Notes:
George and Hannah, his future wife, are said in reasonable tradition to have come together in the same ship in 1637 with Rev. Ezekiel Rogers. He lived in Roxbury [now central Boston] for a time and in 1643 became a first settler and proprietor of Andover, MA. Nearly ten years after their meeting on the crossing, he married Hannah in 1646 at Roxbury. As they were living in Andover, they must have returned to Roxbury for the occasion. Her brother Thomas was also among the first settlers of Andover, and also a progenitor of numerous descendants. Together with another brother, William, the extended family was very influencial in the community.
George, the venerable ancestor of a numerous progeny, is frequently referred to in the old records as having come from Yorkshire but this must mean the origins of his family line as his birth and baptism in Bedfordshire is generally accepted. He was a farmer, proprietor and yeoman who lived and died on their farm in Andover which in 1847 was owned by John Abbott, one of his descendants of the seventh generation. Together with Hannah they were industrious, economical, sober, pious and respected. With Christian fortitude and submission they endured their trials, privations and dangers, of which they had a large share. They brought up a large family well, and trained them in the way they should go, from which they did not depart. During the period of Indian troubles his house was a garrison and was used as such many years after his death. A garrison house was a home that was built larger and more securely than the average homes of the time. There were usually one or more such houses in each settlement, depending on the number of inhabitants, to which in times of danger from Indians or other causes the townspeople would flock for safety.
Following the death of George his widow married Reverend Francis Dane, his third wife, and outlived him. The descendants of George and Hannah are very numerous; by the mid 1800's, James Savage reports there were forty-four with the family name which had been graduated at some college, beside forty-nine others through feminine Abbotts. Seven sons and three daughters married and resided at Andover while of 73 grandchildren five settled at Concord, New Hampshire. Four went to Connecticut and two lived at Billerica. Of seven farms, on which his sons lived, four were occupied by descendants.