Brief Life History of Huldah
When Huldah Smith was born on 8 June 1763, in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Simeon Smith Sr, was 27 and her mother, Rachel Strong, was 31. She married Stephen Martindale on 10 October 1781, in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 30 March 1854, in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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- Huldah Smith, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Huldah Smith Martindale, "Find A Grave Index"
- Huldah Smith, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1772
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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