Brief Life History of Lois
When Lois Foote was born on 5 April 1746, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Samuel Foote, was 26 and her mother, Lois Loomis, was 21. She married Eleazer Merrill on 29 May 1765, in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 11 June 1815, in Gloversville, Fulton, New York, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Kingsborough, County Offaly, Ireland.
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Sources (7)
- Lois Foot, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Lois Foote Welles, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lois Foot, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Spouse and Children
1740–1806 Male
1746–1815 Female
Children (9)
1763–1825 Female
1774–1819 Female
1776–1777 Male
1778– Male
1780–1854 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1719–1775 Male
1724–1771 Female
Siblings (10)
1744–1770 Male
1746–1815 Female
1748–1834 Female
1750–1753 Female
1752–1832 Male
+5 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 30
1776
Age 30
1783 · A Free America
Age 37
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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