 He died in Bedford in September 1817.Abbot is noted for making, in 1798, the first capture in England of "Papilio paniscus", the chequered skipper.His writings include the manuscript "Catalogus plantarum" (May 1795); a list of 956 plants of Bedfordshire;, and a later book on the same subject, "Flora Bedfordiensis" (November 1798).