When Abigail Montague was born on 27 August 1826, in Henderson, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Aiken Montague, was 34 and her mother, Abigail Sias, was 28. She married Theron Holley Jr. on 3 October 1853. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 10 April 1856, in Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from either Montaigu-le-bois (Manche) or Montaigu (Manche, Aisne), named with Old French mont ‘hill’ + agu ‘pointed’ (from Latin acutus). Drogo de Montagud was a companion of William the Conqueror and founder of the Montagu(e) family, among whom the personal name Drogo was revived in the 19th century. Another family of the name Monatgu have held the titles of Duke of Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Earl and Duke of Manchester, Earl of Halifax, and Earl of Beaulieu, and.
Irish: adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Taidhg (see McTigue ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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