George Abbott
Our Andover ancestor George Abbott (variously spelled Abbot) was born in England. He no doubt arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the Great Migration in the 1630s. After a few years he married into the Chandlers, quite a close-knit family. His daughter Hannah Abbott, 1650-1741 married her own first cousin, John Chandler I, 1655-1721, who was the son of George's wife Hannah's older brother Thomas Chandler, 1628-1703. Nephew and son-in-law John's younger sister Sarah Chandler, 1661-1757 became the grandmother of the Samuel Phelps III, 1712-1795 who married John and Hannah's granddaughter Priscilla Chandler, 1713-1778, Samuel's second cousin. George's daughter Hannah and her first-cousin husband had two sons, both of whom are are direct ancestors of ours, so that two of her (daughter Hannah's) great-grandchildren (Priscilla Chandler Phelps's son Joshua Phelps I, 1738-1798 and Lois Ballard, 1746-1836) were also married as second cousins. New England apparently had a very restricted gene pool.
George and his parents-in-law were part of the idealistic, puritanical Righteous Generation. His wife was part of the reactive, nomadic Cavalier Generation. His children were part of the heroic, civic-minded Glorious Generation.
Year by year in the life of George Abbott
The childhood and prime adult years of George Abbott in their historical context
The mature and final years of George Abbott in their historical context
| Birth of George Abbott | |
| Born: | 1615 |
| Birthplace: | England |
| Parents | |
| No information available on George's parents, our ancestors | |
| Siblings | |
| No information available on George's siblings | |
| Spouse and children | |
| Wife: | Hannah Chandler, 1630-1711 (our ancestor),
(daughter of William Chandler and Annis Bayford Chandler, our ancestors) Married in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 12 December 1646 |
| Son: | John Abbott b. 2 March 1648 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 19 March 1721 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | Joseph Abbott (the first one) b. 11 March 1649 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 24 June 1650 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Daughter: | Hannah Abbott, 1650-1741 (our ancestor, both through John Chandler II, b. 1679 and through Zebadiah Chandler, 1683-1776) |
| Son: | Joseph Abbott (the second one) b. 30 March 1652 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 8 April 1676 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | George Abbott b. 7 June 1655 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 26 February 1736 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | William Abbott b. 18 November 1657 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 21 October 1713 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Daughter: | Sarah Abbott b. 14 November 1659 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 28 June 1711 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | Benjamin Abbott b. 20 December 1662 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 30 March 1703 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | Timothy Abbott b. 17 November 1663 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 9 September 1730 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | Thomas Abbott b. 6 May 1666 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 28 April 1728 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | Edward Abbott b. (date unavailable) in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. (date unavailable) in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Son: | Nathaniel Abbott b. 4 July 1671 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 1 December 1749 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Daughter: | Elizabeth Abbott b. 29 January 1673 in Andover, Essex Co., MA d. 23 April 1750 in Andover, Essex Co., MA |
| Other information | |
| Occupation: | No information available |
| Religion: | No information available |
| Death of George Abbott | |
| Died: | 24 December
1684 (age 69 years) (George's widow, Hannah, survived him by 26 years 5 months 8 days. She also survived her second husband by 14 years 3 months 15 days.) |
| Deathplace: | Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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