Brief Life History of Abner
When Abner Kellogg was born on 9 November 1747, in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Moses Kellogg, was 27 and his mother, Mary Belden, was 25. He married Phebe Westover on 15 February 1790, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 9 June 1812, in Alford, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Jaquins Burial Ground, Alford, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Abner Kellogg, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abner Kellogge, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abner Kellogg in entry for Martin Kellogg, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English (London): nickname for a pig-slaughterer, from Middle English kille + hog(ge).
History: Daniel Kellogg (1630–88), from Great Leighs, Essex, England, settled in Norwalk, CT, in 1656. His son, Edward (1790–1858), was a financial reformer and the intellectual father of Greenbackism (a movement favoring promotion of economic growth by increasing the paper money supply, regardless of the inflationary side effects).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Births, Marriages, & Deaths 1669-1765, FHL 185474; Page 158. Record of the family of Moses Kellogg and Mary B
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Births, Marriages, & Deaths 1669-1765, FHL 185474; Page 158. Record of the family of Moses Kellogg and Mary Beldon Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Births, Marri …
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