Rufus Russell Harrington

Male1766–12 January 1846

Brief Life History of Rufus Russell

When Rufus Russell Harrington was born in 1766, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Josiah Harrington Jr., was 26 and his mother, Mary Jones, was 20. He died on 12 January 1846, in Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in East Shoreham Cemetery, Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Harrington Jr.
1740–1786
Mary Jones
1746–1775
Amy Harrington
1764–
Rufus Russell Harrington
1766–1846
Lucinda Harrington
1769–1834
Joel Harrington
1772–

Sources (3)

  • Russel Herrington, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Russell Harrington, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rufus Harrington in entry for John C. Harrington and Frances A. Maynard, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1776

Age 10

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

Age 10

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

Age 21

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: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .

Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.

Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

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

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