Andover and the Abbott Family
Andover The native people of the area that became Andover were Penacook, an Algonquin-speaking tribe that lived primarily in the...
Robert Russell, Mary Marshall, and "Scotland Yard"
South Parish Burying Yard, Andover Robert Russell and Mary Marshall are my 8th great-grandparents by the following path: RWA → Fred...
Benjamin Abbott and the Salem Witch Trials
Benjamin Abbott (1661-1703) and Sarah Farnum (1661-) Benjamin Abbott (or Abbot) is my 7th great grandfather with this path: RWA → Fred...
Letters from Home
Elizabeth Holt was a fifth-generation descendant of George Abbott and Hannah Chandler and a fifth-generation descendant of Nicholas and...
"You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Sergeant"
Joseph Shattuck served faithfully during the Revolution and received a promotion to the rank of third sergeant during his term of service.
Teachers
Featured are several descendants of George Abbott and Hannah Chandler, all single women, who worked as teachers. For the first 200 years...
A new branch?
Eunice Jennings and Francis Ingalls married in 1754, but who was Eunice Jennings. I propose that she was the out-of-wedlock daughter of Pheb
House on Hidden Road
Abigail Holt and Isaac Chandler lived on the farm of Abigail's grandfather Benjamin Abbott. This property became to the site of 17 Hidde
Clocks
Dane Holt made special provisions in the will for the disposition of his clock, a highly valued possession in colonial and early 19th centur
Identifying a New Descendant
Birth records and published genealogies identify just eight children for Sarah and Timothy Bradley but wills identify a ninth child which le
