Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Floyd was born on 29 August 1804, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Enoch Floyd, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Currier, was 22. She married Samuel Holmes on 29 September 1831, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Georgetown, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States in 1882. She died on 12 February 1882, in Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Abigail F Holmes, "United States Census, 1880"
- Abigail Floyd, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Abigail Holmes, "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
Anglicized form of Welsh Lloyd , which arose because of the difficulty that English speakers had in pronouncing the Welsh lateral fricative spelled Ll.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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