Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Gray was born on 4 September 1799, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Pardon Gray Jr, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Cory, was 29. She married John Crockett on 15 November 1810, in Berwick, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 9 July 1876, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Abigal Gray in household of Robert Gray, "United States Census, 1850"
- Abigail Gray, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Abigail Gray, "Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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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.
1804 · Whitehead Light
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.
English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.
French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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