When Allice Abbott was born in May 1709, in Berwick, York, Maine, United States, her father, Joseph Abbott, was 42 and her mother, Alice Nason, was 39. She married Stephen Hardison Jr on 23 September 1724, in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 September 1777, in her hometown, at the age of 68.
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Historical Boundaries: 1713: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1716: York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: York, Massachusetts, United States 1820: York, Maine, United States
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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.
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