Daniel Mills Hitchcock

Brief Life History of Daniel Mills

When Daniel Mills Hitchcock was born on 20 November 1787, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Daniel S. Hitchcock, was 26 and his mother, Ursula Cloris Mills, was 22. He married Persis Stebbins on 12 May 1810, in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1840. He died on 31 March 1844, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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Daniel Mills Hitchcock
1787–1844
Persis Stebbins
1784–1866
Marriage: 12 May 1810
Daniel Hitchcock
1811–1879
Ursula Hitchcock
1815–1835

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  • Daniel M Hitchcock, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Daniel Mills Hitchcock, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Daniel M. Hitchcock, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

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1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State

Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: from a pet form of the Middle English personal name Hitch , a pet form of Richard , with the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare Heacock .

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

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