When Sarah Elizabeth Abbott was born on 12 November 1850, in Keg Creek Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Jacob Farnum Abbott, was 42 and her mother, Martha Jane Bickmore, was 18. She married John Dickson McArthur on 13 January 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 24 August 1916, in Wilford, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Wilford Cemetery, Wilford, Fremont, Idaho, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesLIFE OF JACOB FARNUM ABBOTT Jacob Farnum Abbott was born 13 September 1808 at Andover, Oxford, Maine to Enos Abbott and Sarah Farnum Abbott. He was the youngest of a large family and the only one …
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