Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Washington was born before 25 December 1719, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Washington, was 24 and her mother, Mary Adams, was 24. She married Thomas Duce on 12 November 1748, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died before 20 May 1790, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, and was buried in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Hanh. Washington, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Bishop's transcripts for Leek Thomas Duce (1729) and Hannah Washington (1719) Marriage Record
- Duce in entry for William Duce, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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English: habitational name from Washington in Durham, possibly also from Washington in Sussex. The Durham placename derives from an Old English personal name Hwassa, Hwæssa + the Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. In North America, this surname is by far most common among African Americans (see 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Washington (or George Washington), adopted in honor of George Washington, the 1st president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in most cases probably for the same reason.
History: George Washington (1732–99), 1st president of the US (1789–97), was born at Bridges Creek, VA. His great-grandfather had emigrated from Dillicar in Westmorland in 1658. George Washington was a slaveowner, but he became troubled with the institution of slavery. Shortly before his death he decided that his slaves have to be freed after the death of his wife. — With the passage of time, the surname Washington has come to be borne by more African Americans (around 90% of all bearers) than English-Americans. A prominent example was the educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), born a slave in VA, who adopted his surname from his stepfather, Washington Ferguson.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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