Most likely another surname brought forward to be a first name is Abridgeton. There does not seem to be a geographic location in England or Wales that takes this name? It occurs 2 September 1746, in Granville County, NC. It records that a John Wade of Granville County (moving) to Abridgeton Jones Isle of Wight County, VA. A total of 640 acres are ordered to be registered September 1746. [Greenville County, NC Deed Book A, 1746 - 1751, p. 2] In the Wake County, NC Marriages on the 2 March 1785 Albridgton Jones marries Elizabeth Jarvis Cada Barts. There is also a will of Albridgton Jones 1787 in Warren County, NC whose wife is given as Mary.
The name also appears among the Virginia Troops in their Continental Line as Lt. Abrideton Jones. [Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. II, No. 3 (January 1895) p. 243.] His military record is given as BLWt. 359-200 and in 1807 he is listed as a resident of Southampton Co., VA. [Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications, p. 610 ] In the Southampton Co., VA Marriages: on 22 December 1784 (Maj.) Albridgton Jones marries Fanny Calvery (daughter of Christopher Calvert). On the 27 February 1795 (Col.) Albridgton Jones marries Polly Calvert. [sisters ?]
Name given in Caroline Cunningham, Vol. IV, p. unnumbered but in alphabetical order. Spelled as Albridgton is found Vol. I, p. 3.
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