Husband: Bennett ABBOTT Sr.
Birthdate: cir __ ___ 1767 - NC, USA. 1
Milit-Beg: __ ___ 1822 Major, 97th Battalion, Georgia Militia. 1
Milit-End: __ ___ 1826 1
Death date: bef 20 Feb 1830 - Appling, GA, USA.2,3
Father:
Mother:

Marriage date: cir __ ___ 1788
Marriage place: NC, USA. 4

Wife: Frances GROOMS
Name-Nick: Fannie
Birthdate: cir __ ___ 1760 - NC, USA. 5,1
Death date: __ Feb 1830 - Baxley, Appling, GA, USA. 5
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1 Mary ABBOTT
?/F
Birthdate: __ ___ 1790 1

Child No. 2 William W. ABBOTT
?/M
Birthdate: cir __ ___ 1795 Warren, GA, USA.
Marriage date: 10 Apr 1817
Spouse: Elizabeth MCMURRIAN, dau of John MCMURRIAN;
Marriage place: Jefferson, GA, USA. 6
Death date: 1860-1870 Bradford, FL, USA.

Child No. 3 Bennett ABBOTT Jr.
?/M
Birthdate: __ ___ 1801 Jefferson, GA, USA. 7
Marriage date: 25 Apr 1830
Spouse: Mary JACKSON (b. c1810, d. bef 1833) 8
Marriage place:
Marriage date: 16 May 1833
Spouse: Arjane FULFORD (b. c1815), dau of Jordan FULFORD;
Marriage place: Thomas, GA, USA. 9
Death date: __ ___ 1850 Thomas, GA, USA. 10

Child No. 4 Ezekiel ABBOTT
?/M
Name-Var: Pap
Name-Var: Uncle Eke
Birthdate: cir __ ___ 1812 Tattnall, GA, USA. 3,11
Marriage date: 21 Dec 1842
Spouse: Eliza FERGUSON (d. bet 1845 & 1850), dau of Daniel FERGUSON;
Marriage place: Thomas, GA, USA. 12,13
Marriage date: 27 Apr 1851
Spouse: Dorcas WHEELER (d. bef Feb 1856);
Marriage place: Thomas, GA, USA. 12,14
Marriage date: 24 Feb 1856
Spouse: Sarah HIGHSMITH;
Marriage place: Thomas, GA, USA.
Death date: __ ___ 1902 15

Child No. 5 John Seborn ABBOTT
?/M
Birthdate: __ ___ 1813 Tattnall, GA, USA. 16
Marriage date: __ ___ 1832
Spouse: Elizabeth GEORGE (b. 05 Mar 1813, d. c 1880?), dau of Brice GEORGE Sr. and Sarah (--?--);
Marriage place: Appling, GA, USA. 1
Death date: __ ___ 1876 Appling, GA, USA. 1

Child No. 6 Elizabeth ABBOTT
?/F
Birthdate: __ ___ 1816 Tattnall, GA, USA. 3
Marriage date: 23 May 1836
Spouse: Martin H. HANCOCK;
Marriage place: Tatnall, GA, USA. 10

Child No. 7 James ABBOTT
?/M
Birthdate: __ ___ 1818 Tattnall, GA, USA.
Birth: __ ___ 1820 11
Marriage date: 25 May 1843
Spouse: Susannah MELTON (b. 1808, d.c1865), dau of Nathaniel MILTON Jr. and Nancy BURNETT);
Marriage place: Thomas, GA, USA. 17,1
Marriage date: cir __ ___ 1865
Spouse: Nancy (--?--) (d. bet 1874 and 1879)
Marriage place:
Marriage date: cir __ ___ 1878
Spouse: Emily (--?--) (b. c 1842);
Marriage place: Bradford, FL, USA.
Death date: 1881-1885 Bradford, FL, USA.
 
 
Documentation:
1. Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia; A Biographical account of some of the Early Settlers of that portion of Wiregrass Georgia embraced on the Original Counties of Camden, Glynn, Wayne, Appling and Irwin in no series, I through IX (Jesup, GA: Sentinel Press, 1954).
2. Judge Folks Huxford, Genealogical Material from Legal Notices in Early Georgia Newspapers in no series (n.p.: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., n.d.), Notice appeared in The Southern Recorder.
3. Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. VII.
4. Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol VII,, page 1.
5. private
6. _________, Georgia Marriages 1811 Through 1820; Prepared from extant legal records, and published sources. in no series (Danielsville, GA 30633: Heritage Papers, 1988).
7. Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol VII, page 1.
8. Joe E. Craigmiles III, Thomas County, Georgia Marriages 1826-1925 in no series (516 N Broad St, PO Box 546, Thomasville, GA 31799 (912)226-2449: Craigmiles & Associates Publishing/Printing, n.d.), Book A-59.
9. Marriage Record, James Abbott and Susannah Melton, 25 May 1843, n.d., Photocopied original.
10. no title, n.d., www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/a/b/James-A-Tabor/GENE4- 0001.html.
11. private
12. Marriage Record, James Abbott.
13. Joe E. Craigmiles III, Thomas County, Georgia Marriages, Book B-62.
14. Joe E. Craigmiles III, Thomas County, Georgia Marriages, Book E-40.
15. no title, n.d., jjabbt@4ez.com (re: Ezekiel ABBOTT's descendants; write for more info)
16. Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. VII, page 2.
17. Marriage Record, James Abbott, Marriage Record; photocopied after seeing original, Book B, page 174.