Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Abbey was born on 8 April 1750, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Stephen Abbe, was 23 and her mother, Mary Forbes, was 21. She married Nathaniel Burnham on 13 September 1770, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 2 April 1819, in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Mary Burnham Abbey Roberts, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Burnham in entry for Stephen Roberts, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Mary Burnham, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
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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