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Friday, July 14, 2017

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2017 WEEK 24 JONATHAN ABBOTT JR. OF ANDOVER, MA.

My 6x great grandfather Jonathan Abbott Jr. was born in Andover, Ma on 14Dec 1714 and married  Martha Lovejoy there on 8 Oct 1739. They had three children there, all of whom are mentioned
in Jonathan's will:

Jonathan Abbott 3rd, b.29 Aug 1740  Andover, Essex, Ma; m. cousin Mehitable Abbott.

William Abbbott, b. 21 Jan 1746  Andover. Essex, Ma; m. cousin Sarah Holt

Martha Abbott ,  b.3 Feb 1749  Andover, Essex, Ma; m. Oliver Whiting.

There may have been a fourth child, Nathan, but I have found no record of his birth or any other
vital record for him.

Notice the sons married Lovejoy and Abbott cousins. It happened many times among George Abbott's descendants.In fact, Jonathan Jr.'s second wife was another cousin, Mary Abbott.

Jonathan Jr died on 31May 1794 and I found his will at AmericanAncestor.org There's two copies
of his will, worded exactly the same, but one is clearly a better handwritten copy of the orginal. I'll
be posting them here once I've transcribed them.

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