Abigail Gorman

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Gorman was born on 22 March 1748, in Fauquier, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, John Gorman, was 11745 and her mother, Hannah Spraggins, was 26. She married REV. William Henry Holton in 1765, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 13 December 1836, in Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Hebron, Boone, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

REV. William Henry Holton
1739–1831
Abigail Gorman
1748–1836
Marriage: 1765
Malinda Mildred Holton
1766–1804
Alexander Holton
1768–1806
John B. Holton
1769–1842
Nancy Holton
1770–1853
William Holton
1771–1858
Elijah Gorman Holton
1773–1844
Rebecca Holton
1777–
Abner Holton
1778–1857
Jesse Holton
1781–1839
Elizabeth Holton
1782–1849
Enoch Walton Holton
1783–1843

Sources (6)

  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Abigail Gorman Holton, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ancestry Family Trees

World Events (6)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

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

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

Irish (Munster): from Mac Gormáin and Ó Gormáin ‘son (or descendant) of Gormán’, a personal name from a diminutive of gorm ‘dark blue, noble’.

Americanized form of German Görmann: variant of Germann .

Americanized form of German Görmann: of Slavic origin, an occupational name for a miner, from Slavic gora ‘mountain’ + Middle High German man ‘man’.

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

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