Abbott Williams of Exeter, N.H. Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by MLM, Volunteer 0000130. For the current email address, please go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000130 Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************************************ Full copyright notice - http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm USGenWeb Archives - http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 1302 ABBOTT WILLIAMS of Exeter, N. H.. who owns five acres of land on which he does a little farming but is otherwise practically retired, was born in Boston, Mass., April 29, 1851, a son of George F. and Mary P. (Tilton) Williams. The father was a native of Boston, where he was engaged in business as a wholesale flour and shipping merchant; his wife came from Newburyport, Mass. Her father was Stephen Tilton, Esq. Both are now deceased and are buried in Boston. Their children were: Clara, George F. Jr., Arthur H. and Abbott. After the death of his first wife Mary, the father married her cousin, Martha A. Tilton, by whom he had two children-- Elijah and Armstrong Tilton. The paternal grandfather was Eljjah Wil- liams, who was buried in the family tomb on Boston Common. The grand- mother was Rebecca An11strong, daughter of John Armstrong of Dorchester, Page 1303 Mass., and the sister of Samuel T. Armstrong, mayor of Boston and acting governor of Maasachusetts. Abbott W llllams was educated in the public schools of Boston and the Boston Latin School. He then went to work for his father in the latter's office, being thus occupied for some years. Later he became connected with the leather business in Boston and so continued until 1870, when he came to Exeter, where he has since remained. He was married in 1875 to Miss Alice J. Haley, a native of Exeter and daughter of Charles and Sarah (Wig- gin) Haley. Her father, who was a native of Exeter, N. H., was son of Benjamin Haley, a farmer. Charles married first Sarah J. Lowe, by whom he had two children--Charles Jr. and Sarah J., who married Moses S. Bar- nard. By his second wife, Sarah, who was from Stratham, N. H. (directly descended from Gen. Thomas Wiggin), he had six children, namely: Olive A., who married Daniel G. Johnson; Alice J., wife of Abbott Williams; Har- riet O., wife of William N. Langley; George W.; Mary Ella, who married George S. Hathaway, and Edna M., wife of Ernest Leavett. Charles Haley Sr., about 75 years ago, established a meat and provision business in Exeter, which is now carried on by his son, Charles Jr., proprietor of the Central Market, Exeter. This market is a very successful concern and enjoys a large patronage. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott Williams have a son, Abbott Haley Williams, who is engaged in the nursery business in Exeter. He married Mary Young and Mrs. Williams attends the Advent church.