Dorothy Haskell

Brief Life History of Dorothy

When Dorothy Haskell was born on 15 November 1694, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Haskell, was 48 and her mother, Mary Graves, was 40. She married Joseph Goodhue on 7 May 1724, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 7 March 1725, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 30, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Joseph Goodhue
1701–1759
Dorothy Haskell
1694–1725
Marriage: 7 May 1724

Sources (16)

  • Dorothy, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Dorothy Haskell, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Dorothy Haskell Goodhue, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Askell with prosthetic H-, from Old Norse Áskell, a shortened form of Ásketill (see Axtell ). The personal name was also popular among the Normans, sometimes in the form Anskell (with ancient Germanic Ans- substituted for As-), which explains why the name occurs in post-Conquest England in counties not settled by Vikings. Its appearance as a surname is often disguised by altered pronunciations; metathesis of /sk/ to /ks/, spelled -x-, for example, has given rise to Axtell . The Normans frequently used the name in Frankish forms; see Askin , Haskin , Hasty , and Astin . For the name in the Isle of Man see Castell .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yeḥezqel (see Ezekiel ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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