Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Hathaway I was born in 1676, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Hathaway Jr., was 26 and his mother, Hannah Anna Burt, was 24. He married Phillippa Chase on 28 January 1697, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1717. He died on 6 February 1759, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 83, and was buried in Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Jacob Hathaway, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jacob Hathway in entry for Isaac Hathway, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Jacob Hathway in entry for Isaac Hathway, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hatewi (Old English Heathuwīg), or from ancient Germanic Hathuwic, Hadewic, all ‘war’ + ‘war, battle’.
topographic name for someone who lived at or near a road across a heath, from Middle English he(a)th ‘heath’ + wei(e) ‘way’ (Old English hǣth + weg).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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