Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Bradley was born on 13 February 1787, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Philbrick Bradley Esq., was 31 and her mother, Sarah Emery, was 20. She married Chandler Eastman on 10 March 1808, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. She died in November 1870, in her hometown, at the age of 83.
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- Abigail Bradley, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Abigail Bradley, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places throughout England named Bradley, from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Scottish: habitational name from Braidlie in Roxburghshire.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Brolcháin ‘descendant of Brolacháin’, a diminutive of the personal name Brólach, compare Brawley . This was a learned family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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