When Elisha Harrington was born on 6 February 1802, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Jacob Harrington, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Potter, was 22. He married Louisiana Martin on 3 August 1825, in Platte, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pettis Township, Platte, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died on 9 February 1853, in Platte, Missouri, United States, at the age of 51.
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English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.
Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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