When Mary "Polly" Abbey was born on 10 March 1806, in Orange, New York, United States, her father, Frederick Abbey, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Tifft, was 28. She married Jonathan Mercury Follett in 1822, in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Randolph, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1855 and Winnebago, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1860.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries 1808: Cattaragus, New York, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English:
from Anglo-Norman and Middle English abbeye, abbaye ‘abbey’, i.e. a community of monks under an abbot or of nuns under an abbess (Old French abeie, Late Latin abbatia ‘priest's house’), applied as a topographic name for someone living in or near an abbey, or an occupational name for someone working in one.
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French abé, abbé ‘priest’. See also French Labbe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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