Brief Life History of Betsey
When Betsey Abbey was born on 19 August 1759, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Stephen Abbe, was 32 and her mother, Mary Forbes, was 30. She died on 12 January 1829, in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Center Cemetery, South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Betsey Abbe, "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939"
- Betsey Abbey, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Betty Abbey, 1759 baptism, entry in East Hartford 1st Congregational Church Records (Vol. 1, 1748-1833)
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1770
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1776
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
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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