Abigail Page

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Page was born on 26 March 1721, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Daniel Page, was 20 and her mother, Jane Bradbury True, was 17. She married Joseph True on 4 November 1749, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Massachusetts, United States for about 6 years. She died on 9 July 1756, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 35.

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Family Time Line

Joseph True
1728–1800
Abigail Page
1721–1756
Marriage: 4 November 1749
Enoch Joseph True
1752–1816

Sources (11)

  • Abigail Page, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Abigail Page, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Abigail Page, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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Name Meaning

English and French: occupational or status name for a young servant, Middle English page, paige, Old French page (from Italian paggio, ultimately from Greek paidion, a diminutive of pais ‘boy, child’). The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America, this surname is also a shortened form of the French cognate Lepage .

French Canadian (Pagé): altered form of French Paget , a diminutive of 1. Compare Pashia .

North German: metonymic occupational name for a horse dealer, from Middle Low German page ‘horse’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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