General Notes

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BIOGRAPHY
JOHN3 ABBE, son of Samuel2 and Mary (Knowlton) Abbe, born in
Salem Village, Mass., June 4, 1692; died in East Hartford, Conn.,
October 30 , 1790. He was a resident of Hartford as early as 1710 or
1713. John Abbe, res ident at Hartford, sold to his brother Ebenezer,
land formerly belonging to th eir father, Samuel Abbe, of Windham,
October 29, 1713. (Windham Deeds, Liber D , page 328.)
March 12, 1718, he purchased from Benjamin Hills of Hartford, 8 a cres
on the "east side of the Great River." There were several John
Abbes liv ing at this period so that it is sometimes hard to tell which
one is meant, bu t the following records seem  to pertain to this one.
March 3, 1731, he joined with several others in giving a deed to the
Town of Hartford for a highway wh ich was later known as Silver Lane
and on which his house stood.
(Hartford De eds, Vols. 5, page 307, and 3, page 164.)
John Abbe of East Hartford was one o f the inhabitants of that town to
protest against a tax in 1769; signed a pape r with others regarding
their desire to settle in what was known as "Western t own" in 1733;
was a proprietor in the Western land and signed a Tolland petiti on.
(Connecticut State Archives, State Library, Towns and Lands, IX,
278b, wi th his autograph, V, 238e, V, 23b, and VII, 13.)
Deeds made by him were record ed in Hartford, 1736, 1738, 1748, 1754,
1759, 1765, and 1770. The most importa nt of these is that of January
15, 1759 (Hartford Deeds, 13, page 37), by whic h he conveys land to
his son Nehemiah Abbe of Hartford. The name is spelled in various ways
on the early records, Abbe, Abby and Abbey,      but the latter seems
to have been in most frequent use among the later descendants of his
fa mily.
Married HANNAH (???),
Children
57  John Abbe, jr., m. Ruth Goodwin.
5 8  Stephen Abbey, b. about 1727; m. Mary (or Marah) (???).
59  Eleazer Abbey, m. Mary (???).
60  Nehemiah Abbey, m. Mabel Warren.
Naomi Abbey.
Sarah Abbey .
These last two names are included in this list of children for the
followin g reason. In a deed recorded in Hartford, Oct. 26, 1759
(Volume 9, page 559), John Abbe, junr., Solomon Hills and Sarah, his
wife, and Naomi Abbe convey lan d in Hartford to George and John Buck
of Wethersfield.