Francis Newton J. Abbott

Brief Life History of Francis Newton J.

When Francis Newton J. Abbott was born in 1841, in Georgia, United States, his father, Augustus Jackson Abbott, was 28 and his mother, Emeline Rousseau, was 25. He lived in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States in 1850.

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Family Time Line

Augustus Jackson Abbott
1813–1873
Emeline Rousseau
1817–1891
James Sylvester Augustus Abbott
1838–1918
Annis E. L. Abbott
1839–
Francis Newton J. Abbott
1841–
Charles Marion Abbott
1844–1911
Sarah Jane Abbott
1846–1934
Laura Antoinette Abbott
1847–1891
Rosa Emaline Abbott
1850–1940
Diana Fanny Abbott
1856–1900

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  • T Newton Abbott in household of A J Abbott, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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