Brief Life History of Adoniram Judson
When Adoniram Judson Bingham was born on 5 April 1820, in Wheatland, Monroe, New York, United States, his father, Reverend Abel Bingham, was 33 and his mother, Hannah Olmstead Brown, was 25. He married Emily Knapp on 26 October 1848, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Cohoes, Albany, New York, United States in 1865. He died on 3 August 1868, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Wheatland Baptist Cemetery, Belcoda, Wheatland, Monroe, New York, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Adoniran Bingham, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Adanirum Judson Bingham - birth-name: Adanirum Judson Bingham
- Adoniram Judson Bingham, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1820–1868 Male
1826–1898 Female
Children (4)
1849–1860 Male
1854–1923 Female
1855–1955 Female
1862–1931 Female
Parents and Siblings
1786–1865 Male
1794–1868 Female
Siblings (6)
1818– Female
1820–1868 Male
1822– Female
1827–1905 Female
1830–1910 Female
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World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
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1821
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1834
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Name Meaning
English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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