When Abigail Wingate was born about 1684, in British Colonial America, her father, Capt. John Wingate, was 49 and her mother, Sarah Taylor, was 38. She married Samuel McKenney (Kenny) on 16 November 1704, in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wind‐geat ‘windy gap, wind-swept pass’ (literally ‘wind-gate’), such as Wingate (Devon, Durham), Wingates (Lancashire), and Winnats (Derbyshire).
History: Charles Wyngate (born 1613) came to VA in 1635. John Wingate (born 1636) came to Dover, NH, c. 1658. — The British general Orde Wingate (1903–44) was from a well-known Stirlingshire family in Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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