Abigail Bloomer

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Bloomer was born in 1756, in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States, her father, John B. Bloomer, was 52 and her mother, Bethia Fowler, was 36. She died in 1864, in World, at the age of 108.

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Family Time Line

John B. Bloomer
1705–1776
Bethia Fowler
1720–1756
Robert Bloomer
1738–
John H. Bloomer Jr.
1741–1800
David Bloomer
1741–
Phebe Ann Bloomer
1742–1800
Robert Bloomer
1743–1800
Benjamin Bloomer
1745–1808
Robert Bloomer
1746–1820
Abigail Bloomer
1746–
William S. Bloomer
1749–1824
Phoebe Ann Bloomer
1752–
Daniel Bloomer
1752–1776
Gilbert Bloomer
1752–1824
Gilbert Bloomer
1752–1840
Nehemiah Bloomer
1753–1825
Abigail Bloomer
1756–1864

Sources (4)

  • 1790 United States Federal Census
  • John Fowler probate, 1767 - New York Co. NY Wills, 26:232
  • New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for an iron worker, from Middle English blomere (see Bloom 4).

Americanized form of Dutch Bloemer or German Blümer (see Blumer ).

Irish (Tyrone): unexplained. MacLysaght says that it is a synonym of Gormley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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