Abigail Bisbee

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Bisbee was born on 6 August 1788, in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Ebenezer Bisbee Jr., was 33 and her mother, Mehitable Shaw, was 31. She married Rufus Pratt Bates on 29 November 1804, in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 13 December 1857, in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Beaver Cemetery, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rufus Pratt Bates
1782–1860
Abigail Bisbee
1788–1857
Marriage: 29 November 1804
Maria Bates
1806–1893
John Addison Bates
1809–1809
James Madison Bates
1809–1876
Sarah Tower Bates
1810–1893
Norman Bates
1813–1839
Bela Norton Bates
1815–1882
Barton Bisbee Bates
1817–1861
Abigail Bates
1819–1841
Harriet Beal Bates
1820–1915
Laura Ann Bates
1822–1855
Eliza Sophia Bates
1829–

Sources (26)

  • Nabby Bates in household of Rufus P Bates, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
  • Nabbe Bisbee, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Nabby Bisbee, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (7)

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

1789 · The United States Constitution

Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bisby .

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

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