Brief Life History of Philip
When Philip Card was born in 1716, in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Peleg Card, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Dolover, was 30. He married Catharine Davis on 3 December 1741, in Kings Towne, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 10 May 1784, in his hometown, at the age of 68.
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- Phillip Card, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Phillip Card in entry for Catharine Card, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
- Phillip Card in entry for Daniel Dawley and Elizabeth Card, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
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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