Venn: Adm. sizar at EMMANUEL, Oct. 1614; afterwards pens. S. of Abraham (1591), of South Luffenham, Rutland, and grandson of Archdeacon Robert (1557-8), founder of Oakham School. Matric. 1614; B.A. 1617-8; M.A. 1621. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Jan. 31, 1620-1. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Mar. 12, 1619-20; priest, May 27, 1621. Married, 1623, Lady Arbella Fiennes, dau. of Thomas, Lord Clinton, Earl of Lincoln (which caused a family quarrel, the father objecting, and the grandfather supporting him; eventually the archdeacon disinherited Abraham). One of the original members of the Massachusetts Company. Accompanied Winthrop to New England, 1630; his wife die from the effects of the journey, and he died Sept. 30, 1630. Brother of Ezechiel (1622) and Samuel (1620). (J. G. Bartlett; Vis. of Rutland, 1618; D.N.B.; Waters, Genealogical Gleanings, 1033.)