The Abbett Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the Abbett family.

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The Abbett Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbett
1841 Census 214
1851 Census 116
1861 Census 180
1871 Census 165
1891 Census 313

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbett Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Abbett 17 9 15 9 12
JOHN Abbett 12 8 12 8 15
ELIZABETH Abbett 15 9 5 9 11
MARY Abbett 14 5 7 6 7
GEORGE Abbett 6 7 7 6 11
SARAH Abbett 11 7 11 3 3
THOMAS Abbett 10 1 6 8 5
ANN Abbett 6 4 5 8 3
JAMES Abbett 4 5 6 3 7
HENRY Abbett 4 7 4 1 4
MARY ANN Abbett 4 4 6 4 2
EDWARD Abbett 4 2 3 5 5
JANE Abbett 6 1 3 4 4
EMMA Abbett 2 2 4 3 6
ELIZA Abbett 6 1 1 3 5
JOSEPH Abbett 3 3 2 2 3
HANNAH Abbett 5 2 2 3 0
SAMUEL Abbett 3 1 1 2 3
ALFRED Abbett 1 3 1 1 2
ALICE Abbett 1 1 2 1 2

Etmology and History of the Surname: Abbett

Search for the etymology and history of the surname Abbett (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Abbett family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901


 


Closure at the FRC
The Family Records Centre closes on the 31st October, and plans to move the entire record collection to The National Archives, Kew.

 

TNA's 'Hidden BMD' site is "a great help" says users
The National Archives has launched a new site that aims to help people with their research in the years before compulsory registration in 1837. The records are currently for categories RG4 and RG5, which are non-conformist registers.

 

Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act
This Act enforced a separate marriage register which was later pre-printed and had spaces for witnesses, the signature of the bride and groom, the condition and parish of the bride and groom and the signature of the minister.

 

Anatomy of the Census Page
Not every piece of information is obvious to the casual observer, so to make sure that you extract every useful piece of information from the census page.