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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY THE limits of a town history forbid an extended account of the families, but a brief sketch of those who were prominent in the early history of the town will be given. Of these a few descendants remain who bear the name of their ancestors, while in many cases the original name is extinct, but there are representatives of nearly all of the early families, although through marriage the names are changed. In the earlier centuries of the Christian era, surnames were unknown. Individuals were known by their occupation, their local surroundings, their personal appearance, and by their titles. Thus James the cooper became James Cooper, George by the lake was George Lake, Adam the short was Adam Short, and Edward the clerk was Edward Clark, as the name was then pronounced. In Arthur's "Dictionary of Names" we find that: "It is impossible to decide at what precise period names became stationary or began to descend hereditary. According to Camden, surnames began to be taken up in France about the time of the Conquest (1066), or a very little before, under King Edward the Confessor." Among the Scandinavians, and particularly in the Swedish country, the son received the father's name, with "son" for a final syllable, as, John's son which became Johnson. Other pecularities will be noticed in the sketches of the families. Abbott The name is derived from the Syriac word abba, meaning father, and an abbot was the superior or head of a monastery. The first of this name to emigrate was George Abbott, who came to this country from Yorkshire about 1640, settling in Andover, where his descendants are prominent in business circles. The line of Solomon, who was the first in Dracut, is George1, Benjamin2, David8, Solomon4. He...
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