Editing Lyman Abbott (section)

===Early years===

Abbott was born at [[Roxbury, Massachusetts]], on December 18, 1835, the son of the prolific author, educator and historian [[Jacob Abbott]], and his mother being Harriet Vaughan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800006 |title=Abbott, Lyman |last=Frank |first=Thomas E. |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800006 |access-date=August 22, 2022 |quote=Abbott, Lyman (18 December 1835–22 October 1922), Congregational clergyman and editor of the Outlook, Congregational clergyman and editor of the Outlook, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Jacob Abbott, a pastor and author of the “Rollo” children’s books, and Harriet Vaughan.}}</ref> Abbott grew up in [[Farmington, Maine]], and later in New York City.<ref>Van Doren, Charles and Robert McHenry, ed., ''Webster's American Biographies''. (Springfield, Massachusetts: [[Merriam-Webster]], 1984) p. 4</ref>  Abbott's ancestors were from England, and came to America roughly twenty years after Plymouth Rock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EO4-AQAAMAAJ&q=twenty+years&pg=PA76|title=The American Review of Reviews|year=1916|access-date=December 27, 2015}}</ref>

He graduated from the [[New York University]] in 1853, where he was a member of the [[Eucleian Society]], studied law, and was admitted to the [[bar association|bar]] in 1856. Abbott soon abandoned the legal profession, however, and after studying theology with his uncle, [[John Stevens Cabot Abbott]], was ordained a minister of the [[Congregational church|Congregational Church]] in 1860.<ref name="BDA1906">{{BDA1906 |inline=1 |wstitle= Abbott, Lyman |volume=1 |pages=29–30}}</ref> He was married October 14, 1857, to Abby F. Hamlin, whose father Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1863) was the cousin of the politician [[Hannibal Hamlin]] of [[Boston, Mass]].<ref name="BDA1906" />