When Abigail Seward was born on 2 December 1720, in Durham, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Seward Jr., was 38 and her mother, Ruth Fowler, was 26. She died on 1 November 1759, in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Durham, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Seward (Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ ‘sea’ + weard ‘guard’).
English: from the Middle English personal name Siward, Seward (Old English Sigeweard, from sige ‘victory’ + weard ‘guard’, or the equivalent Old Norse Sigwarth).
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Suaird, Ó Suairt, usually Anglicized as Sword .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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