was a captain of the cavalry company, Eleventh Regiment New Hampshire Militia, June 21, 1814; re-appointed July 3, 1817; appointed major of the Second Battalion November 5, 1819; appointed lieu- tenant-colonel, May 19, 1820, and resigned August 17, 1820. "He became a member of the First Con- gregational Church in 1814, and turned his attention to the study of theology, although he had not the advantage of a public education. Licensed to preach by the Deerfield Association of Ministers, he went to the south in 1820 for the benefit of his health, and resided at Norfolk, Virginia, where he con- ducted a school on the Lancasterian system, and preached the gospel in the vicinity, as opportunities offered. He died of fever after a short sickness. He was a man of amiable spirit, gentle and con- ciliatory manners ; modest, upright, and devout. He married, November 6, 1808, Eliza (or Betsey) Kim- ball, daughter of Lieutenant Phineas Kimball (see Kimball, V1), and they were the parents of seven children : Joshua K .; John S .; Ann M .; Sarah D .: Charles H., died young; Charles H .; and Na- thaniel P.
(VI) Ann M., third child and eldest daughter of Rev. Joshua and Eliza ( Kimball) Abbot, born at Concord, October 21, 1813, married January 25 ( ?), 1842, Stephen H. Parker, of Andover, Massachu- setts (see Parker, VII).
( Ill) Joseph, third son and fourth child of Nathaniel ( I) and Dorcas ( Hibbert ) Abbot, was born February 2, 1705, and died August 23, 1787. He lived with his father while in Andover, and moved to Wilton, New Hampshire, about 1776, and died there at the age of eighty-two years. He was deacon of the church and a man of great simplicity of manner and sound piety. For many years he tuned the song, while his cousin, Deacon Isaac Abbot, read it line by line. He was married, August 12, 1731, to Deborah Blanchard, who died in July, 1773. Their children were: Deborah ( died young ). Joshua ( died young ), Bathsheba, Nathaniel died young), Joshua, Deborah and Joseph (twins), the former Born July 15, 1740, and the latter on the 16th, died young; Anna. Joseph (2), Hannah, Jo- seph, Jacob, Dorcas, Obadiah, Nathaniel and Re- becca.
(IV) Joseph (2), fifth son and ninth child of Joseph (1) and Deborah ( Blanchard) Abbott, was born April 2, 1744, and died 1792 of a cancer. He was a farmer in Andover, Massachusetts, and Wil- ton and Nelson, New Hampshire. He married Mary Baker, and they were the parents of: Joseph, Joshua, James, Israel, Molly, Lucy and Jedediah.
(V) Molly, elder daughter of Joseph (2) and Mary ( Baker ) Abbott, was born June 18, 1773. She became the wife of Levi Warren, of Nelson, New Hampshire, and they lived in Alstead. His
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death was caused by an accident, as by mistake he drank dissolved pearlash. Their children were: Polly, Betsey (died young) and Betsey.
(VI) Betsey, third daughter and child of Levi and Molly (Abbott) Warren, was born February 21, 1794, and was married December 13, 1821, to Elisha Smith, herdsman and farmer of Alstead, New Hampshire (see Smith, II ).
The Abbott family of this sketch is ABBOTT probably descended from George
Abbot, the progenitor of nearly all the Abbotts of New England.
(I) Joseph Brown Abbott, son of Daniel Ab- bott, was born in Surry, New Hampshire, August 11, 1835, and died in Keene, New Hampshire, Janu- ary 16, 1892. He taught school in early manhood, and during the war of the rebellion was with the sanitary commission at Washington, D. C. After the war he was in the lumber business in Richmond, New Hampshire. For many years he was chairman of the county commissioners of Cheshire county. In 1876 he was appointed by President Hayes as agent of the Ute Indian tribe of Colorado. After serving in this capacity for some time, he was com- pelled to resign on account of ill health. In 1880 he settled in Keene, New Hampshire, and had an office in the Court House. He was re-elected county commissioner, and had the settlement of a large number of estates. In 1881 he was appointed special police justice of the city. He was a member of the Philesian Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Winchester, New Hampshire. He was married to Lydia Cole Martin, who bore him two children: Florence, born July 17, 1865, and Leon M. Florence married Dr. Edwin E. Davis, a dent- ist, and lives in Quincy, Massachusetts.
(11) Leon Martin, son of Joseph B. and Lydia Cole (Martin) Abbott, was born in Richmond, New Hampshire, August 28, 1867. After graduating from the Keene high school, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the fall of 1885 intending to fit himself as a mining engineer. After taking his freshman year at technology, he decided to study law, and went to Harvard University and took special courses preparatory to entering the Harvard Law School. He entered the law school in 1887 and finished his course there in June, 1890. In 1891 he returned to Harvard to take some courses in history. In January, 1891, he was admitted to the Suffolk county har in Boston and soon afterwards
formed a partnership with Elmer E. Rideout, under the firm name of Rideont & Abbott. This partner- ship relation continued until January 1, 1901, when Mr. Abbott and Frank N. Nay became law partners under the title of Nay & Abbott. In September, 1906, Ex-Governor John L. Bates entered the firm, which has since been Bates, Nay & Abbott, and is one of the leading law firms in Boston.
Mr. Abbott entered the practice of law well prepared to succeed, and from the day he started until the present time, he has given his best ener- gies and most painstaking work to his profession. By the use of the ability with which nature liberally endowed him, he has succeeded in attaining a high position at the bar. He was offered an appointment to the bench, but preferring the practice of the law to the honors of judicial office, he declined the ap- pointment. He is a thirty-third degree Mason; a member of Columbia Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of which he has been worshipful master, St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Council of Royal and Select Masters. Boston Com-
mandery of Knights Templar, and Massachusetts Consistory. He is also a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, and for sev- eral years has been a member of its financial com- mittee, a director of the American Invalid Aid So- ciety, and a member of the City Club. In politics he is a Republican. He married, April 19, 1894, Florence May Tallman, daughter of William C. Tallman, of Boston.
( Second Family.) The family herein traced seems to be
ABBOTT entirely independent of those which were founded chiefly in Andover, Massachusetts, and have numerous representatives in New Hampshire.
(1) Walter Abbott was a vintner and was prob- ably in Exeter, New Hampshire, as early as 1640. He first appears on the records of Portsmouth on April 5, 1652, when he was one of the twenty-two settlers to sign an agreement regarding the distribu- tion of land and other arrangements for the gov- erning of the settlement. He was assigned a one- acre lot, and on this he built a log house which is mentioned in the inventory of his estate in 1667. He was made freeman July 14, 1657. On January 22, 1661, the townsmen assigned him ninety-nine acres. On this date there were ninety-one other settlers, and of these only eleven received more land than he did. He was evidently a substantial citizen, pos- sessed of some means. On January 8, 1663, he sold a log house and lot near the ineeting house and Strawberry Bank, for which he received one hundred nineteen pounds, fifteen shillings and one and one-half pence. He received unanimous consent of the town January I, 1657, to keep an ordinary or tavern. He was highway surveyor in 1658, a member of the proprietorship committee in 1660 and 1664, and was selectman in the latter year. In 1658 he subscribed fifteen shillings for the sup- port of the minister. He may have engaged in shipping enterprises as it is stated that he died in "Jamamaica" before 1675. The inventory of his estate was made in 1667, which would indicate that he died a long time before 1675. His widow. Sarah, married (second) Henry Sherburne, of Portsmouth. Walter Abbott's will was dated May 16, 1667, and was probated June 26, following, his wife being named as executrix. She received his entire per- sonal estate and was to pay all legacies and debts. The inventory of his estate is dated June 18, 1667, and consisted practically of one hundred and fifty- five acres of land with buildings including one log and two other houses, the total value being one thousand four hundred thirty-three pounds, three shillings and eight pence. He had eight children, namely: Peter, Sarah, Thomas, William, Walter, Mary. John and Elizabeth.
([I) Walter (2), third sor and fourth child of Walter (1) and Sarah Abbott, was born about 1647, and was a resident of Portsmouth, where he died before 1709. There is but little record con- cerning him, and the will of his son is all that gives any clew to the fact that he had sons.
(III) John, son of Walter (2) Abbott, was probably born in Portsmouth and was a yeoman re- siding in that town. His will is dated March 19, 1722, and his estate was administered by his son John. The inventory of his estate which was made September 25, 1722, mentioned one hundred sixty- seven pounds, six shillings and one penny. There is a record of his marriage, but it was probably a second marriage and occurred July 20, 1718, the bride being Mary Hepworth, of Newington, New
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Hampshire, formerly of Ireland. His children born in Portsmouth were: John, James, Abigail, Walter, Rheuben, Sarah, Ruth and Anna.
(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (1) Ab- bott, was born in Portsmouth before 1700. He is mentioned in old deeds as a fisherman, and the records show that lie sold considerable lands in Portsmouth, indicating that he was a substantial citizen. His will was dated June 22, 1764, and pro- bated April 6, 1768. He had seven children born in Portsmouth, namely: John, Lydia, Joseph, Anna, Lucy, Elizabeth and Margaret.
(V) John (3), eldest child of John (2) Ab- bott, was born in Portsmouth about 1720. In early life he followed the sea, but soon settled down to farming in South Berwick, Maine, where he died at the close of a long life. The family tradition states that he had five sons who served in the Revolutionary army.
(VI) Jolin (4), son of John (3) Abbott, was born August 3, 1758, in South Berwick, Maine, and before he was nineteen years of age had enlisted three times in the Revolutionary army. After the close of the war, he settled in what is now North Berwick, Maine, on a tract of fifty-eight acres, which he cleared and continued to till until his death, which occurred May, 1837. The maiden name of his wife was Twombly, and their children were: Hull, George, John, James and Polly.
(VII) George, son of John (4) Abbott, went from Berwick, Maine, or its neighborhood, to Os- sipee, New Hampshire, early in the nineteenth cen- tury. He was a farmer and he and his brother set- tled on adjoining tracts of land. George Abbott married Betsey Guptill, of Berwick, and they had nine children, of whom three, two sons and one daughter, lived to grow up. One of the sons was George (2) Abbott, whose sketch follows.
(VIII) George (2), son of George (1) and Betsey (Guptill) Abbott, was born in Ossipee, New Hampshire. He was educated in the common schools, was a farmer all his life, was a Republi- can in politics from the birth of the party, and at- tended the Methodist Church. George (2) Abbott married Phebe Jane Graves, daughter of Abram and Pliebe (Dennett) Graves, of Tuftonborough, New Hampshire. Her father, Abram Graves, was the first white male child born in Tuftonborough, and lived and died in that town. He and his wife reared a large family, of whom twelve children lived to grow up. The father of Abram Graves was a Revolutionary soldier, who took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, was captured by the British, but afterward escaped. George (2) and Phebe Janc (Graves) Abbott had two children. Sylvester G., and Sewall W., whose sketch follows. Syl- vester G. Abbott was born July 4, 1853, at Tufton- borough. He attended the common schools of Os- sipee, the private school of Augustus A. Richards, at Ossipee and Tamworth, was graduated from Bryant & Stratton's Business College in Chicago, and in 1884 from the Union College of Law in that city. He is now a member of the firm of Tatge, Abbott & Koepke, attorneys of Chicago. He is a Republican in politics and takes an active interest in the questions of the day. In October, 1884, Syl- vester G. Abbott married Margaret Reese, of Chi- cago, and they have five children: Gertrude, Jessie, Sewall W., Mildred and Florence.
(IX) Sewall Wester, second son of George (2) and Phebe Jane (Graves) Abbott, was born at Tuftonborough, New Hampshire, April 11, 1859. He was educated in the common schools of Ossipee, New Hampshire, attended the private school of
Augustus A. Richards, at Tamworth, and studied under Tutor Albra Fogg; in 1878 he was graduated from Hebron Academy, Hebron, Maine, and was afterward graduated from the Union College of Law (Northwestern University and Chicago University ) at Chicago. While pursuing his education he worked on the farm, in a store and in mills, and learned telegraphy under W. C. Sinclair, at Ossipee. In order to prosecute his law studies, he worked for the Eastern railroad as telegraph operator, also as spare station agent and station baggage master. Sewall W. Abbott practiced in Chicago one year, and then returned to his native state in pursuit of health, which he regained, and began the general practice of law in Wolfboro, December 15, 1885. He was admitted to the United States court at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in May, 1890, and to the Massachu- setts bar in 1894. He was appointed judge of pro- bate for Carroll county on December 18, 1889, and confirmed on December 27, of that year, and has held the office ever since. Judge Abbott is a di- rector in the Wolfboro Woolen Mills at South Wolfboro, and is president of the board of trustees of the Huggins Hospital at Wolfboro. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Brewster Free Academy at Wolfboro for thirteen years, and in June, 1907, was re-elected for a full term of seven years. Judge Abbott is a Republican in politics, and served as moderator, 1896-98, was re-elected in 1900 and has served ever since; his present term expires in November, 1908. He was elected county solicitor in 1902 and 1904, served two full terms, and has also acted as county auditor. His position as judge of probate bars him from nearly all elective offices at the present time, ever if his other interests were not too extensive to permit his holding such offices. He attends the Unitarian Church, and in March, 1907, was elected a member of the school board for three years. Judge Abbott is prominent in fraternal organizations. On April 11, 1881, he was made master Mason in Ossipee Valley Lodge, No. 74, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Moultonville (Ossipee), New Hampshire. In 1887 he was admitted to membership in Morning Star Lodge, No. 17, at Wolfboro. He was made a senior warden in 1888, master in 1889, R. W. G. L. in 1890 and 1891, D. D. G. M. in 1892 and 1893, and was a member of the standing committee for ten years or more. On July 31 he became a member of Carroll Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Wolf- boro, and held the office of principal sojourner and king, and declined further advancement on account of lack of time. He is a representative of Grand Lodge of Illinois near the Grand Lodge of New Ilamipshire, and has been for ten years. Judge Abbott was one of the first members of Fidelity Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, institu- ted in March, 1887, was conductor for two terms, and declined to be considered for any further office. He is a member of Ossipee Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, and also of Lake Shore Grange, Wolfboro, and is an active supporter of the latter organization. Judge Abbott belongs to Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, of Laconia, and to Warren Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at Wolfboro, and was worthy patron of the latter society for one term. He is a member of Myrtle Rebekah Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Wolfboro, and an honorary member of James R. Newell Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same place. He belongs to the New Hampshire Club of Boston, Massachusetts, and to the Kings- wood Club of Wolfboro. He is a firm believer in secret societies, especially in those with which he
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is affiliated, and thinks the world would be better for having more of them.
On June 19, 1893, at Boston, Massachusetts, Judge Sewall Wester Abbott married Mrs. Elma (King) Hodsdon, daughter of Dr. Rufus H. and Lizzie (Wedgewood) King, of Wolfboro. Mrs. Ab- bott's father was a practicing physician and surgeon for more than half a century; was a member of the board of pension examiners for many years; and of the board of health at Wolfboro; and also conducted a drug store in that place; and was one of the oldest and ablest physicians in the county, and most highly esteemed in the town.
ABBOTT The Abbott family is a very numer- ous one, and there were no less than six immigrants bearing the name. Many descendants of two of these pioneers, George Abbott, of Andover, and George Abbott, of Rowley, Massachusetts, appear in this work. As Ossipee was settled chiefly from the Piscataqua region, there is little doubt that the following family is descended from Walter Abbott.
(I) Nathan Abbott was a farmer living in Ossipee, New Hampshire, for several years after the Revolution. He married Margaret Locke, who was a native of Vermont. Among their children was Samuel P., mentioned below.
(II) Samuel P., son of Nathan and Margaret (Locke) Abbott, was born at Shapleigh, Maine, a few miles east of Ossipee, New Hampshire. He married, and among their children was Jacob, men- tioned below.
(III) Jacob, son of Samuel P. and Margaret Abbott, was born at Ossipee, New Hampshire, Oc- tober 6, 1828. At the age of nine years he went to live on the farm of William J. Furbush at Leba- non, this state, where he remained till he was twenty-one, after which he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he pursued at various places. among them Haverhill, Massachusetts. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company K. Ninth New Hampshire Volunteers, for three years. Just before the battle of Antietam, which occurred on September 17 of that year, and during the engagement at South Mountain, he was severely wounded and taken to the hospital at Newark, New Jersey, where he was honorably discharged on account of disability. The following month he re-enlisted and served to the end of the war, though he never recovered from the wound of 1862, which ultimately caused his death. On April 15, 1858, Jacob Abbott married Harriet N. Fernald, daughter of John Y. and Sally Trickey (Ricker) Fernald, who was born at Os- sipee, New Hampshire, May 19, 1841. (See Fer- nald, III.) Eight children were born to them, all in Ossipee: Lyford A., March 1, 1859; Almon F., whose sketch follows; George H., March 23, 1865 ; William G., March 7, 1867; Anna May, November 21, 1868; Katie Eva, December 22, 1872; Sarah Fran- ces, and Jacob N., September 9. 1880. Lyford A., the eldest child, married Etta M. Ward, of Freedom, New Hampshire, and they had six children: Guy 1., George E., Ray M., Harry, Wade and Hattie M. George H., the third child, married Jennie B. Champion, of Effingham, this state, on March 5, 1887. and they had two children: Myron L., who died in infancy, and Bessie M., born September 16, 1893. William G., the fourth child, married Grace Williams, of Ossipee, on February 22, 1902. Anna. May, the fifth child, was married to Leonard R. Nutter, of Ossipee, on June 17, 1889. Katie Eva, the sixth child, was married on August 31, 1891. to Charles H. Brown, and they have one child liv-
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