Person:John Abbot (7)

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  1. John Abbot1759 - 1843
  2. Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D.1770 - 1828
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Name John Abbot
Gender Male
Birth[1] 8 Apr 1759 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death? 2 Jul 1843 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. INSTRUCTORS, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
    11.

    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.