Brief Life History of Abigail King
When Abigail King Lawrence was born in 1789, in Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United States, her father, Rogers Lawrence, was 25 and her mother, Frances Hancock, was 22. She married John Thurston on 3 January 1827, in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 6 January 1834, in her hometown, at the age of 45.
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Sources (7)
- Abigail K. Lawrence, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Abigail Laurence, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Abigail K in entry for John Rogers Thurston and Caroline A W Storey, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
Spouse and Children
1794–1834 Male
1789–1834 Female
Children (4)
1827–1837 Male
1830–1830 Female
1831–1916 Male
1833–1834 Male
Parents and Siblings
1764–1836 Male
1767–1832 Female
Siblings (8)
1789–1872 Female
1789–1834 Female
1791–1824 Male
1793– Male
1795– Female
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World Events (8)
1789
Age 0
1789
Age 0
1803
Age 14
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Lorens, Laurence, from Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or bay trees. The name was borne by a Christian saint who was martyred at Rome in the 3rd century AD ; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German Laurenz, Polish Wawrzyniec, etc.). In Britain this is a common name from the 12th century, with pet forms such as Law , Low , Lawrie , Laurie , Larry , Larkin , all of which are represented in surnames. There was also a feminine form Laurencia which may have given rise to the English surname. The surname is also borne by Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surnames. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. German Lorenz , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Lavrenčič and Lovrenčič (patronymics from Lavrencij and Lovrenc, equivalents of Lawrence), Polish Wawrzyniak . Compare Larrance , Laurence , Lawerence , Lieurance , and Lowrance .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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