Hi Kathy, Thank you for visiting my family genealogy website and for your inquiry. Benjamin Abbot Homestead, Andover Street and Argilla Road. "The homestead was erected by Benjamin (8th born child of George & Hannah) probably at the time of his marriage to Sarah Farnum in 1685 and has been in the possession of his descendants to the eighth generation." "Four large rooms on the ground floor are centered by a huge chimney and there is a fireplace in every room." "Bricks covered with plaster, made of clay and straw, are laid between the inner and outer walls as an additional protection against the weather." "At the eastern end, a quaint well house enabled the occupants to draw water without going out of doors." "The house was used in 1835 by students for an abolition meeting when churches and schools were closed to them." There used to be a 250 year old elm, "nineteen feet in girth," near the house. It was blown over during the Hurricane of 1938. The Benjamin Abbot House or Abbot Homestead is a historic house at 9 Andover Street in Andover, Massachusetts. It remains a private residence to this day and is visible from the Haverhill MBCR commuter train just before the Andover station. It was the residence of Benjamin Abbot, a teacher and central figure of the Salem Witch Trials. Abbot accused Martha Carrier of giving him a boil and killing one of his cows through witchcraft. Carrier was later hanged.[2] The house was built in 1711 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. In 2004, PBS filmed a History Detectives documentary with the Abbot homestead as the subject. Dendrochronologists were consulted, and it was determined that the earliest portion of the house was built in 1711.[3] Here is a link to the most current photograph of the home: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Abbot_House
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Gray Abbott
5/10/2019 05:25:03 am
Benjamin Abbott is my 9th great uncle, and I do not know why he blamed his troubles on Martha Carrier for being a witch, he could have gotten those injuries from working on his land. I have found his statement he gave about Martha Carrier, and it is a disturbing read, and the statement the salem girls gave about Martha. I must believe the Carrier descendants are holding a grudge against the Abbott family, and I would not blame them.
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