Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail White was born about 1772, in Newbury, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Joseph White, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Noyes, was 38. She had at least 6 sons and 3 daughters with Truman Stone. She lived in Kitley Township, Leeds, Canada West, British Colonial America in 1851.
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Sources (6)
- Abigal Stone, "Canada Census, 1851"
- Abigail White in entry for Sarah Stone, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
- Abigail White in entry for Levi Stone, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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