Brief Life History of Michael
When Michael Adams Libby was born on 19 March 1819, in Limington, York, Maine, United States, his father, John Adams Libby, was 29 and his mother, Abigail Sawyer, was 33. He married Rebecca Frances Copeland on 6 November 1843, in Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years.
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Sources (16)
- Michael in entry for Libby, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Michl Libby, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Michael Libby in entry for Frances R. Copeland Libby, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
Spouse and Children
1819– Male
1828–1893 Female
Children (4)
1851– Male
1857–1871 Female
1857–1878 Female
1867– Female
Parents and Siblings
1790–1871 Male
1787–1877 Female
Siblings (9)
1811–1904 Male
1813–1877 Male
1817–1882 Male
1819–1851 Male
1819– Male
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World Events (8)
1820
Age 1
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Age 41
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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