When Abraham Aartse was born on 2 October 1717, in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, Evert Aertse, was 26 and his mother, Wintje DeVoe, was 21. He married Lea Gerritsen on 1 November 1740, in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died in Philipsburg Manor, Westchester, New York, United States.
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Biblical name, borne by the first of the Jewish patriarchs, with whom God made a covenant that his descendants should possess the land of Canaan. The Hebrew form is Avraham, and is of uncertain derivation. In Genesis 17:5 it is explained as ‘father of a multitude (of nations)’ (Hebrew av hamon (goyim). It has always been a popular Jewish given name, and was also chosen by Christians, especially by Puritans and other fundamentalists from the 16th century onwards. Various early saints of the Eastern Roman Empire also bore this name. Its currency in the United States was greatly enhanced by the fame of President Abraham Lincoln ( 1809–65 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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