Brief Life History of Grove
When Grove Foote was born on 25 October 1759, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Samuel Foote, was 40 and his mother, Lois Loomis, was 34. He married Elizabeth Cadwell in 1783. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York, United States in 1810. He died on 5 September 1826, in Johnstown, Fulton, New York, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Gloversville, Fulton, New York, United States.
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- Grove Foot, "United States Census, 1810"
- Grove Foot, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Grove Foote, "Find A Grave Index"
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1772
Historical Boundaries 1772: Tyron, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Tyron, New York, United States 1784: Montgomery, New York, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1777 · New York Adopts a Constitution
The Constitution of New York was adopted by the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York on April 20, 1777. New York’s Constitution preceded and strongly influenced the United States’ Constitution. Three governmental branches were created including the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch made up of two houses.
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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