Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Abbott families who came mainly from England, Germany, and Ireland. Some settled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the 1600's. In the 1700's, some moved to Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. During the 1800's, some moved to Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Washington,...

In 1844, the Poor Law Amendment Act gave to unmarried mothers, for the first time, the right to apply for maintenance for their child from the putative father ... A woman was required to go before the magistrates at the Petty Sessions for the area where she lived, within a year of the birth of her child, to name its father and give evidence of the truth of her allegation. she was only allowed to claim on behalf of her child. If the magistrates...

George Abbot (d.1681) was born in England, and was one of the first settlers in Andover, Massachusetts in 1643. He married Hannah Chandler (d.1711) in 1647. The family lived in New England from 1640-1846. Also included are the families of Arthur Abbot of Ipswich, Robert Abbot of Branford, Connecticut, George Abbot of Norwalk, Connecticut and Walter Abbot of New Hampshire.

A record of the family of William Richardson Abbot of Hagerstown, Maryland, and Lucy Ridgway Minor Abbot of Albermarle County, Virginia, who married October 27, 1863. The family settled in Bellevue, Bedford County, Virginia in 1870.

William Chandler and his wife, Annis, settled in 1637 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He later died in 1641 and she in 1683. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Maine, and elsewhere.

Sermon delivered at the funeral of Samuel Abbot (March 30, 1786 - January 2, 1839) of Wilton New Hampshire. He was one of the founders of the Theological Seminary in Andover, Massacusetts.

John Farnham was born in Stepney, England. He married Elizabeth Holcrofte in 1624 in London. They immigrated to Massachusetts in about 1635 and settled first in Dorchester and later in Boston. They had five children. Elizabeth died in 1652. John married Susanna Arnold in 1654 and had six more children. John died in 1684 and Susanna died in 1717. Descendants and relatives lived in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and elsewhere....