When Delinda Howard was born on 5 March 1800, in Hanover, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Phineas Howard, was 34 and her mother, Lavina Powers, was 28. She married John York Dustin on 14 January 1819, in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1850. She died on 1 July 1884, in Berlin, Coos, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
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