Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Barrett was born on 5 May 1759, in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Barrett, was 48 and her mother, Hannah Oldham, was 38. She married Benjamin Brown in 1782, in Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Hannah Barrett, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Hannah Oldham in the Cecil County, Maryland, Nottingham Quaker Meeting Records, 1730-1825
- Hannah Barrett, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1789
Historical Boundaries 1789: Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French barat, Middle English bar(r)at, bar(r)et(te) ‘trouble, distress’, later ‘deception, fraud; contention, strife’. Through Norman settlement it also became common in Ireland, where it was Gaelicized as Baróid (Munster) and Baréid (Connacht).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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