When John Acomb was born on 13 May 1803, in Full Sutton, Yorkshire, England, his father, Joseph Acomb, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Langdale, was 35. He married Ann Hutton on 19 January 1828, in Ellerton Priory, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ellerton Priory, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Ellerton, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 12 March 1891, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English (northern):
topographic name for a dweller in a valley, from Middle English atte combe ‘at the valley’ (Old English æt thǣm cumbe).
habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland, and West and North Yorkshire named Acomb, from Old English æt ācum ‘at the oak trees’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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