Brief Life History of Seth
When Seth Alden was born on 26 September 1779, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Amos Alden, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Bush, was 35. He married Pinea Bement on 2 January 1804, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 17 May 1832, in his hometown, at the age of 52, and was buried in Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Sith Alden, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Seth Alden, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Seth in entry for Piana Alden, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name. This is either Aldwin, Aldin (representing Old English Ealdwine with loss of -w-) or Middle English Alwin with an intrusive -d- (see Alwin ), or Aldan, a variant of the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Healfdene (see Haldane ).
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead in western Norway, so named because of its situation below a high mountain Alden, from an unattested word ‘high, standing out’.
History: John Alden (c. 1599–1687) was one of the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He moved from Plymouth to Duxbury, MA, c. 1627. Many of his descendants were merchant seamen, among them James Alden (1810–77), who twice circumnavigated the globe.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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