(Reverend) Abraham Nott

The Rev. Abraham Nott graduated Yale in 1720 as a Doctor of Divinity, and was the 1st pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Saybrook, Connecticut (Essex Society). He was ordained at Saybrook in 1725, and ministered at the Second Congregational Church for 33 years preceding his death. (1)

He was remarkable for physical strength, and it is said that he could lift a barrel of cider above his head and hold it at arms-length. As preacher he was irresistable, and equally so as a wrestler. (link1)

Inscription

• Here lies interred ye body of ye Rev Abraham Nott, who departed this life Jan ye 24th, AD 1756. In his 61st Year & 34th of his Ministry "Being dead he yet speaketh"

Links

1. The House of Nott
2. Essex Historical Society
3. Redden Rootsweb database Updated: August 2008

Sources

1. Nott Genealogy, Carlsbad California City Library, Author Unknown.

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"In May 1722 he became the first preacher to the inhabitants of the northern part of the town of Saybrook (the 2nd Ecclesiastical Society of Saybrook, now the towns of Deep River, Essex, and Chester), Connecticut. He was settled there as preacher when the church (located in the modern town of Essex) was gathered on 16 November 1725, and remained there until his death on 24 January 1756, age 59."