Benjamin Abbot House

Benjamin Abbot House
Location Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°38′47″N 71°9′11″W / 42.64639°N 71.15306°WCoordinates: 42°38′47″N 71°9′11″W / 42.64639°N 71.15306°W
Built 1711
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No style listed
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

75000242

[1]
Added to NRHP February 24, 1975

The Benjamin Abbot House or Abbot Homestead is a historic house at 9 Andover Street in Andover, Massachusetts, USA. It remains a private residence and is visible from the Haverhill MBCR commuter train just before the Andover station. It was the residence of Benjamin Abbot, a teacher and central figure of the Salem Witch Trials. Abbot accused Martha Carrier of giving him a boil and killing one of his cows through witchcraft. Carrier was later hanged.[2]

The house was built in 1711 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. In 2004, PBS filmed a History Detectives documentary with the Abbot homestead as the subject. Dendrochronologists were consulted, and it was determined that the earliest portion of the house was built in 1711.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ The Tryals of the Carrier Family; Transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692
  3. ↑ NEW ENGLAND: ABBOT’S HOUSE, ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, History Detectives