Walter Abbott

Disputed Origins

It has been claimed, without documentation, that the parents of Walter Abbott were John Abbott and Susanna Abbott of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. There is an alternative claim, also undocumented, that Walter Abbott was the son of Robert Abbott.[1]

It is claimed without documentation that he was born in Fairstead, Essex, England.

Biography

Walter Abbott or Abbot the ABBOTT immigrant ancestor settled in Exeter New Hampshire and was in all likelihood born about 1600 in England He was a vinter by trade though a farmer by occupation in this country He was first in Exeter but soon removed to the then adjoining town of Portsmouth where he died in 1667

His will was dated May 15 1667 bequeathing to widow Sarah who was sixty four years of age in 1681 and probably a second wife She married second Henry Sherburne .

Children

• 1 Peter
• 2 Thomas mentioned below
• 3 William
• 4 Walter
• 5 John made his will March 19 1721 22 naming his wife Mary and children John James whose children were Michael Mark and Lambeth William Laud Walter Reuben Sarah Pickering Ruth Spriggs and Anna Bratton
• 6 Sarah married Tilomas Wills
• 7 Mary married Leonard Drowne (incorrect, Mary married 1) Thomas Guptill 2) William Caverly)
• 8 Elizabeth (incorrect, Elizabeth married Leonard)

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine By George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs

ABBOT

Richard Abbot had grants in Kittery in 1656 and 1673 A daughter married John Holmes.

Walter Abbot, vintner, was of Exeter NH in 1640 and soon after removed to Portsmouth. His will was made 15 May 1667 His widow Sarah aged 64 in 1681 married Henry Sherburn. His children were Peter Thomas William Walter John Sarah who married Thomas Wills Mary who married Leonard Drowne and Elizabeth Of these John made his will 19 March 1721 2 and named wife Mary and children John James deceased leaving sons Michael Mark and Lambeth William Laud Walter Reuben Sarah Pickering Ruth Spriggs and Anna Bratten

Old Kittery and Her Families

By Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole

References

• 5. Everett S. Stackpole, Old Kittery and Her Families' (Lewiston, Me., 1903), page 270 Archive.Org Preferred Citation: Pinney, Thomas. A History of Wine in America: From the Beginnings to Prohibition. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1989 1989. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft967nb63q/