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Saturday, October 28, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 40: STEPHEN ABBOTT OF ANDOVER, MA.

7x great grandfather Stephen Abbott was born in Andover, Ma. on 14 Feb 1678 and died there on 27 May 1766.  He married Sarah Stevens on 22 Jul 1708 and seems to have led a good long life, according to the family register compiled by cousins Abiel and Ephraim Abbot:

3 Stephen A., son of 2 John; m. 1708, 3 Sarah Stevens, da. of Ephraim S.; she d. Jan. 1751, a. 69. They lived near where Prof. Porter lived; the house taken down about 1808. He was industrious and successful, useful in town affairs, and respected for his Christian character. 4 Stephen, b. 1709; d. Nov. 1768; Ephraim, b. 1710; d. 25 April, 1745; Sarah, b. Oct. 1711; d.; m. Dea. 3 George Abbot, son of 2 Thomas, Concord, N. H.; 4 Mary, b. 10 Aug. 1713; d. 16 Aug. 1748; m. Joseph Holt, Lunenburg; Hannah, b. 10 Aug. 1716; d. 27 July, 1786; m. 3 Benjamin Abbot, son of 2 Thomas, Concord; Priscilla, b. 3 March, 1720; m. Jacob Fowle, Lancaster; Elizabeth, b. 29 Dec. 1722; d. about 1786; Samuel, b. 5 July, 1726; d. 1758, at Lake George; Mehitabel, b. 28 March; d. 27 April, 1728.-pp 16-17
A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot, of Andover,  James Munroe & Co, Boston, Ma. 1847


Two of Stephen's daughters married Abbott cousins, and his youngest son Samuel died at Lake George during the French and Indian War. I'm descended from his son Ephraim.

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