GENEALOGY OF ABBOTT FAMILY IN MONT VERNON NH Information from a web site "History & Genealogy of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire" located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Montvernon/ Source: HISTORY of the TOWN of MONT VERNON, New Hampshire; Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass. 1907 Disclaimer: We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor do we claim that these genealogies are accurate. page 5 ABBOTT 1. Deacon Ephraim Abbott, b. Dec. 16, 1742, m. Dorothy, dau. of Caleb Stiles. She was b. September 2, 1740. Deacon Abbott lived on the place now occupied by Miss Lizzie R. Parker. He was a Baptist deacon, and d. in Goffstown, 1827. 2. His son, Rev. Samuel Abbott, b. in Mont Vernon, in 1777, m. in 1798, Sarah, dau of Rev. John Rand of Lyndeborough. He was pastor of Baptist churches at Middleboro, Bridgewater, and Chester, Mass., and Londonderry, N.H. He was the inventor of "Abbott's Window Shades," 1825, went to Antrim in 1838 and bought an estate in Clinton Village, where he remained until his death in 1853. Mr. Abbott was wholly uneducated in the schools, but had strong native abilities, was a good sermonizer, and an impressive preacher. In style, he was bold, incisive and logical. As a minister he was honest and fearless. He never wrote a sermon. He had nine children, one of whom was Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, was. b. in Bridgewater, Mass., November 9, 1819. 3. Sarah, dau of Deacon Ephraim and Dorothy Stiles Abbott, m. Rev. Jonathan Rand, one of the seven children of Rev. John Rand, first minister of the Congregational Church, Lyndeboro. They moved to Antrim in 1844. She d. in 1848. They had seven children. 4. Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, son of Rev. Samuel Abbott, b. Bridgewater, Mass., November 9, 1819. He studied theology at New Hampton, settled in Holderness. He received the degree of A.M. from Bates College in 1870. Has one child who is: 5. Hon. John T. Abbott, b. Antrim, 1850, graduated from Bates College, 1871, is now at lawyer at Keene. *An asterisk indicates that more information can be found in this book. (end)