Abbot, John, Jr. (1790-1850)

Name:

Abbot, John, Jr. (1790-1850)

Title:

Member, Mechanic Fire Society
Member, Howard Benevolent Society
Treasurer, Associated Mechanics and Manufacturers of the State of New Hampshire
Member, St. John's Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M.
Member, Washington Chapter, No. 3, F. & A. M.
Member, DeWitt Clinton Encampment No. 2, F. & A. M.
Member, Rockingham Tent, No. 84, Independent Order of Redmen

Other Names:

Abbot, John William
Abbott, John W.

Born:

06/06/1790

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Died:

07/09/1850

Death Location:

Saratoga, NY

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith
Goldsmith

Father:

Abbot, John (1768-1805)

Mother:

Seaward, Sarah (1764-1838)

Relations:

Partnership with Joseph H. Clark, through 1835

Spouse:

1) Frances Mary Plaisted, May, 1813
2) Sophia F. McCleary, 1828

Children:

Frances J., born 1813; died October 11, 1842
Catherine Elizabeth, born 1816; died 1882
Martha Ann, born 1818; died 1852
George Plaisted, born 1821; died 1910
Caroline, born 1823; died 1826
Sarah C., born 1826; died 1826

Notes:

Baptised North Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 6, 1791; Legally changed his name from John Abbot to John William Abbott in 1828, adding a middle name and an extra t, to distinguish himself from other John Abbots in Portsmouth.

Abiel Abbot and Ephraim Abbot, Compilers. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot, of Andover, George Abbot, of Rowley, Thomas Abbot, of Andover, Arthur Abbot, of ipswich, Robert Abbot, of Branford, Ct., and George Abbot, of Norwalk, Ct. (Boston, Massachusetts: James Munroe and Company, 1847), 181.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver, With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 143.

Donna-Belle Garvin, "John Abbot Jr., alias John William Abbott," Historical New Hampshire, 38(Summer/Fall 1983)2&3, 161-173.

The New-England Mercantile Union Business Directory, Six Parts in One... (New York, New York: Pratt & Company, 1849), 93.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, New Jersey: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 81.

Marriage Notice, Intelligencer, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 27, 1813.

Advertisement, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 27, 1817.

Advertisement, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 7, 1828.

Dissolution of Partnership, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, June 21, 1835.

Obituary, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 26, 1826

Obituary, Hew-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 11, 1842.

Obituary, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 13, 1850.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, NH