When William Curtis Mattoon was born in 1815, in Connecticut, United States, his father, Bethel Mattoon, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Williams, was 26. He married Harriet Venderhoff in January 1837. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hanover Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States in 1860 and Hanover, Hanover Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 March 1897, in Thomaston, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 82.
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On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
The 1844 revision of the New Jersey State Constitution made some significant changes. Suffrage rights were revoked from women and non-whites, meaning that only white men could vote. A separation of powers was established between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A new bill of rights was provided, and the state now had the right to elect the governor.
Probably an altered form of French Maton or Matton , or perhaps Mouton .
History: This surname was reportedly brought to North America via England by Hubartus (originally Huybrecht or Huijbrecht) Mattoon, probably born in the Netherlands, who is recorded in 1648/49 in Portsmouth, NH. He is regarded by some to be of French Huguenot stock, and in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors a rare variant Matoon of the surname Mattoon is mentioned in connection with another French Huguenot (see Mouton ).
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