When Robert Haight was born on 7 July 1770, in Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Josiah Haight, was 32 and his mother, Hannah Husted, was 24. He married Phebe Tripp about 1792, in Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 9 June 1843, at the age of 72.
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possibly a variant of Hight , a topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
perhaps sometimes a nickname from Middle English hait ‘merry; revelry’.
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