When Henry Scarff Jr. was born about 1733, in Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, HENRY SCARFF OR SCHARF, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Howes, was 34. He married Patty Hardisty on 28 December 1758, in Saint Johns Parish, Harford, Maryland, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in District 4, Harford, Maryland, United States in 1800. He died on 23 August 1800, at the age of 68.
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Historical Boundaries: 1774: Harford, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Harford, Maryland, United States
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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English: from northern Middle English scarf ‘cormorant’, used either as a nickname for someone bearing a supposed resemblance to a cormorant, or else a survival into Middle English of the Old Norse personal name Scarfi, derived from skarfr ‘cormorant’.
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