Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Haight was born on 2 February 1745, in Dutchess, New York, United States. He married Rachel Hoag in January 1777, in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died in June 1823, in Laurens, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Laurens, Otsego, New York, United States.
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- Thomas Haight, "Find A Grave Index"
- "Otsego, Co. N. Y.Abstracts of Wills 1794 - 1812"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
possibly a variant of Hight , a topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
perhaps sometimes a nickname from Middle English hait ‘merry; revelry’.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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