THOMAS ABBOTT~*~MARIA HALE
The origin of the surname Abbott is from the Old English, taken to designate that the calling of the bearer is that of an abbot. The surname Abbott is found mostly in the British Isles. British surnames were in common usage by the mid 1200's. The diversity of linguistic roots for British surnames reflects the history of Britain, including Old English, Middle English, Old French, Old Norse, Irish, Gaelic, Celtic, Pictish, Welsh, Gaulish, Germanic, Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
THOMAS ABBOTT BORN about 1798, emigrated to the United States from Lisburn, Ireland, aboard the Ship Shannon in 1816 DIED about 1835 at Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey
MARRIED about 1825 to