When John Abbott was born on 30 January 1831, in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Abbott, was 23 and his mother, Charlotte Freeher Allibone, was 23. He married Esther Martha Roberts on 24 December 1848, in Rothwell, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and All Saints' Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 28 September 1864, in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 33, and was buried in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
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