Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Badger was born on 1 June 1751, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, David Badger, was 26 and his mother, Ann Modena, was 35. He married Ruth Lovell on 29 September 1772, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He registered for military service in 1777. He died on 27 November 1830, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Joshua Badger, "United States Census, 1820"
- Joshua Badger, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Joshua Badger, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (6)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from a place in Shropshire named Badger, probably from an unattested Old English personal name Bæcg + Old English ofer ‘ridge’.
occupational name for a maker of bags (see Bagge 1) or from Middle English badger ‘hawker, huckster’, though this word is not recorded before 1467–8 and it is of doubtful origin. It is unlikely that the surname has anything to do with the animal (see Brock 2), which was not known by this name until the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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