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Abbott, Lemuel Abijah, Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass.: of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States (Boston: Abbott, 1906), 1246 pgs.

Volume 1, pp. 416-417:

655 Hannah⁷ Abbott, b. Apr. 14, 1781; d. -----; m. Aaron Whitney, of Watertown, Mass., a desc. of John and Eleanor Whitney, who embarked from Ipswich, Engl, Apr., 1635, and settled in Watertown, where he was selectman and town clerk. Aaron d. in Watertown. [Footnote: Bond's Gens. of Watertown, 1855, p. 642.] She m.(2d), prob. in Fairfield, Me., Mr. Littlefield; had 1 child (8th gen.), b. in Watertown, Mass.:

i. Aaron⁸ Whitney, b. 1806(?); d. in Fairfield, 1873(?); m. there 1844(?), Keziah Dillingham, dau. of Benjamin, prob. of Sandwich, N.H.; blacksmith and laborer; Repub.; Univ.; had 2 chil. (9th gen.), b. in Fairfield, Me.:

a. Joseph Benjamin⁹ Whitney, b. Nov. 30, 1847; m. in Fairfield, May 22, 1869, Ida Emma Wyman, b. in Cornville, Somerset Co., Me., Sept. 7, 1852, dau. of John, of Skowhegan, Me.; served in the Civ. War, priv. Co. B, 2d Regt., Me. Vol. Cav., Nov. 16, 1863, to Dec. 20, 1865; res. in Cornville; has 12 chil. (10th gen.):

1. George Everett¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, Mar 20, 1870; m. in Framingham, Mass., Nellie Dennis.
2. Charles Edwin¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, Feb. 19, 1872; m. in Harmony, Me., Sadie Lizzie Ames; res. in Cornville.
3. Ervin¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, Nov. 17, 1874; d. there May 2, 1877.
4. Walter¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, Mar. 5, 1876; d. there May 7, 1877.
5. Harry¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, July 18, 1878; d. there Sept. 20, 1881.
6. Henrietta¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, Nov. 6, 1880.
7. Richard¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Canaan, Me., Feb. 11, 1883.
8. Mida Bell¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, Dec. 13, 1884.
9. Mattie¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Fairfield, Jan. 31, 1887
10. Frederick Ernest¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Canaan, May 20, 1888.
11. William¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Canaan, Aug. 29, 1891.
12. Grace May¹⁰ Whitney, b. in Canaan, Dec. 19, 1893.

b. Dau.⁹, b. -----; d. in Fairfield, 1852(?).

Hannah⁷ Abbott was daughter of Joseph⁶ and Ruth (Buckman) Abbott.

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