When Benjamin Haskell was born on 13 March 1683, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benjamin Haskell, was 35 and his mother, Mary Riggs, was 24. He married Elizabeth Allen on 1 May 1708, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He died on 9 February 1764, in his hometown, at the age of 80.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Askell with prosthetic H-, from Old Norse Áskell, a shortened form of Ásketill (see Axtell ). The personal name was also popular among the Normans, sometimes in the form Anskell (with ancient Germanic Ans- substituted for As-), which explains why the name occurs in post-Conquest England in counties not settled by Vikings. Its appearance as a surname is often disguised by altered pronunciations; metathesis of /sk/ to /ks/, spelled -x-, for example, has given rise to Axtell . The Normans frequently used the name in Frankish forms; see Askin , Haskin , Hasty , and Astin . For the name in the Isle of Man see Castell .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yeḥezqel (see Ezekiel ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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