Susannah Abercrombie

Brief Life History of Susannah

When Susannah Abercrombie was born on 20 June 1785, in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Alexander Abercrombie Jr, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Sherrill, was 35. She married Ezekiel I Mathews in 1805, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 25 August 1859, in Cherokee, Alabama, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Centre, Cherokee, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ezekiel I Mathews
1779–1873
Susannah Abercrombie
1785–1859
Marriage: 1805
James Abercombie Matthews
1809–1894
Thomas Ezekiel Matthews
1811–1895
Margaret Matthews
1814–1909
Eleanor Matthews
1816–1891
Elizabeth O Matthews
1816–1891
Hannah B Matthews
1821–1911
Mary Margaret Matthews
1822–1857
Ellen Matthews
from January 1835 to December 1835–

Sources (7)

  • Susannah Matthews in household of Ezekiel Matthews, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Susan Abercrombie - birth-name: Susannah Abercrombie
  • Susan Abercrombie Matthews, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

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.

1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Fife named Abercrombie (earlier Abercrumbin), which is of Pictish origin, meaning ‘mouth of the Cromb or Crombie (bending river)’.

History: Bearers of this surname were descended from royal cooks of the kings of Scots and were originally known as Cook of Abercrombie; their collateral branch were known as the Cooks of Balcaskie.

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

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