(II) Ensign Thomas, son of Walter Abbott, was born about 1643, and lived in Upper Kittery, now Berwick, York County, Maine. The only documentary evidence in this country to place him to found ina York deed, which states that he was forty-three years old, march 25, 1686; also on an Exeter deed, dated September 1, 1709, which calls him the "only surviving son and heir of Walter Abbott". He was probably the most capable and thrifty of the sons, and was doubtless give his share of his father's estate before the latter's will was made, and therefore is not found mentioned. He was a prosperous speculator, farmer and miller. His first grant of land was sixty rods; also October 12, 1670, fifty acres, and the same date, forty acres more; may 24, 1699, fifty acres. He sold eighty acres in Portsmouth while living at "Newchowannick" (now Dover), September 1, 1709. December 15, 1674, the town of Kittery laid out for him one hundred and ten acres at Sheets Corner, and the next day thirty-one acres joining John Green's land, and later nineteen acres joining his and his father's land. March 1, 1679-80, he bought the homestead of Fifty-four acres, and buildings on "Great Newgewanacke" Creek, Kittery; June 1, 1700, about fifty acres on which to build a sawmill; also one-sixth of the commonage falls and mills at Quamphegan Falls, Berwick, September 3, 1701; more land and mill site at Dover, January 30, 1710. He was appointed ensign to Captain Joseph Hamond, July 2, 1678, and was a member of the Upper Kittery garrison of ten men, April 30, 1690, and was wounded in an Indian fight in the Eastern Expedition along the coast of Maine, August 7, 1691. He was a member of the committee to build the meeting house in Berwick, 1701; was town meeting moderator, September 2 and 20, 1709, and was one of eight from the parish of Berwick to petition the general court for pecuniary aid for certain improvements; juryman, 1693-94-95-96. He signed another petition to the council with others, November 25, 1701, asking relief from duties imposed on vessels passing up the Piscataqua River. March 27, 1700-01, he deeded to his son John twenty-five acres in Berwick, and January 3, 1710, to his son Joseph, fifty acres of and in Dover, a sawmill site.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Julia Green of Kittery. He died about 1713, aged seventy years. His will was dated May 20, 1707, and probated April 23, 1713. His widow and sons John and Walter are named as executors. He made bequeaths to his wife, Elizabeth, sons Walter, Thomas, Joseph, Moses and John; daughters, Elizabeth Butler, Patience Lord, Mary Goodrich, and Hannah. The inventory of his estate was one thousand, two hundred, and twenty-two pounds, fourteen shillings, six pence, which was large for that day. Children: 1. Thomas. 2. Joseph. 3. Walter. 4. Moses, married, December 27, 1696, Nancy Haley, of Alfred, Maine. 5. Elizabeth, married (first) Thomas Butler; (second) Moses Spencer. 6. Patience, married William Lord. 7. John, mentioned below. 8. Mary, married (first) Josiah Goodrich; (second) September 23, 1724, Jeremiah Sabens. 9. Hannah, married Ebenezer Tuttle. There was probably another daughter who married Dr. Cook, of Boston.