Harriet Rider

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Rider was born on 13 October 1798, in New York, United States, her father, Jonah Rider, was 22 and her mother, Desire "Desi", was 22. She had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with Philanthropy Cobb. She died in December 1849, in Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Philanthropy Cobb
1798–
Harriet Rider
1798–1849
Alonzo C Cobb
1824–1893
Nancy Mehitabel Cobb
1824–1884
Sarah Emeline Cobb
1827–
Arden Benjamin Cobb
1829–1898
Olive S Cobb
1831–
Elizabeth H. Cobb
1833–1902

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    World Events (8)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1803

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name from Middle English ridere ‘horseman’, perhaps with a specific application such as ‘forest ranger’, ‘horseman who guards crops’, or ‘mounted warrior, knight’. Compare Knight .

    English: habitational name from Ryther, near Selby (Yorkshire), probably from Old English ryther ‘clearing’.

    English: topographic name from Middle English ridere ‘dweller at a clearing’ (see Reeder ) or ‘dweller by a small stream’, depending on which sense of Middle English ride the surname is derived from. These topographic senses of Rider are limited to the southern counties of England (especially Surrey, Sussex, and Hampshire), where topographic names in -er and the Middle English words ride ‘clearing’ and rithe ‘small stream’ are mainly found. See also Reed .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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