Mary Abbott

George1 Abbott, in Mahler, Leslie. The English Origin of George1 Abbott of Rowley, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 2011), 85:27. "… Mary Felstead … 'Mary wife of George Abbott' was buried at Chappel at the end of the year 1633 [exact date is illegible]."

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Felstead-35

Mary Felstead married George Abbott in the parish of Great Tey, co. Essex, England on 05 October 1624.

"Mary wife of George Abbott" was buried at Chappel, the neighboring parish in Essex county, at the end of the year 1633 [exact date is illegible].

Five children of George Abbott were baptised in the parish of Chappel between 1625 and 1632[2]:

1. Thomas,Sr. bp. 01 Sep 1625 Husband of Dorothy (Swan) Woodman
2. George, bp. 22 Nov 1627 Husband of Sara (Farnham) Ingalls
3. Mary, bp. 21 Dec 1628, bur. Chappel, 24 Feb 1630/1
4. Nehemiah, bp. 02 May 1630. Husband of Mary (Howe) Abbott
5. Mary (again), bp. 26 Feb 1631/2, bur. Chappel, 13 May 1634.

A sixth son of George, Thomas Jr., born by 1639, was at Concord, Mass., in 1659, d. Andover, 6 May 1695; m. 15 Dec 1664, Sarah Stewart. He was most likely not a son of Mary Felstead.

Son Thomas Sr.'s estate named brothers, Thomas and Nehemiah Abbott.

References

• Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of George(1) Abbott of Rowley, Massachusetts" TAG Vol. 85(2011):26-28, citing Great Tey, Essex, parish register [FHL film #1,565,716, item 23]
• Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of George(1) Abbott of Rowley, Massachusetts" TAG Vol. 85(2011):26-28.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Felstead-35
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:George_Abbotts_of_New_England

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GEDCOM Note

There are no birth sources for Mary Felstead and her parents are unknown. She is known to be the wife of the George Abbott who emigrated from Essex, England to Rowley, Massachusetts, and to be the mother of his first five children. I haven't found any sources for her, but I'll leave her here because she's mentioned in the histories of Rowley, Massachusetts as the mother of the Abbotts who went forth and multiplied from there.