Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Smedes was born in 1722, in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joshua Smedes, was 35 and his mother, Beeldje Decker, was 19. He married Geertje Swart on 18 December 1753, in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Abraham Smedes, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Abraham Smeedes in entry for Lucas Smedes, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
- Baptismal and marriage registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston : Ulster County, New York, 1660-1809
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Name Meaning
Biblical name, borne by the first of the Jewish patriarchs, with whom God made a covenant that his descendants should possess the land of Canaan. The Hebrew form is Avraham, and is of uncertain derivation. In Genesis 17:5 it is explained as ‘father of a multitude (of nations)’ (Hebrew av hamon (goyim). It has always been a popular Jewish given name, and was also chosen by Christians, especially by Puritans and other fundamentalists from the 16th century onwards. Various early saints of the Eastern Roman Empire also bore this name. Its currency in the United States was greatly enhanced by the fame of President Abraham Lincoln ( 1809–65 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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