Brief Life History of William
When William Abbott was born on 22 February 1807, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Abbott, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, was 41. He married Charlotte Freeher Allibone on 8 December 1828, in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1842. He died on 18 May 1889, in Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- William Abbott, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1912
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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The Abbott Family Emigration
William and Charlotte Abbott along with their daughter Mary Ann and her son William left England for Utah in 1866. The blog post linked below describes their voyage. http://rootsbranches2013.blogspo …
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