Brief Life History of Sarah Louisa
When Sarah Louisa Hewitt was born on 23 November 1790, in Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Daniel Hewitt, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Tyler, was 31. She married James Lambert Flowers about 1814, in Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Willington Hill, Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States in 1790. She died after 1860, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Salla Hewit, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Sally Hewit, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Sally Hewit, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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1800
Historical Boundaries 1800: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
1802 · Brass is Discovered
In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname "The Brass City." Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hewet, Huet, Hughet, Howet, pet forms of Hugh (Middle English Hewe, Hue; see Hugh and compare Hew ). The spelling Hughet stood for both Huet and the synonymous Huget; see Huggett . This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
habitational name from Hewitts in Chelsfield or Hewitts in Willesborough (both Kent), both named from Old English hīewett ‘cutting’, denoting a place where trees had been cut down. Here there lived families called de la Hewatte (1270), de la hewett (1301), and atte Hewete (1338). The name may also be topographic for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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