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Abraham Lord was born say 1570 and died probably after 25 January 1622/3 when Mary, daughter of Abraham Lord "stranger," was buried at Ivychurch, Kent. Abraham's burial is not recorded in Kennington or lvychurch.[1] His wife is unknown. Children baptized in Kennington, Kent, England:
Honortiie
Nathan
Mary (2)
Elizabeth
Mary (2)
Benjamin
Joseph
In the April 2010 issue of The American Genealogist [TAG], this author and Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG, examined the English origins of Nathan1 Lord of Berwick and Kittery.1 The article also provided an account of Abraham Conley, a man with whom Nathan was long associated in early Maine. The authors were successful in specifically identifying the English origins of both of these men, as well as their relationship to each other. This helped resolve many of the errors in earlier accounts of this family.
Nathan1 Lord was born on 1 September 1633 in Rye, co. Sussex, England, the son of NathanA (AbrahamB) and Anne (—) Lord. His father, a shoemaker, died within a year, and was buried on 1 February 1633/4.5 Nathan’s mother, Anne, married as her second husband, at nearby Wittersham, co. Kent, 1 January 1634/5, Abraham Conley, a 31-year-old bachelor and clothworker.6 Nathan first arrived in Maine in 1637 or 1638 as a small child his mother and stepfather, Abraham Conley. On 5 January 1638/9 Abraham Conley was in possession of a house and six acres in Kittery which he had purchased from John Ugrove.7 Nathan Lord and Abraham Conley had a lifelong relationship, with Abraham acting as Nathan’s de facto father from earliest memory.
5 Rye, co. Sussex, England, parish register [Family History Library (FHL), Salt Lake City, film #1,067,288]. The administration of the estate of Nathan Lord of Rye was granted to the relict, Anne Lord, 29 April 1634 (Act Book for the Archdeaconry of Lewes, Book B6 [FHL film #97,306]).
6 Marriage License Registers of the Diocese of Canterbury, v. 13, 1623–35, f. 151 [FHL film #1,836,332]. Also, Wittersham, co. Kent, parish register [FHL film #2,355,255]. 7 York County Register of Deeds, York Deeds, 18 vols. in 19 (Portland, 1887–1910), 5:183
