Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Higgins was born on 5 October 1777, in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Reuben Higgins Jr, was 38 and her mother, Mercy Dyer, was 36. She married Nathaniel Dyer on 27 March 1794, in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died about 1837, at the age of 61, and was buried in South Portland Gardens, South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- Abbagail Higgins, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abigail Higgins, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Abigail in entry for Eliza Dyer, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking, sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan .
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin, itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ), or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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