Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail McKinstry was born on 29 November 1805, in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Capt Salmon Mckinstry, was 39 and her mother, Jerusha Baldwin, was 29. She married George Seaton Jr on 28 April 1830, in Oneida, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Shirland, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Shirland Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 14 April 1895, in Winnebago, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Shirland Cemetery, Shirland Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States.
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- Abigal Seaton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Abigail Kinstray, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Abigail Seaton, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish (northern) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Aistrigh, a shortened form of Mac an Aistrighthigh ‘son of the traveler’. The name is now largely confined to Ulster, but seems to have originated in Galloway (southwestern Scotland).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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