The Abbot Family History

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

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The Abbot Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Abbot
1841 Census 1,282
1851 Census 1,011
1861 Census 932
1871 Census 863
1891 Census 993

Most Frequent Forenames for the Abbot Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
WILLIAM Abbot 96 69 63 60 55
JOHN Abbot 93 70 64 42 39
MARY Abbot 112 68 57 32 36
THOMAS Abbot 78 66 42 34 23
ELIZABETH Abbot 69 57 43 36 36
SARAH Abbot 54 42 36 24 18
ANN Abbot 54 37 39 21 12
GEORGE Abbot 37 29 30 31 28
JANE Abbot 47 33 30 15 17
JAMES Abbot 38 24 26 23 22
CHARLES Abbot 16 17 11 19 26
HENRY Abbot 23 16 16 18 16
JOSEPH Abbot 30 16 15 13 12
ELIZA Abbot 15 18 14 20 13
HANNAH Abbot 33 8 20 10 3
ROBERT Abbot 21 16 17 13 7
ELLEN Abbot 21 17 16 2 16
MARGARET Abbot 22 17 11 10 11
EMMA Abbot 10 13 13 7 18
MARY ANN Abbot 7 16 20 9 5

Your Family History Search

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


 


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