Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Barrett was born on 15 July 1766, in East Nottingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Barrett, was 55 and his mother, Hannah Oldham, was 45. He died on 19 December 1782, in Nottingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 16, and was buried in Calvert, Cecil, Maryland, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Joseph Barrett, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Joseph Barrett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Hannah Oldham in the Cecil County, Maryland, Nottingham Quaker Meeting Records, 1730-1825
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World Events (4)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
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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