When Abigail Prentice was born on 1 December 1788, in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Elisha Prentice Jr., was 24 and her mother, Deborah Weeden, was 21. She married Lathrop Williams on 8 November 1818, in North Society of Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Sprague, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1880. She died on 23 March 1882, in New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English (East Anglia): from Middle English prentis, prentiz, a shortened form of apprentis ‘apprentice’ (Anglo-Norman French apprenti(e)z, prentiz, prentice, from Old French aprendre ‘to learn, to understand’, Latin appre(he)ndere ‘to understand, grasp’), denoting someone learning a craft or trade, but probably originating as a nickname in the case of the surname.
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