When Sabina Elliott was born on 14 May 1828, in Morris Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Atkinson Elliott Jr, was 34 and her mother, Jemima Winget, was 32. She married Absalom Ashbrook in 1844, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 15 May 1906, in Morris Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in East Finley Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Eliot, a pet form of the Old Testament name Elijah, rendered in Greek as Ēlias and in Old French as Élie + the diminutive suffix -ot; compare Ellis . The name Aylett may in some cases also have been confused with or absorbed into Elliott.
Scottish: late variant of Elwood .
Scottish (of Breton origin): perhaps, as some members of the Elliott clan believe, a Scottish variant of the Breton surname Elleouet, a habitational name from one of the hamlets named Allegot in Finistère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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