Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Fifield was born on 18 July 1772, in Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, John Fifield, was 53 and her mother, Mary Brown, was 35. She married Stephen Folsom on 21 April 1793, in Gilmanton, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 28 May 1860, in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Strafford Road Cemetery, Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States.
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- Abigail Fifield, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Abigail Fifield, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Abigail Fifield Folsom, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Fifield or Fyfield, of which there are instances in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, all so named from Old English fīf ‘five’ + hīde ‘hides’ (a hide being an Anglo-Saxon measurement of land area).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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