Joseph Abbott was born on 14 June 1766, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States. He had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with Gemima Allen. He lived in Monroe, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died in December 1852, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Indian Mills, Summers, West Virginia, United States.
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English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
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