When Stephen Abbott was born on 29 April 1771, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Abbott, was 29 and his mother, Alice Fuller, was 30. He married Abigail Searle on 14 July 1799, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 22 July 1853, in Plains, Plains Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82.
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Historical Boundaries: 1786: Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
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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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