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From: [email protected]
Date: Monday, July 30, 2012 9:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Martha and Nathan Abbott
Size: 4 KB Ernie.. Are you familiar with the Massachusetts Town vital records? As you may know, each town in MA kept a record of the births, marriages, and deaths, and a set has been published for almost every town from its founding up until 1849. The set (or most of it) are available as a database on Ancestry. (They are also available for free online at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/). Anyway, the vital records of Andover are a rich and respected source of information about the Abbotts. Here's what the transcription says about Nathan (who is either a twin of Martha or this record is an error and should have been the birth record for Martha): Name: Nathan Abbott Birth Date: 12 Feb 1682 Birth Place: Andover Father's First Name: George Mother's First Name: Dorcas Gender: Male Source: Vital Records of Andover Do with this information whatever you wish. You have done such a fine job and have helped me to sort out the two George Abbotts who lived in Andover at the same time. I'm related to both Georges. The one in your family is sometimes referred to as George Sr....to distinguish him from the George Abbott who came with his father and brothers to Rowley first (then Andover). The latter George was sometimes referred to as George Jr in the context of Andover records. Thanks for your work. j ---- [email protected] wrote: > Hello again, Not a problem, we appreciate the scrutiny and possible errors, we want this site to be as accurate as possible.....I could not find any evidence in my sources for a twin son Nathan, I will keep searching, here again is a source that doesn't even list a son Nathan......... > http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Abbot-215 > ---- Jaybee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cuz.. > > > > I hope I'm not being a problem, but I've been going carefully through your > > wonderful Abbott web site and comparing it to my notes. I have found > > another possible addition to the George Abbott/Dorcas Graves family: > > > > Ancestry's *Massachusetts Town Birth Records* has a birth record for Nathan > > Abbott, a son who seems to be the twin of Martha, both born 12 Feb 1682/3. > > Although I can find Nathan's birth record, I have not yet found a death > > verification (which is, reportedly) 1685. > > > > Jane > > > > > > > > as