John Hand Jr.

Brief Life History of John

When John Hand Jr. was born on 17 August 1807, in New Lebanon, Columbia, New York, United States, his father, John Hand Sr., was 35 and his mother, Hulda, was 28. He married Magdaline Marple on 11 December 1834, in Licking, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in McKean Township, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 4 May 1857, in Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Marple Cemetery, Chatham, Licking, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Hand Jr.
1807–1857
Magdaline Marple
1815–1899
Marriage: 11 December 1834
Angeline Margaret Hand
1837–1838
Thomas Marple Hand
1839–1845
John Titus Hand
1838–1916
Mary Jane Hand
1841–1914
Calvin David Hand
1842–1918
Leonidas Joseph Hand
1844–1924
Miles Elwood Hand
1847–1928
Harriet O. "Hattie" Hand
1850–1892
Mila Melissa Hand
1854–1877

Sources (10)

  • John Hand, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John Hand in entry for Miles Elwood Hand, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • John Hande in entry for Thomas J. Bline and Mary J. Reynolds, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (6)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

Name Meaning

English, German, and Dutch: nickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the hand or perhaps to skill in its use, from Middle English hond(e), hand(e), Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Johan metter hant (Rijkhoven 1284), Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1 above).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithimh (see Guthrie ), as a result of association with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, such as Claffey , Glavin , and McClave .

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

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