John Alonzo Flint

14 March 1813–23 September 1873 (Age 60)
Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States

The Life Summary of John Alonzo

When John Alonzo Flint was born on 14 March 1813, in Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Leonard Flint, was 30 and his mother, Anna M Luce, was 27. He married Wealthy Green on 26 December 1841, in Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 September 1873, in his hometown, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

John Alonzo Flint
1813–1873
Wealthy Green
1827–1901
Marriage: 26 December 1841
Lucius Flint
1843–
Lucinda Flint
1851–1860
Lyman Flint
1855–1860
Lettie E Flint
1858–
Lora Flint
1860–1860

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 December 1841Williamstown, Orange, Vermont, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 6
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1820 · Making States Equal
    Age 7
    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 17
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    English and German: topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint (from Old and Middle English, Low German flint), or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual, metaphorically as hard as flint.Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Flynt

    Sources (7)

    • Alonzo Flint in entry for Lettie Flint, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
    • John Alonzo Flint, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
    • John Alonzo Flint, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

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