1786 John Abbot, 3d 1786
Son of Capt. John Abbot and Abigail Abbot ;
born, Andover, April 8, 1759 ;
Phillips Academy, 1778-80;
Harvard College, 1784, and tutor, 1787-92;
studied divinity and approbated to preach by "Wilmington Association of Ministers," Nov. 6, 1792, but prevented by ill health from preaching;
cashier of Portland (Me.) Bank;
connected with Bowdoin College from its foundation in 1802 till 1829, as professor of Ancient Languages and Classical Literature, librarian, trustee and treasurer;
resided afterward Waterford, Me., Somerville;
died at the ancestral homestead in Andover, July 2, 1843.
See page 25.