Brief Life History of Luke
When Luke Hart was born on 8 January 1739, in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Hawkins Hart II, was 30 and his mother, Esther Gridley, was 33. He married Deborah Barnes in March 1764. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
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- Luke Hart, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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Name Meaning
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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