Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Marden was born on 21 March 1731, in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, James Marden, was 33 and her mother, Judith Bates, was 27. She lived in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1731. She died on 7 July 1736, in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 5.
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- Abegil Marden, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Abigail Marden, "New Hampshire, Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949"
- Abigil Marden, "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places so called in Kent, Essex, Surrey, Hertfordshire, and Sussex, or from Meriden (Warwickshire) or Merriden Farm (Surrey). Marden (Kent) derives from Old English (ge)mǣre ‘boundary, border’ + denn ‘woodland pasture’. Marden Ash (Essex) and The Mardens in Caterham (Surrey) derive from Old English (ge)mǣre + Old English denu ‘valley’, denoting a valley that formed a border such as a parish boundary. Marden Hill in Tewin (Hertfordshire), Marden Park in Godstone (Surrey), Meriden (Warwickshire), and Merriden Farm in Dorking (Surrey) all denote ‘pleasant valley’, from Old English myrig + Old English denu. East Marden, North Marden, and Up Marden (Sussex) derive from Old English (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’ + dūn ‘hill’.
English: habitational name from Marden in Herefordshire. The place takes its name from the district name Maund (see Maund ) + Old English worthign ‘enclosure’.
English: perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Marden in Wiltshire. The placename probably means ‘fertile valley’, from Old English mearg ‘marrow, fat’ + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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