Mary Elizabeth Hepworth

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

Mary Elizabeth Hepworth was born in 1649, in Ireland. She married John Abbott on 30 July 1718, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died after 19 March 1721, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, and was buried in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

John Abbott
1649–1722
Mary Elizabeth Hepworth
1649–1721
Marriage: 30 July 1718
John Abbott
1676–1768
James Abbott
1678–1721
Reuben Abbott
1684–1745
Walter Abbott
1685–1718
Ruth Abbott
1688–
Anna Abbott
1690–
Sarah Abbott
1680–
Abigail Abbott
1689–1763

Sources (3)

  • Mary Hepworth in entry for John Abbott Sr., "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
  • Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
  • Mary Elizabeth Hepworth - Ancestry

World Events (2)

1649

The Protestant Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell, landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster (Drogheda and Wexford) was confiscated and divided among the English soldiers.

1672

Over 6,000 Irish boys and women sold as slaves since England gained control of Jamaica.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name primarily from Hepworth (Yorkshire) or, less likely, from the place so named in Suffolk. The Yorkshire placename derives from an Old English personal name Heppa + Old English worth ‘enclosure’, while the Suffolk placename comes from Old English hēope ‘rose hip’ or hēopa ‘dog rose, bramble’ + worth.

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

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