Abigail May

1800 - 1877  (77 years)

• Name	Abigail May  [1]
  Birth	8 Oct 1800	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Note	Biographical Sketch: She was the model for the matron character "Marmee" in the book Little Women, written by her second daughter, Louisa May Alcott. Outspoken and passionate for the rights of others, she was one of the first female social workers in Boston, Massachusetts. She later met and married Amos Bronson Alcott on May 23, 1830, and the union produced four daughters. She was the mainstay in an often-stormy household due to her visionary husband's failure to support his family. Her strong and kind nature provided a stable and nurturing home for her children, and her sayings and teaching were included in her daughter's popular book.
  Death	25 Nov 1877	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Samuel May,   b. 17 Feb 1723, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Crown Colony d. 9 Aug 1794, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 71 years)  (Grandfather)  Dorothy J. Sewall,   b. 23 Dec 1758   d. 31 Oct 1825, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 66 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I6614	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Col. Joseph May,   b. 25 Mar 1760, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Crown Colony d. 27 Feb 1841, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Crown Colony (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Dorothy J. Sewall,   b. 23 Dec 1758   d. 31 Oct 1825, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F1978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amos Bronson Alcott,   b. 29 Nov 1799, Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 4 Mar 1888, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1830	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Anna Bronson Alcott,   b. 16 Mar 1831, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 17 Jul 1893, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years) ▻ John Bright Pratt  m. 22 May 1860   2. Louisa May Alcott,   b. 29 Nov 1832, Philadelphia, German Twp, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Mar 1888, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 55 years)   3. Elizabeth Sewall Alcott,   b. 24 Jun 1835, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Mar 1858, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 22 years)   4. Frederic Alcott,   b. 4 Apr 1839   d. 6 Apr 1839 (Age 0 years) + 5. Abigail Alcott,   b. 26 Jul 1840, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Dec 1879, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 39 years) ▻ Carl Ernest Niericker  m. 1878
  Family ID	F1979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2023

  
  

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• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. (2025, October 30). Abigail May. Hillbillies & Vikings. Retrieved from https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I6614&tree=tree1