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John Abbey
, Wenham, Massachusetts
The parish registers of Stoke Bruerne, Northampton (England) show manymarriages of Abbyes recorded there in the 16th & 17th centuries.
John Abbey (Abbe) born in 1613 came from England to Wenham, Mass in1635 then to Salem, Mass. The first mention of John Abbe is on aregister of the names of passengers who passed through the Port ofLondon for a whole year ending Dec 1635. John's age was give as 22year old. John Abbe immigrated from England in 1635 via the shipBonaventure to Salem, MA. John Abbey was received at Salem,Massachusetts as an inhabitant 2 Jan 1637, when an acre of land for ahouse lot and 3 acres of land for planting were granted him. On 25Oct 1637, it was agreed that the marsh and meadow lands that hadpreviously been held as a common for the town, be proportioned out tothe heads of families. The families with the greatest number receivedone acre, those with the least number 1/2 acre and to those in betweenreceived 3/4 acre providing they did not sell or lease until after 3years. In 1638 John is listed with 3 in the family and received 1/2acre. This accounts for the birth of their eldest son born in 1636 or1637. In 1638 he was granted another 5 acres and an additional tenacres in Salem in 1642, in that part of the town which later becameWenham. The grants were in a large measure made with an eye as to theability of the grantee to develop the land, small grants to the poorerand larger grants to the richer. A permanent church was formed atWenham in 1644. In 1644 Abbey received another grant of land. Thesupport of the church was by assessing a certain amount from each headof a family. In 1657 this total amount was 42 pounds, 19 shilling tobe divided among 25 persons; 5 people together paid 14 pounds, Johnand 11 others were assessed 1 pound, 5 shilling each and 2 paid less.In 1660 John was assessed 8 shillings to go toward building a newmeeting house. In 1661 John received another grant of land from thetown (township). In 1663 he with the selectmen determined the salaryfor the minister. In 1669 and 1671 John was constable, an office ofgreat power and responsibility.
In 1683 John, who had been supporting his son Thomas who lived withhim, dismissed Thomas on account of his bad behavior and called hisson John Jr. to take charge of them and their affairs. The son, John,proceeded to build a new house as the old one was unfit to live in.John (Sr.)'s will is dated 3 Aug 1683 and is probated Dec 1702 withThomas as the administrator – this because John Jr. died suddenly on11 Dec 1700. Thomas seems to have settled the estate to thesatisfaction of the other children and shows evidence that the brotherObadiah was apprenticed as a shoemaker and his father had paid for hiscare while he was apprenticed. Inventory of his estate placed a valueof 92 pounds.
The heirs -- Thomas, Richard Kimball for himself and his wife Rebecca,and Mary Kilham -- allowed £32 "for several things for which our saidfather ... was indebted to his son Thomas Abbe" before his death.
The will of John Abbe mentioned thirty acres of land "adjoining toGoodman Binghams and Goodman Larrabees.
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John Abbe Sr.
1600-1672 , Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts
Taken from "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy" by Cleveland Abbe and JosephineNichols.
John Abbe, born in England about 1613; died in Salem, Mass.,about1689-90. The place of birt h of John Abbe, the founder of theAbbe and Abbey families, is unknown, but every indicatio n points tooneof the interior and central counties of England as the home of theancestors o f the emigrant. It is not improbable that he was connectedwith the Abbye family of Staverton , Northampton. The parish registersof Stoke Bruerne, Northampton, show that there were many marriages ofAbbyes recorded there during the 16th and 17th centuries.
John Abbe, from the age given approximately at his death, was bornabout 1613. The first me ntion which seems to be of this John Abbe ison aregister of the names all of all ye passenge rs which passed fromye Porteof London for a whole yeare endinge at Xmas 1635 - Thoseunderwr itten areto be transported to Virginia imbarqued in ye Merchtbonaventure JamesRicrofte Mr bo und thither have taken ye oath ofallegeance - Jo: Abbyyeares 22 Although this statement say s bound forVirginia, it is awell-known fact that many of the early ships destinedfor Virgin ia landedmany or all of their passengers at other ports,even in New England, andrecords of t he name John Abbe begin in NewEngland about that time. Theabove Jo: Abby does not appear i n therecords of Virginia, nor in theHead Rights for lower Norfolk from 1637to 1666. The abb reviation Jo:sometimes stood for Joseph, but thereare proven instances where it was used for John.
The first reference to the name in the Salem records is on page 11,volume 1, in 1637, or, a ccording to the old method of marking time,2d ofthe 11th month, 1636. John Abbie is Recd. ffer Inhabitant & is tohaue one acre lott for a house next beyond the Gunsmiths, and 3 acresof planting ground where the Towne hath appointed beyond Castle Hill.
There has existed some confusion regarding the various freemen of thename Abbey and Alby.
Benjamin Albye was admitted freeman, May 18, 1642,and John Albye inSalem, May 10, 1643. The e were, without doubt, the two Albys, Johnand Benjamin, mentioned in the early records of Braintree about thistime. Benjamin Alby removed to Mendon and had numerous descendants,whose names occasionally appear in printed records as Abbey.JohnAbbey, sen., of Redding, freeman in 1634, may have been an Alby
On the 21st, 11th month, 1638, John Abby had a further grant of fiveacres, location not specified, but, as on the 15th, 2nd month, 1639,this record occurs, Granted unto John Abby 5 acres neere to MrThrogmortons hogge house, it may be that the first was the grant andthe second the location. Under date of the 25th, 10th month, 1637, itwas agreed the marsh and meadow lands that have formerly been laid incommon to this town shall be appropriated to the inhabitants of Salem,proportioned out to them according to the heads of families. To thesethat have t hegreatest number an acre thereof, and to these that haveleast not above half an acre, and to these that are between both threequarters of an acre, always provided and it is agreed, tha t noneshall sell away their proportions of meadow, more or less, nor leasethem out to any above three years, unless they sell or lease out theirhouses with their meadow.
Under the above division a list of the inhabitants was taken, and theland divided. Jo. Abby is named in 1638 as having three in his family,and he receives half an acre.
On the 23d, 11th, 1642, ten acres are granted to John Abby togetherwith several other ten-acre grants, all to be laid out near to Kingslot.This was on the Beverly side near Bass River , and on the 15th ofthe 12th month, 1642, it is voted áOordered that John Abby shall have1 0 acres ofland at Enon in exchange of 10 acres of land bounded outnear BasseRiver. The lo t near Bass River was afterward granted toMichael Sallows.
The record of the grants to Abbey show that he was of the samestanding in the community as the great majority of the earlyinhabitants. The grants were in a great measure made with an eye as tothe ability of the grantee to develop the land so granted, smallgrants to the poorer and the larger grants to the richer sort. In1642, Mr. Fiske organized achurch at Enon an d the following year thename Enon was changed toWenham, while a permanent church organizatio nwas effected in 1644.
In 1644, under the date of the 13th, 6th month, it was agreed thatJohnAbby shall have al l that wastground which lyeth between ye end ofye lottwhich he lives upon and ye meadow whic h blelongs to ye town,leaving apoles bredth most convenient for a way. (Wenham town records, Worcester.)
Under the date of 1653 is a list of engagements with Goodman Hawsaboutthe mill, and John A by gives a day and a half of his labortoward itserection, and others contributed in a like m anner, somealso giving theuse of oxen.
Mr. Fiske left the town in 1655 followed by a number of the church,andin 1657 Mr Newman wa s procured as pastor. Under date of November,1657,in a total rate of £42, 19, divided amon g twenty- four persons,of whomfive paid a total of £14, John Abey is assessed £1, 5, which was aboutthe sum paid by eleven others, but two being less. In 1659,twenty-sevenpay a rate o f £46, 2, of whom sixteen pay £1 or a trifleover. Of theseJohn Abey pays £1, 5, as before, in corne or cattle.
In 1660 he was assessed as Goodman Abey at eight shillings toward anewmeeting house or repairing the old one. The new house was built in1663.
Under date of 6th, 11 month, 1661, John Abbey, Sr., and EdwardWaldronhad a town grant of l and to be equally divided between them.The use o fthe title Senior at this time helps to place the birth ofthe son John.
In 1663 Goodman Abey, Sr., and John Clarke are chosen to join with theselectmen to make them ministers rate for the present year.
In 1669 and in 1671 John Abbey appears as constable, an office ofgreatlocal power and responsibility.
April 3, 1675, John Abbe deeded 10 acres of land to his son Samuel,Thomas, John and Mary Abbe, being witnesses. John Abbe, sen., was awitness to the will of Edwd Walden of Salem, 4th month,
1679.
In 1683, John Abbey, who had been supporting his son Thomas, who livedwith him and cared for him, dismissed Thomas on account of his badbehavior and called his son John, junior, to take charge of him andhis affairs. The son, John, proceeded early to build a new house, asthe old one was unfit to live in.
Know all men By these prsents that I John Abbey (Scnjr.) of Wenham inthe County of Essex being sensible of my owne & my wives inability toCarry on my affaires So as to provide for our Comfortable Livelyhoodby reason of our age & weakness of Body Attending vs by reason thereof Doe make Choice of & Request my son John Abbey as my ffeiofe intrust to tak einto his hands my house & all my Lands in Wenhamtogether with what right I have in that Land which was some timeRichard Gooldsmiths. to ocquipie & improue for myn & his muttuallBenifit So long as my wife & I or eyther of us shall live: & for hisincouriagment to maniage my affaires as aboves aid & he provideComfortably for my owne & my wives maintenance I doe hereby Give andBequeath to him my afforesaid ffeiofe all my houses & Lands fforeuerExcept what I doe hereby Give out of it to the rest of my Childrin vizSamuell Sarah, Marah, Rebeca, Obadia & Thomas & to each of them asfolloweth viz to Samuell I haveing alridy Given him a Lell of Land Igive him one Shilling more & to all the rest of my Childrin abovementioned viz Sarah, Marah, Rebeca, Obadia & Thomas two Shillings apeice or to so many of them as shall sirviv at the deacease of my self& wife: & in Case God shall take awaye my Son John abovesaid beforethe Decease o fmy self & wife if his Heires Shall Continue to maniage& Carry on my affaires as my abovesaid ffeiof fe ought to doe thenthey Shall have the houses & Lands abovesaid as ther in ordvard & inConfirmation of what is above written I have here vnto set to my hand& Seale Signed Seald & Deliverd August the 3 1683 in the presence ofThos ffiske Senjr: John Abbey Senjr
martha ffiske his marke
John Abbey Senjr ded acknowledg this writing above written to behisact & deed August ye 3d : 1683 before me Samuel Appeton Assistant.
On the outside of the above document is the inscription:
John Abbey's Disposale of his Estate 1653 Record In Ips in ye Regroffice for ye probate of Will for
said County of Essex Decr 1702 p mee Danl Rogers Regr
Administration on the Estate of John Abbey senjr of Wenham. JohnAppleton Esqr. Comissionate d by his Excellency Joseph DudleyCapt.Generll and Governr in Cheif in & over her Majess Province of yeMassachtt Bay in New England, with the advice and Consent of herMajestes Counsell of said province for the Probate of Wills andGranting Lettersof adminstro. Within the said County of Essex &c. ToThomas Abbey of Enfield in ye County of Hampshire son to John Abbeysenjr ofWenham-Deceased
Intestate-Greeting-Trusting in yr Care and ffidelity I doe by Thesepresents Comitt unto you full power to administer all & singular theGoods, Chattells, Rights & Creditts of the said Deceased & well &ffaithfully dispose of ye same according to law which to him while heLived & att ye time of his Death did appeartain & belong, to aske suefordemand Levy Rece ive & Recover and to pay all Debts in which theDeceasdstood bound so farr as his Goods Chatt ells Rights & CredittsCan extendaccording to the value thereof, and to make a true & prfectInventory of all & singular the Goods Chattells Rights andCreditts ofthe Deceas d and to Exhibit the same into the Registry office of ye sdCounty att or before the LastDay of ffebruary next Ensueing, and torender a plain & true accott of ye said adminjo upon Oath att orbefore ye Twentieth Day of Decembr which Will bee in ye year of orLord God One Thousand Seven hundd &Three-and I doe by These pr sentsOrdaine Constitute and appoint you administratoer of all & singularthe Goods Chattells Rights & Creditts of ye Deceasd aforesd.-InTestimony Whereof I have here unto Sett my hand & caused the Seale ofsaid office to be affixed-Dated in Ipswich the 12th Day of Decembranno. 1702. Annoq.R: Reginae Annae Ang liae &c primo.
Examd-11 John Appleton.
Daniel Rogers Regr.
Recorded Book 307, Page 456. Essex Probate Office.
Know All men by these presents, That We Thomas Abbey of Enfield in yeCounty of Hampshire as
principle and Waltar ffairfeild Senj & Thomas Edwards both of Wenhamas sureties within His Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay inNew England are holden and stand firmly bound ando bliged unto JohnAppleton Esqr Judge of the Probate of Wills andgranting Administrationwith in the said County of Essex in the full sumof Two hundred PoundsCurrant Money in New England . To be paid unto the said John AppletonEsquire his Successors in the said Office or Assignes. To the truepayment where of We bind our selves, and each of us, our, and each ofour heirs, Executors and Administrators, joyntly and severally for thewhole and in the whole firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals.Dated the Eleventh day of Decembr Anno Domini. One thousand 702Annoque Regni Reginae Annae primo.
The condition of this present Obligation is such, That if theabove-bounden Thomas Abbey
administrator to all & singular the Goods,Chattells, Rights & Creditsof his ffather John Abbey Senjr Late o fWenham Deceased to make orcause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular theGoods, Chattells, Rights and Credits of the saidDeceased, which haveor sh all come to the hands and possession or knowledge of him thesaid administrator or into the hands and possession of any otherperson or persons for him. And the same so made, do exhibit or causeto be exhibited into the Registry of the Court of Probate fortheaforesaid County of Essex at or before the Last day of ffebruary nextensuing. And the same Goods, Chattells, Rights and Credits of the saidDeceased, at the time of Death, which at any time after shall comeinto the hands and possession of any other person or persons for himdo welland truly administer according to Law. And further do make, orcause to be made a just and true Accompt of his said Administrationupon Oath, at or before the Twentieth day of Decembr which will be inthe year of ou rLord, One thousand 703. And all the rest & residue ofthe said Goods,Chattells , Rights & Credits which shall be foundremaining upon the said Administrators Accompt (the same being firstexamined and allowed of bythe Judge or Judges for the time being ofProbate of Wills and granting Administrations within the County ofEssex aforesaid) shall deliver and pay unto such person or personsrespectively as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree orSentence pursuant to Law shall limit and appoint. And if it shallhereafter appear, That any last Will andTestament was made by the saidDeceased: And the Executor or Executors therein named do exhibit thesame into the Court of Probate for the said County of Essex making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly. If the saidadministrator within bounden be ing there unto required do render anddeliver the said Letters of Administration(Approbation of suchTestament being first had and made) unto the said Court. Then thebefore written obligation to be void and of none effect,or else toabide and remain in full force and virtue.
Thomas TA Abbey (mark & seal)
Walter fayerfield (seal)
Thomas O Edward (seal)
Sealed and Delivered in presence of francis Crumpton, Daniel Rogers.
This Inventory of the Estate of John Abee Senor formerly of Wenhamdecesed about thirten yere since Intestate we whos names are her vntosubscribed on this twentey-fovrth of febuary in the yere of our lord17 did at the Request of thomas Abee one of the sons of the decesedand Adm nistrator of his fathers estat or by his order vallew andaprise the said decesed his house and land in Wenham on which to ourcertain knowleghe lived for many yers and dyed seased of the same ashis owne Estat of Inheritance as we ever understod we being his nereneighbors for manyyers the sayd decesed his homsted being about twentyand three acers ofvpland and medow to gether with the housing andfences ther on the apertenances ther onto belonging together with hisRight in the Comon al lwhich we vallewed at ninety and two pounds£92-s00-d00. We also being Informed that the sayd decesed in hislifetime did to acomodate his son Obadiah acording to his desire witha trad for his futer benifett when the sayd Obadiah was eighten yersold give to Richard Goldsmith thre eyers sarvit of his said sonObadiah and vntill he was one an d twentey yers ould to learne him tobe a shoemaker and all the sayd time his sayd father did find his saydson meat and drink and Clothes washing and Lodging which we doe Judgto be worth thirtey pounds. the acount was settled betwen thomas Abeeand his fathers Estat by the Children of thesayd decesed in ourpresents as witness our hands this 24 of the 12thmonth 1703/2
Richard RH Hutton ( his mark)
Joseph ffowler Aprisers.
the estate debtor to his sonn thomas Abee for severall things forwhich our said father John Abee Senor was Indebted to his son thomasAbee before the death of our sayd father John abee Senor the acountwhere of was settled and alowed by vse vnderwritten which debt isthirtey and two pounds £32--s00-d00.
as wittnes our hands this 24th febuerary 1702/3
Richard kimball for himself & Rebecc his wife (his mark)
mary killam (her mark)
Thomas Abbe (his mark)
May 18th 1703
Then ye above sd Thomas Abbe made oath to this Inventory
Before John Appleton
John Abbe married (1) MARY -. She was born in England about 1615-20,and died in Wenham, Mass. , September 6, 1672. "Mary, the wife of JohnAbbey,senr. dyed the 9 Sept. 1672"; Wenham records. She was doubtlessthe mother of all of his children. Her name is given as Mary Loring,by Frederick Orr Woodruff, who says that the name was found on Enfieldrecords by one who made researches for him there.
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1613 - 1672 (58 years)
