Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Card was born on 29 October 1711, in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Jonathan Card, was 27 and her mother, Mary Northrup, was 23. She married Jonathan Shearman on 15 October 1729. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 5 November 1803, in Fisherville, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Mary Card Shearman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary in entry for Robert Sherman, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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World Events (5)
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Sussex): perhaps from Middle English carde ‘card’, an implement for teasing wool for spinning (from medieval Latin cardus) and therefore short for Carder or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wool carders. Alternatively, from Middle English carde ‘playing card’ (Old French carte), also ‘kind of fabric’ (medieval Latin carda), which could have been a nickname given to a card player or a metonymic occupational name for maker and seller of the fabric.
Irish: shortened form of McCard .
French: from a shortened form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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