Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Smith was born on 15 September 1713, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Rev. John Smith II, was 40 and her mother, Mehitable Talmadge, was 26. She married Jehoshaphat Prindle on 29 July 1734, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 8 May 1744, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 30.
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- Hannah Smith, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Hannah Prindle, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Hannah in entry for William Prindle, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1720
Bolton had been part of the Town of Hartford until 1720, and known as Hartford Mountains or Hanover. On October 9, 1720, the following men submitted a petition to the general court asking for town privileges
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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