Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Smith was born on 27 January 1768, in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Nathaniel Smith, was 29 and her mother, Lydia Page, was 28. She married Samuel Runnells on 20 September 1791, in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 30 December 1848, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Abigail Smith, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Abigail Smith, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Abigail Smith Runnels, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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