Brief Life History of Timothy
When Timothy Foote was born on 9 October 1752, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Timothy Foote, was 17 and his mother, Sarah Garnsey, was 16. He married Abigail Barnes on 12 December 1771, in Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Connecticut, United States in 1850. He died on 1 August 1832, in Fairfield Township, Huron, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Old Alonzo West Farm Cemetery, Peru, Huron, Ohio, United States.
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- Timothy Foot, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- Timothy Foot, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Timothy Foot, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
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World Events (6)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Revolutionary War
Fought in the war. Unfortunately his grave site has been covered over with a man made pond,such respect!
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