Brief Life History of Hancy Sophia
When Hancy Sophia Abbey was born on 1 November 1827, in East Middletown, Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Anson Abbey, was 26 and her mother, Clarissa Taylor, was 25. She married James R. Dayton on 29 January 1852, in South Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 20 July 1871, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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- Nancey Dayton in household of J R Dayton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Hancey S. Abbey, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Nancy Sophia Abbey Dayton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1837
1837: Fayette, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Fayette, Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Iowa Territory, Untied States 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1849: Dakota, Minnesota Territory, United States 1852: Hennepin, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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