Brief Life History of Abishag
When Abishag Record was born on 16 February 1716, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Jonathan Record, was 35 and her mother, Mary Wilbore, was 31. She married Captain William Briggs on 16 July 1738, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 17 May 1790, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Abishag Records, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Abishag Records Briggs, "Find A Grave Index"
- Records in entry for William Briggs, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"
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World Events (5)
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Richeward, Rikeward (Old French Ricoart, ancient Germanic Ricward, from rīc ‘power(ful), realm’ + ward ‘protector’).
English: occasionally perhaps a variant of the Middle English personal name Richold, Rikold, used of both men and women. The male name is Old French, in two different dialect forms, of ancient Germanic Ricoald, Ricold, Richold (from rīc ‘power(ful)’ + wald ‘rule, ruler’), and the female name is an Old French form of ancient Germanic Richold, a variant of Richild (where the second element is hild ‘battle’).
Altered form of French Ricard , reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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