Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Abbott Jr. was born in 1666, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Abbott Jr., was 35 and his mother, Sarah Stewart, was 20. He married Elizabeth French on 25 December 1706, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 25 December 1753, in his hometown, at the age of 87, and was buried in Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Thomas Abbott and Elizabeth French marriage
- Find A Grave Memorial 69201817- Thomas Abbot
- Thomas Abbott, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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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