Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Abbott was born on 5 May 1684, in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Abbott Sr., was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Green, was 41. She married Josiah Goodridge in 1701, in York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She died in 1760, in Berwick, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 76.
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- Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire
- Millennium File
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1713
Historical Boundaries: 1713: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1716: York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: York, Massachusetts, United States 1820: York, Maine, United States
1713
Historical Boundaries: 1713: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1716: York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: York, Massachusetts, United States 1820: York, Maine, United States
Name Meaning
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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