Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Rathbun was born on 23 November 1709, in Block Island, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Rathbun Sr, was 37 and his mother, Patience Coggeshall, was 40. He married Mary Mosher on 11 January 1735, in New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in November 1740, in Fuerteventura, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain, at the age of 31.
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- Abraham Rathbun, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Abraham Rathbun in entry for Mary Rathbun, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Abraham Rathbun in entry for Catherine Rathbun, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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1714
The War of the Spanish Succession ended when Spain lost all of its European empire.
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone quick on his feet, from Middle English rath (Old English hræth) ‘eager, swift’ + bon (Old English bān) ‘bone’, specifically here the leg bone. In some instances the name was recorded with bayn (Old Norse beinn) ‘bone, leg’ in place of native English ban(e). This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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