When John Smith Haskell was born on 29 May 1779, in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Nathan Haskell, was 27 and his mother, Judith Witham, was 26. He married Sarah Elizabeth Murray on 1 March 1807, in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1840. He died on 4 May 1870, in Garland, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Garland, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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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.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
English: from the Middle English personal name Askell with prosthetic H-, from Old Norse Áskell, a shortened form of Ásketill (see Axtell ). The personal name was also popular among the Normans, sometimes in the form Anskell (with ancient Germanic Ans- substituted for As-), which explains why the name occurs in post-Conquest England in counties not settled by Vikings. Its appearance as a surname is often disguised by altered pronunciations; metathesis of /sk/ to /ks/, spelled -x-, for example, has given rise to Axtell . The Normans frequently used the name in Frankish forms; see Askin , Haskin , Hasty , and Astin . For the name in the Isle of Man see Castell .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yeḥezqel (see Ezekiel ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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