Glover Mansfield

Brief Life History of Glover

When Glover Mansfield was born in 1767, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathan Mansfield, was 49 and his mother, Deborah Dayton, was 43. He married Mary Aikens on 5 April 1792, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 26 October 1849, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Glover Mansfield
1767–1849
Mary Aikens
1775–1858
Marriage: 5 April 1792
Giles W. Mansfield
1793–1875
Nathan Mansfield
1795–1869
Eli Mansfield
1796–1841
William Mansfield
1799–
Mary Mansfield
1799–1826
Elias Mansfield
1801–1801
Harriet Mansfield
1802–1803
Andrew Mansfield
1804–1849
Caroline A. Mansfield
1806–1880
Horace Mansfield
1808–1894
William Achilles Mansfield
1810–1890
Elizabeth Mansfield
1814–1890

Sources (15)

  • Glover Mansfield, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Glover Mansfield, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Glover Mansfield, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place so named in Nottinghamshire. The placename means ‘open land by the river Maun’, from the river name Maun (which may take its name from a hill named with Old English mamme ‘teat’) + Old English feld ‘open country’.

Irish (Waterford): when not an importation of 1, this is an altered form of the Norman name de Manville (see Mandeville 3).

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Mansfeld, a habitational name from a place so called in Saxony.

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

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