When Abigail Munings was born before 20 August 1626, in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, her father, George Munning, was 11623 and her mother, Elizabeth Groome, was 11623. She married John Sawin before 1653, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died before 1666, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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Athelstan, king of Wessex and Mercia, formed the Kingdom of England.
Viking raiders from Scandinavia invaded England in 980. Years later in 991, the English government paid them 10,000 in hopes for peace. The Viking raiders, however, continued to force more money from England.
English (Suffolk): variant of Munning, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Munning is from the Middle English personal name Munding (Old English Munding, a derivative of names in Mund- or -mund). This form of the surname is the more common one in Britain.
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