Joseph Hitchcock

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Hitchcock was born on 23 July 1686, in Iron Works Village, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Eliakim Hitchcock, was 45 and his mother, Sarah Merrick, was 43. He married Rebecca Thomas about 1711, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 17 November 1760, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 74, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Hitchcock
1686–1760
Rebecca Thomas
1693–1750
Marriage: about 1711
Joseph Hitchcock Jr.
1720–1769
John Hitchcock
1725–1774
Sarah Hitchcock
1726–
Samuel Hitchcock
1726–1794

Sources (7)

  • Joseph Hitchcock, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Joseph Hitchcock, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Joseph Hitchcock, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

World Events (2)

1701

The city served as co-capital of Connecticut from 1701 until 1873

1731

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Name Meaning

English: from a pet form of the Middle English personal name Hitch , a pet form of Richard , with the Middle English diminutive suffix -cok. Compare Heacock .

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

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