Brief Life History of Abel
When Abel Whitcomb was born on 4 September 1787, in Boxboro, Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Abel Whitcomb, was 43 and his mother, Jemima Keep, was 32. He married Mercy Wetherbee on 22 October 1809, in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 15 September 1862, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Abel Whitcomb, "United States Census, 1850"
- Abel Whitcomb, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abel Whitcomb, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1788
Oldest Grave seen on the Memorials list
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitcombe or Witcombe. Whitcombe in Dorset and Witcombe in Gloucestershire are named with Old English wīd ‘wide’ + cumb ‘valley’; Whitcombe, Isle of Wight, may have the same etymology or alternatively the first element may be Old English hwīt ‘white’. Witcombe in Somerset is named with Old English wīthig ‘willow’ + cumb, and the placename Whitcombe in Devon is from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + cumb. The surname may also derive from a lost place in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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