Brief Life History of Abijah
When Abijah Mann Jr. was born on 24 September 1793, in Fairfield, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Abijah Mann, was 31 and his mother, Levina Ford, was 25. He married Mary Ann Bruce on 18 January 1814, in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States for about 15 years and Kings, New York, United States in 1868. He died on 6 September 1868, in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in New York, United States.
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- Abijah Mann, "United States Census, 1850"
- Abijah Mann Jr., "New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952"
- Abijah Jr Mann, "New York, Kings County Estate Files, 1866-1923"
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Name Meaning
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
English and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno, found in Old English as Mann or Manna. This originated either as a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing the element man ‘man’, such as Hermann .
English: habitational name from the Isle of Man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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