Surname Report -- Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

It has been a long time since I participated in Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun project. But I'm game tonight. Lots of fun and interesting. His instructions were:


1)  Go into your Genealogy Management Program (GMP; either software on your computer, or an online family tree) and figure out how to Count how many surnames you have in your family tree database.

2)  Tell us which GMP you're using and how you did this task.

3)  Tell us how many surnames, and if possible, which Surname has the most entries.  If this excites you, tell us which surnames are in the top 5!

4)  Write about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook.


It is rather interesting that Randy and I are almost the same when it comes to total of names. I have 39,849 per RootsMagic and my RootsWeb tree. He and I are also cousins several times, so share a few surnames.


To do my report, I used RootsMagic4 and located the Create a Report option, then the Lists and found the Surname Statistics list, then the Frequency of surnames. Within seconds I had a report of 98 pages. Fortunately, no unknowns because I list the women with the husbands, as Mary w/o John Westover.


In my list below, the last two names, Adams and Poole were probably numbers 15 and 19, but since I wanted to display them for my benefit, so I deleted other names (Davis, Hess, Lay, Cressey, Bockus, Cross, Newell, Steevens, Mead, Wilder, Fitch and Wyckoff).

SURNAME	ALL	MALES	FEMALES	EARLIEST	LATEST
WESTOVER	917	474	436	1619	2008
SCRAMBLING	610	292	317	1695	2009
KELSEY	460	233	227	1609	1970
TEN EYCK	432	233	198	1617	2009
ADAMS	202	102	100	1602	2008
POOLE	198	102	95	1609	1999

ABBE -- Massachusetts and Connecticut -- Surname Saturday

The Abbe name is another old New England line. My ancestors are in green. If you happen to have this family, and would like sources, please contact me.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 1

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1.	JOHN ABBE. He married MARY ABT 1635 in Salem / Wenham, Massachusetts. She died 9 SEP 1672 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary w/o Richard GOLDSMITH 25 NOV 1674 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She died AFT 18 MAY 1673.
	Children of JOHN ABBE and MARY were: 2   i. John ABBE died 10 DEC 1700 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah. 3   ii. Sarah ABBE. 4   iii. Marah ABBE. 5   iv. Rebecca ABBE was born ABT 1647 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died JUN 1704. She married Richard KIMBALL 13 MAY 1667 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 6   v. Obadiah ABBE was born BET 1647 AND 1652 in Prob. Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 OCT 1732 in Enfield, Massachusetts, now Connecticut. He married Sarah TIBBALLS AFT 21 AUG 1697 in Enfield, Massachusetts, now Connecticut. + 7   vi. SAMUEL ABBE was born 1648 in of Wenham, Salem, Windham, and died MAR 1698. 8   vii. Thomas ABBE was born BET 1650 AND 1656 in Prob. Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 17 MAY 1728 in Enfield, Massachusetts, now Connecticut. He married Sarah NEEDHAM 16 DEC 1683 in Marblehead, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 2

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7.	SAMUEL ABBE (JOHN ABBE1) was born 1648 of Wenham, Salem, Windham, and died MAR 1698. He married MARY KNOWLTON 12 OCT 1672 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM KNOWLTON and ELIZABETH w\o WILLIAM KNOWLTON. She was born 1654 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1697.
	Children of SAMUEL ABBE and MARY KNOWLTON were: 9   i. Thomas ABBE was born ABT 1672 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1 APR 1700 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. + 10   ii. Mary ABBE was born ABT 1674 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. 11   iii. Samuel ABBE was born ABT 1676 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 15 JAN 1737 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married Hannah SILSBY \ SALSBEY 15 MAR 1710 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 12   iv. Elizabeth ABBE was born ABT 1681 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married William SLATE 23 SEP 1702 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex Co., Massachusetts. + 13   v. EBENEZER ABBE was born 31 JUL 1683 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 5 DEC 1758 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 14   vi. Mercy ABBE was born 1 MAR 1685 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married Jonathan ORMSBY 8 JUN 1703 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He was born in of Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 15   vii. Sarah ABBE was born 4 JUL 1686 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married John FOWLER. He was born in of Lebanon, Connecticut. 16   viii. Hepsibah ABBE was born 14 FEB 1689 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel PALMER 8 APR 1707 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 17   ix. Abigail ABBE was born 19 NOV 1690. She married Joseph ORMSBY 10 MAY 1710 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. He was born in of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. 18   x. John ABBE was born 4 JUN 1692 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 30 OCT 1790 in E. Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 19   xi. Benjamin ABBE was born 4 JUN 1694 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died ABT 1765. He married Mary TRYON 24 JAN 1716 in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 20   xii. Jonathan ABBE was born ABT 1696 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 MAY 1757 in Willington, Tolland Co., Connecticut. He married Mary JOHNSON. He married Rebekah WEDGE 19 SEP 1745 in Willington, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 3

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10.	Mary ABBE (SAMUEL ABBE2, JOHN ABBE1) was born ABT 1674 in Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts. She married Isaac GOODALE 31 DEC 1692 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. He was born 29 MAR 1670 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died ABT 1738 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
	Child of Mary ABBE and Isaac GOODALE was: + 21   i. Isaac GOODALE.

13.	EBENEZER ABBE (SAMUEL ABBE2, JOHN ABBE1) was born 31 JUL 1683 in Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 5 DEC 1758 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married MARY ALLEN 28 OCT 1707 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, daughter of JOSHUA ALLEN and MARY CROWELL. She was born 1686 in Mansfield / No. Windham or Hampton, Connecticut, and died 1766.
	Children of EBENEZER ABBE and MARY ALLEN were: 22   i. Ebenezer ABBE was born in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail GOODALE 7 FEB 1730. + 23   ii. Elizabeth ABBE was born 11 SEP 1709. 24   iii. Joshua ABBE was born 20 JAN 1710 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 13 JAN 1807 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married Mary RIPLEY 14 APR 1735 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 25   iv. Mary ABBE was born 21 SEP 1712 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 4 MAR 1735 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. She married Jonathan BINGHAM 9 MAY 1734 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, son of Abel BINGHAM and Elizabeth ODELL. He was born 17 AUG 1712 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 16 FEB 1800 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 26   v. Gideon ABBE was born 13 FEB 1715 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died 1784 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. He married Mary WOOD 15 MAR 1735 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. She died OCT 1742. He married Keziah WALKER 8 DEC 1742 in Mansfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. She died JAN 1746. He married Bathsheba SMITH MAR 1747 in Mansfield, Windham Co., Connecticut. 27   vi. Samuel ABBE was born 24 APR 1719 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married Temperance LINCOLN 8 JUL 1766 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. 28   vii. Zerviah ABBE was born 17 MAR 1720 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. She married Elihu MARCH 10 MAY 1736 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 29   viii. Jerusha ABBE was born 22 OCT 1722 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. She married Samuel WOOD 31 MAR 1742 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. 30   ix. Abigail ABBE was born 1 AUG 1724 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. She married Benjamin CARY \ COREY 10 NOV 1743 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. + 31   x. MERRIAM ABBE was born 31 AUG 1726 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died NOV 1825 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 32   xi. Solomon ABBE was born 29 MAY 1730 in No. Windham, Windham, Connecticut, and died 1799 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah KNIGHT 17 JUN 1751 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. She died 25 JUL 1797. He married Elizabeth BURNHAM 3 MAY 1798 in Mansfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

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Descendant Register, Generation No. 4

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21.	Isaac GOODALE (Mary ABBE3, SAMUEL ABBE2, JOHN ABBE1). He married Deborah HAWKINS.
	Child of Isaac GOODALE and Deborah HAWKINS was: + 33   i. Ebenezer GOODALE.

23.	Elizabeth ABBE (EBENEZER ABBE3, SAMUEL ABBE2, JOHN ABBE1) was born 11 SEP 1709. She married Daniel CROSS 13 NOV 1735 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, son of DANIEL CROSS and DESIRE HALL. He was born 20 JUL 1713 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Elizabeth ABBE and Daniel CROSS were: 34   i. Ichabod CROSS was born 18 JAN 1737 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. 35   ii. Mary CROSS was born 4 JUN 1739 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. She married Zebulon TUBBS 8 FEB 1759 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. 36   iii. Daniel CROSS was born 20 MAY 1741 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died 1759. 37   iv. Abigail CROSS was born 14 APR 1743 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died 29 NOV 1749. 38   v. John CROSS was born 14 OCT 1745 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. 39   vi. Shubael CROSS was born 16 DEC 1747 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. 40   vii. Theopolis CROSS was born 1 APR 1750 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. + 41   viii. Uriah CROSS was born 9 JUN 1752 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut.

31.	MERRIAM ABBE (EBENEZER ABBE3, SAMUEL ABBE2, JOHN ABBE1) was born 31 AUG 1726 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died NOV 1825 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. She married WILLIAM CROSS 5 OCT 1745 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, son of DANIEL CROSS and DESIRE HALL. He was born 25 MAY 1720 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died 1 JUN 1801 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut.
	Children of MERRIAM ABBE and WILLIAM CROSS were: 42   i. John CROSS was born in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah GIBBS. She died 2 FEB 1818. He married Amy JAGGER 26 NOV 1818. 43   ii. Eunice CROSS was born 7 JUL 1747 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. She married Nathan LINCOLN. He was born 11 MAY 1746 in Connecticut, and died 19 MAR 1814 in Connecticut. She married Mr. BUTTERFIELD. She married Perez TRAP?. + 44   iii. William CROSS was born 25 JUN 1748 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died 8 MAY 1834 in Otselic, Chenango Co., New York. 45   iv. Merriam CROSS was born 18 FEB 1750 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. She married Samuel STUBBS. She married Mr. BUTTERFIELD. She married Perez TRACY. 46   v. Eleazer CROSS was born 28 SEP 1753 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. He married Anne. + 47   vi. Nathan CROSS was born 6 MAR 1756 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, and died NOV 1812 in Bennington, Bennington Co., Vermont. + 48   vii. JOSEPH CROSS was born ABT 11 MAY 1760 in Windham Co., Connecticut, and died 10 JAN 1855 in Fairfax, Franklin Co., Vermont. 49   viii. Mary CROSS was born ABT 5 JUL 1761 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. 50   ix. Ebenezer CROSS was born ABT 9 MAY 1762 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. + 51   x. Tryphena CROSS was born 27 APR 1767 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died in of Windsor City, Windsor Co., Vermont. 52   xi. Shubael CROSS was born ABT 1771, and died 12 JAN 1851. He married Rachel SAWYER, daughter of Asahel SAWYER. She died 25 OCT 1851 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut.