Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah White was born on 30 November 1741, in Tolland, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Captain Jonathan White, was 41 and her mother, Anna Honour, was 38. She died on 30 November 1741, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 0.
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Sources (6)
- Hannah White, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Hannah White, "Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Hannah White, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1700–1776 Male
1703–1747 Female
Siblings (8)
1729–1776 Female
1733–1733 Male
1734–1734 Female
1737–1827 Female
1739–1739 Male
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Name Meaning
English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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