When Ansel Abbey was born in 1787, in New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Abbey, was 28 and his mother, Sally, was 23. He married Bathsheba Morgan about 1810, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1814. He died on 28 April 1831, in New Albany Township, Floyd, Indiana, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States.
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The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English:
from Anglo-Norman and Middle English abbeye, abbaye ‘abbey’, i.e. a community of monks under an abbot or of nuns under an abbess (Old French abeie, Late Latin abbatia ‘priest's house’), applied as a topographic name for someone living in or near an abbey, or an occupational name for someone working in one.
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French abé, abbé ‘priest’. See also French Labbe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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