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ANDOVER , a township of See also:Essex See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., pleasantly situated on the S. See also:side of the See also:Merrimac Valley. Pop. (1890) 6142; (1900) 6813; (1910, U. S. See also:census) 7301. The Shawsheen See also:river supplies See also:power for a considerable manufacturing See also:industry (twine, woollens and See also:rubber goods being manufactured) in the villages of Andover, Ballardville and Frye. Andover, the See also:principal See also:village, is about 23 M. N. of See also:Boston and is served by the western See also:division of the Boston & See also:Maine railway and by interurban electric See also:railways. The township is noteworthy for its educational institutions. See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
Abbot See also:Academy, opened in 1829, is said to be the See also:oldest existing academy in the See also:United States incorporated for the See also:education of girls alone; an See also:art See also:gallery, given to the academy by Mrs See also:John Byers, was opened in 1907. See also:Phillips Academy, opened in 1778 (incorporated in 1780), was the first incorporated academy of the See also:state; it was founded through the efforts of See also:Samuel Phillips (1752—1802, See also:president of the Massachusetts See also:senate in 1785—1787 and in 1788—1801, and See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of Massachusetts in 1801—1802), by his See also:father, Samuel Phillips (1715-1790), and his See also:uncle, John Phillips (1719—1795), " for the purpose of instructing youth, not only in See also:English and Latin See also:grammar, See also:writing, See also:arithmetic and those sciences wherein they are commonly taught, but more especially to learn them the See also:great end and real business of living." It is one of the largest secondary See also:schools in New See also:England and en joys a wide and high reputation. An archaeological See also:department, with an important collection in See also:American See also:archaeology, was founded by See also:Robert S. See also:Peabody and his wife in 1901. The Academy grounds include those occupied in 1808—1909 by the Andover Theological See also:Seminary before its removal to See also:Cam-See also:bridge (q.v.). Andover was settled about 1643 and was incorporated in 1646, being named from the English See also:town of Andover, See also:Hampshire, whence some of the See also:chief settlers had migrated; the first See also:settlement was made in what is now the township of See also:North Andover (pop. 5529 in 1910), which was separated from Andover in 1855. See also:Simon Bradstreet (1603=1697), important among the See also:early men of Massachusetts, was one of the founders; and his wife, See also:Anne See also:Dudley Bradstreet (1612—1672), was the first woman versifier of See also:America; the Bradstreet See also:house in North Andover, said to have been built about 1667, is still See also:standing. Andover was a prominent centre in the See also:witchcraft trials of 1692. See also:Elizabeth See also:Stuart See also:Phelps-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward was See also:born and lived for many years in Andover, and Harriet See also:Beecher See also:Stowe lived here from 1852 to 1864 and is buried here.
See S. L. See also:Bailey, See also:Historical Sketches of Andover (Boston, I88o) ; John L. See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor, Memoir of Samuel Phillips (Boston, 1856) ; and Philena and Phebe F. M'Keen, See also:History of Abbot Academy (Andover, 188o).
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