Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Goodrich was born on 2 April 1697, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, David Goodrich, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Wright, was 27. She died on 23 September 1712, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 15.
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- Abigail Goodrich, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Goodrich Family in America, by Lafayette Wallace Case, 1889.
- Legacy NFS Source: Abigail Goodrich - Published information: birth-name: Abigail Goodrich
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Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Goderiche, Old English Gōdrīc, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ + rīc ‘power’.
English: habitational name from Goodrich (Herefordshire), a shortened form for ‘castle Goodrich’, which takes its name from Godric Mapson, a holder of the estate recorded in the Domesday Book.
Americanized form of German Güttrich, cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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