Brief Life History of Joseph Howard
Joseph Howard Abbott was born on 12 January 1812, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Jonathan Abbott. He married Caroline Matilda Stebbins on 9 April 1840, in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Howard Township, Cass, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 November 1878, in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States.
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- Joseph H Abbot, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joseph H Abbott, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
- Joseph H. Abbott, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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