When Mary "Polly" Constant was born on 23 July 1793, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, her father, Jacob Constant, was 29 and her mother, Eleanor Clinkenbeard, was 24. She married Thomas Jones on 24 September 1818, in Clermont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. She died on 30 May 1886, in Clermont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Felicity, Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States.
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In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
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Some characteristic forenames: French/Haitian Jacques, Anatole, Andre, Berard, Fernand, Gardy, Gesner, Jean Claude, Nazaire, Normand, Pierre, Thierry.
French and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from the French personal name Constant, which can be from Latin Constans, genitive Constantis, meaning ‘steadfast, faithful’ (from constans, present participle of the verb constare ‘stand fast, be consistent’), and also from Latin Constantius, a derivative of Constans, borne by a 2nd-century Christian martyr, bishop of Perugia. Compare Constantine .
American shortened form of French Constantineau .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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