Abigail Strong

Brief Life History of Abigail

Abigail Strong was born on 11 May 1701. She married Ensign Solomon Loomis on 28 June 1727, in Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died on 6 May 1773, in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Gurleyville Cemetery, Gurleyville, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ensign Solomon Loomis
1700–1772
Abigail Strong
1701–1773
Marriage: 28 June 1727
Abigail Loomis
1728–1773
Michall Loomis
1730–1730
Solomon Loomis
1732–1805
Anna Loomis
1735–1774
Esther Loomis
1738–1751

Sources (26)

  • Abigail Loomis, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
  • Abigail in entry for Loomis, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
  • Abigail Loomis, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"

World Events (1)

1702

Called Ponde Place by settlers who purchased land from the Monhegan and once part of Windham, Mansfield incorporated in 1702. By the 1800s, town industries produced such goods as gunpowder, organ pipes, and bronze cannons. The country’s first silk mill opened here in 1810, transforming the local economy. Mulberry trees proliferated and most households worked in silk production. The heyday of Mansfield silk ended by the mid-1800s, but the founding of Storrs Agricultural School in 1881 led to a new industry: education. The school, now called the University of Connecticut, still has its main campus in town.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English strong(e), strang(e) ‘strong, powerful’ (Old English strang).

Americanized form of French Trahan .

Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish Stark .

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

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