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John Abbe

Birth
Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
30 Oct 1790 (aged 98)
East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

JOHN ABBE, son of Thomas and Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., September 27, 1692; died 1790, in or near Hartford, Conn.

He was a farmer, known as one of the first settlers of Upper King Street, Enfield;received a land grant, February 18, 1716-7. He is mentioned as a lieutenant, 1786-1791, and held various minor offices in the town. John Abbe is poss4 of A peace of Meadow by Alienation from Richard French lying west of Jobes hill so Called Bounded North partly by A swamp and partly by lapland, and south East and west by upland being in length East and west 160 rods and in breadth North and south 3 rods one peace with an other being by Estimation one acre and 1/2 be it more or less. Feby 18th 1716:17. (Enfield records.)

With his brother Thomas and sisters Sarah Gears and Tabitha Warriner he signed a receipt for a legacy from his grandfather, Walter Fairfield, January 6,1725-6. (Essex Deeds, 49:190.)

Married HANNAH BOARDMAN, born in Wethersfield, Conn., December 18, 1693, daughter of David and Hannah (Wright) Boardman or Boreman, granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (Betts) Boreman and great-granddaughter of Christopher Boreman of Clayton, England, and his wife, Julian Carter.

Children, born in Enfield
1 - John (1) Abbe, bapt. in Wethersfield, 1715 or 1716
2 - John (2) Abbe, b. April 18, 1717
3 - Hannah Abbe, b. April 19, 1719
4 - Thomas Abbe, b. Dec. 18, 1721
5 - Sarah Abbe, b. Dec. (or Jan.) 23, 1723-4
6 - Daniel Abbe, b. May 8, 1726
7 - Martha Abbe, b. March (or May) 1, 1728
8 - Mary Abbe, b. May 14, 1730.
9 - Tabitha Abbe. b. March 9, 1732
10- Richard Abbe, b. Aug. 1, 1735.
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

JOHN ABBE, son of Samuel Abbe and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in Salem Village, Mass,, June 4, 1692; died in East Hartford, Conn,, October 30, 1790.

He was a resident of Hartford as early as 1710 or 1713.
John Abbe, resident at Hartford, sold to his brother Ebenezer, land formerly belonging to their father, Samuel Abbe, of Windham, October 29, 1713. (Windham Deeds, Liber D, page 328.)

March 12, 1718, he purchased from Benjamin Hills of Hartford, 8 acres on the "east side of the Great River," There were several John Abbes living at this period so that it is sometimes hard to tell which
one is meant, but the following records seem to pertain to this one, March 3, 1731, he joined with several others in giving a deed to the Town of Hartford for a highway which was later known as Silver Lane and on which his house stood, (Hartford Deeds, Vols, 5, page 307, and 3, page 164,)

John Abbe of East Hartford was one of the inhabitants of that town to protest against a tax in 1769; signed a paper with others regarding their desire to settle in what was known as "Western town" in 1733; was a proprietor in the Western land and signed a Tolland petition, (Connecticut State Archives, State Library, Towns and Lands, IX, 278b, with his autograph, V, 238e, V, 23b, and VII, 13.)

Deeds made by him were recorded in Hartford, 1736, 1738, 1748, 1754, 1759, 1765, and 1770. The most important of these is that of January 15, 1759 (Hartford Deeds, 13, page 37), by which he conveys land to his son Nehemiah Abbe of Hartford. The name is spelled in various ways on the early records.
Abbe, Abby and Abbey, but the latter seems to have been in most frequent use among the later descendants of his family. Married HANNAH

Children:
1 - John Abbey, jr., m. Ruth Goodwin.
2 - Stephen Abbey, b. about 1727; m. Mary (or Marah) .
3 - Eleazer Abbey, m. Mary .
4 - Nehemiah Abbey, m. Mabel Warren.
5 - Naomi Abbey.
6 - Sarah Abbey. These last two names are included in this list of children for the following reason. In a deed recorded in Hartford, Oct. 26, 1759 (Volume 9, page 559), John Abbe, junr., Solomon Hills and Sarah, his wife, and Naomi Abbe convey land in Hartford to George and John Buck of Wethersfield.
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

JOHN ABBE, son of Thomas and Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, born in Enfield, Conn., September 27, 1692; died 1790, in or near Hartford, Conn.

He was a farmer, known as one of the first settlers of Upper King Street, Enfield;received a land grant, February 18, 1716-7. He is mentioned as a lieutenant, 1786-1791, and held various minor offices in the town. John Abbe is poss4 of A peace of Meadow by Alienation from Richard French lying west of Jobes hill so Called Bounded North partly by A swamp and partly by lapland, and south East and west by upland being in length East and west 160 rods and in breadth North and south 3 rods one peace with an other being by Estimation one acre and 1/2 be it more or less. Feby 18th 1716:17. (Enfield records.)

With his brother Thomas and sisters Sarah Gears and Tabitha Warriner he signed a receipt for a legacy from his grandfather, Walter Fairfield, January 6,1725-6. (Essex Deeds, 49:190.)

Married HANNAH BOARDMAN, born in Wethersfield, Conn., December 18, 1693, daughter of David and Hannah (Wright) Boardman or Boreman, granddaughter of Samuel and Mary (Betts) Boreman and great-granddaughter of Christopher Boreman of Clayton, England, and his wife, Julian Carter.

Children, born in Enfield
1 - John (1) Abbe, bapt. in Wethersfield, 1715 or 1716
2 - John (2) Abbe, b. April 18, 1717
3 - Hannah Abbe, b. April 19, 1719
4 - Thomas Abbe, b. Dec. 18, 1721
5 - Sarah Abbe, b. Dec. (or Jan.) 23, 1723-4
6 - Daniel Abbe, b. May 8, 1726
7 - Martha Abbe, b. March (or May) 1, 1728
8 - Mary Abbe, b. May 14, 1730.
9 - Tabitha Abbe. b. March 9, 1732
10- Richard Abbe, b. Aug. 1, 1735.
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

JOHN ABBE, son of Samuel Abbe and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in Salem Village, Mass,, June 4, 1692; died in East Hartford, Conn,, October 30, 1790.

He was a resident of Hartford as early as 1710 or 1713.
John Abbe, resident at Hartford, sold to his brother Ebenezer, land formerly belonging to their father, Samuel Abbe, of Windham, October 29, 1713. (Windham Deeds, Liber D, page 328.)

March 12, 1718, he purchased from Benjamin Hills of Hartford, 8 acres on the "east side of the Great River," There were several John Abbes living at this period so that it is sometimes hard to tell which
one is meant, but the following records seem to pertain to this one, March 3, 1731, he joined with several others in giving a deed to the Town of Hartford for a highway which was later known as Silver Lane and on which his house stood, (Hartford Deeds, Vols, 5, page 307, and 3, page 164,)

John Abbe of East Hartford was one of the inhabitants of that town to protest against a tax in 1769; signed a paper with others regarding their desire to settle in what was known as "Western town" in 1733; was a proprietor in the Western land and signed a Tolland petition, (Connecticut State Archives, State Library, Towns and Lands, IX, 278b, with his autograph, V, 238e, V, 23b, and VII, 13.)

Deeds made by him were recorded in Hartford, 1736, 1738, 1748, 1754, 1759, 1765, and 1770. The most important of these is that of January 15, 1759 (Hartford Deeds, 13, page 37), by which he conveys land to his son Nehemiah Abbe of Hartford. The name is spelled in various ways on the early records.
Abbe, Abby and Abbey, but the latter seems to have been in most frequent use among the later descendants of his family. Married HANNAH

Children:
1 - John Abbey, jr., m. Ruth Goodwin.
2 - Stephen Abbey, b. about 1727; m. Mary (or Marah) .
3 - Eleazer Abbey, m. Mary .
4 - Nehemiah Abbey, m. Mabel Warren.
5 - Naomi Abbey.
6 - Sarah Abbey. These last two names are included in this list of children for the following reason. In a deed recorded in Hartford, Oct. 26, 1759 (Volume 9, page 559), John Abbe, junr., Solomon Hills and Sarah, his wife, and Naomi Abbe convey land in Hartford to George and John Buck of Wethersfield.

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