When Eva Jane Abbott was born on 20 November 1895, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Charles Orlen Abbott, was 33 and her mother, Malinda Hem, was 33. She married Everett Peter Peyton on 13 February 1917, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Rock Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Adair, McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 6 April 1980, in Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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