Ring Lardner, Jr.

Ring Lardner, Jr. (1915-2000), Academy Award winning screenwriter and one of the Hollywood Ten, was an eleventh-generation descendant of George Abbott and Hannah Chandler. (Ellis Abbott Lardner10, Frank Parker Abbott9, William Wallace Abbott8, Benjamin Abbott7, Benjamin Abbott6, Hephzibah Ames Abbott5, Benjamin Ames4, Hannah Stevens Ames3, Elizabeth Abbott Stevens2, George Abbott and Hannah Chandler1) Ellis Abbott’s direct Abbott line is to George Abbott of Rowley.