Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Pecker was born on 12 December 1786, in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States, her father, William Pecker, was 28 and her mother, Hannah Sawyer, was 21. She married Peter Currier on 18 March 1806, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 14 December 1863, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States.
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- Abigail Currier in household of Orlando Currier, "United States Census, 1860"
- Abigail Pecker, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Abigail Pecker, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921" - Marriage
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1799
Historical Boundaries: 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: (i) occupational name from Middle English pek(ke) + -er, for someone who made, sold, or used vessels measuring a peck; see Peck . (ii) nickname, possibly from a derivative of Middle English pekken ‘to peck, snap up’, perhaps used for someone of acquisitive habits.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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