Abagail J Jones

Brief Life History of Abagail J

When Abagail J Jones was born on 25 December 1815, in Burns, Allegany, New York, United States, her father, John Jones, was 32 and her mother, Adah Martha Smith, was 32. She married Thomas Van Scoter on 23 January 1834, in Le Roy, LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Portland, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1855 and Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died on 4 October 1884, at the age of 68, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Van Scoter
1810–1867
Abagail J Jones
1815–1884
Marriage: 23 January 1834
Josephine Marie Van Scoter
1835–1908
Hortense A VanScoter
1839–1877
Arthur C Van Scoter
1844–
Abbott L Dwight Van Scoter
1850–1865

Sources (4)

  • Abigail J Van Seder in household of Thomas Van Seder, "New York State Census, 1865"
  • Abigail J Jones VanScoter, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Abigail Vanscoter in household of Thomas Vanscoter, "New York, State Census, 1855"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1829

Incorporated in 1829.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

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

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