Brief Life History of Abraham A
When Abraham A Post was born on 9 January 1781, in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Abraham Post, was 43 and his mother, Tryntje Catherine LeRoy, was 38. He married Phebe LeRoy on 20 October 1804, in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States for about 40 years. He died on 30 April 1854, in Kingston, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 73, and was buried in Sharp Burying Ground, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States.
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- Abraham A Post, "United States Census, 1810"
- Abraham Post, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abraham Post, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
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World Events (7)
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.
North German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a messenger or mailman, from post ‘mail’.
Probably also an altered form of German Pfost .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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