Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Wood was born on 3 June 1802, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Phineas Wood, was 23 and her mother, Martha Spaulding, was 26. She married Asa Abbott on 1 June 1820, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Andover, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1860. She died in 1871, at the age of 69, and was buried in Rumford Center, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Esther Abbott in household of Nelson W Burgess, "United States Census, 1860"
- Esther Wood Abbott, "Find A Grave Index"
- Esther Wood, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1804
Historical Boundaries: 1804: York, Massachusetts, United States 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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