Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Meader was born on 18 February 1737, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Daniel Meader, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Allen, was 30. She married Timothy Peaslee about 1752, in Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 2 November 1815, in Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Abigail in entry for Jedidiah Peaslee and Meriam Huntington, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English meder ‘maker or seller of mead’. Compare Mead 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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